Junior Digital Content and Post Production Producer

Our Cape Town office is looking for a talented Junior Digital & Social Content Production Producer to join our Creative team.

Role Summary:

We are looking for a Junior Digital & Social Content Production 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 for taking the lead on assigned AV’s, digital & content integrated productions; as well as post-production projects, supporting the agency’s vision of bringing a powerful voice to brands that matter and delivering the agency’s mission of creating meaningful work that makes a huge impact.

Responsibilities:

• Plan the production & post-production process.
• Manage all aspects of pre-production, production, and post-production.
• Maintain communication with necessary creative, client service & post-production teams to facilitate workflow.
• Identify potential legal issues and interface with Executive Producer to resolve issues.
• Responsible for negotiation, generation, and management of 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 production partners for each job.
• Build and maintain relationships with third-party production suppliers.
• Negotiate competitive pricing/scheduling.
• Keep abreast of current industry and technological trends.
• Foster innovative solutions.
• Ensure 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 Content.
• Must be able to run with jobs on your own.

Minimum Requirements:

• Relevant tertiary qualification.
• Relevant years of experience as a Broadcast Media Producer in an advertising agency.
• Knowledge of content & commercial production and scheduling processes.
• Experience in trafficking television, digital content & post-production.
• Experience producing web content & mobile content will be advantageous.
• Strong understanding and technical knowledge of production processes from conception and negotiation through traffic.
• Technical understanding of post-production, broadcast, and digital deliverables.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal).
• Excellent organizational and multi-tasking 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-pressure environment.
• Creative, focused, solution-driven, energetic, and meticulous with attention to detail.

Interested candidates must please submit a concise CV, portfolio, and salary expectation. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Should you not hear from us within three weeks after submitting your application, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful. We remain committed to the principles of employment equity.