Producer

Epitome is a creative production studio that created stylised videos and stills for Brands to connect with their audiences

As a Producer, you will oversee all aspects of production: estimating, conceptualizing, scheduling, talent, shoot, edit, visual effects, music, and delivery all through a creative execution lens.

This position is the cornerstone of connecting the Account, Creative, Project Management, Strategy, and Marketing departments. The ideal candidate supports the creative vision and comes from a culture of yes and winning.

Responsibilities and duties:

• Attend to project inquiries and work directly with the client to understand business objectives and briefs

• Be client-facing as needed.

• Managing client’s expectations and giving recommendations when required.

• Communicate project requirements to the creative and production team

• Organize and run pre-production meetings.

• Research, conceptualize and pitch where necessary

• Skilled in translating an idea or story into the desired end product.

• Plan, develop and execute all stages of pre-production to post-production

• Building relationships with all vendors to support creative projects and oversee the logistics management for project operations.

• Facilitate with casting, auditions, and hiring of freelancers per-project basis

• Prepare call sheets and obtain all necessary permits and licenses prior to shoot

• Ensure that production goes smoothly according to schedule

• Plan and manage post-production timelines while keeping the client up to date on progress

• Managing the day-to-day operations, timelines, and budgets of projects and creative teams internally.

• Coordinating and liaising with key personnel

  (Both internal and external)

• Liaising and maintaining the relationship with all project stakeholders.

• Procure, review and negotiate production estimates.

• Review and approve all production-related invoices.

• Advise stakeholders in all content production-related matters with creative and budgetary solutions for improving quality.

• Be an expert on filmmaking, photography, image capture, digital platforms, and formats.

• Manage multiple projects as needed.

• An asset to the team for developing production solutions and strategies.

Skills:

• Effective negotiation and conflict management skills
• Good communicator and interpersonal skills
• Experience with handling finances and allocating budgets
• Able to manage multiple projects at once, with the ability to prioritize
• Reliability, able to work under tight deadlines
• Able to work in a fast-paced working environment.
• Brilliant team player and work ethic.
• Well versed with all processes involved in a product lifecycle (Video, design, digital)
• Possess excellent detailed - planning and organizing skills.
• Budget preparation also preferred.
• Detail-oriented, take-ownership attitude, self-organizing, and highly skilled in time management to facilitate involvement in multiple projects
• A passionate, performance-driven individual with a strong business acumen
• Leadership, ability to work as part of a team and establish relationships with other departments
• Forward-thinking, be able to identify any pitfalls throughout the process.
• Be able to deal with conflicting personalities and find a common ground.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong interpersonal and proactive problem-solving skills
• Able to work independently with limited supervision, and communicate up, down, and laterally to project stakeholders within the team
• Proficient in MAC OS, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Keynote
• Experience of Adobe Creative Cloud or Final Cut Pro is a plus
• Knowledge of all production disciplines