Job Description

Our Cape Town office is looking for a talented Mid Weight Broadcast Producer to join our production team

Role summary:

We are looking for a Mid Weight Broadcast Producer to join a focused and dedicated team. This role ensures efficient and cost effective production from creative briefing through the final wrap up of the job. The ideal candidate will be responsible in scheduling and running productions with a team of creatives and client service on assigned TVC's, AV's, digital & content integrated and radio productions. Includes supporting the agency's vision of bringing a powerful voice to brands that matter and deliver the agency's mission of creating meaningful work that makes a huge impact.

Responsibilities:

Planing and scheduling the production process

Manage all aspects of production:

briefing, costing, booking in of approvals, setting up work in progress meetings, final approvals, sending out purchase orders and finally reconning the job, all in a timeous and effective manner.

Maintain communication with necessary creative, client service & production teams to facilitate workflow

Must feel comfortable being client facing

Identifies potential legal issues and interfaces with Head of Production to resolve issues

Responsible for negotiation, generation and managing all aspects of schedules and budgets

Present production budgets and schedules and address production-related questions both internally and with the client

Source the best post production partners for each job if necessary

Build and maintain relationships with third party production suppliers

Negotiate competitive pricing/scheduling

Keep abreast of current industry and technological trends

Fosters innovative solutions

Ensures adherence to the highest industry standards

Accountable for maintaining relationships, client satisfaction and management of expectations while ensuring that the work is on strategy, on time and within budget and that projects are actualized, well documented, archived and closed

Ensure that all materials arrive at their destination on time, including final masters for trafficking

Cultivate strong relationships with all internal departments and industry partners

Provide general and admin support to the Head of Agency production



Relevant tertiary qualification

Skills required:

4 - 6 year's experience as a Broadcast Producer in an advertising agency, or production house

Knowledge of content & commercial post production and scheduling processes

Experience in managing television, digital content & post production timelines

Experience producing web content & mobile content will be advantageous

Strong understanding and knowledge of production process from conception and negotiation through traffic

Technical understanding of post-production, broadcast and digital deliverables

Understanding and negotiating music rights

Understanding on-camera renewals

Excellent presentation skills

Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal)

Excellent organisational and multi-tasking skills

Impeccible admin skills

Strong client relationship building skills

Strong negotiation and problem-solving skills

Ability to work independently and within a team

Ability to remain calm in a high pressurized environment

Creative

Focused

Proactive and Solution driven

Energetic

Punctual

Meticulous with attention to detail

Flexible to work beyond normal office hours (overtime if and when required)

Must be able to run with own projects:

radio, animation, broadcast (shoot) and content productions

Willing to work on-site (from the Ninety9cents Cape Town office)