Executive Producer

Irresistible Studios is looking for an Executive Producer to join our growing production team. Based in Clerkenwell Green, Farringdon our clients include agencies and brands. Creating commercial film content for advertising and marketing campaigns.

We are looking for an EP with 10+ years of experience in commercial film production: in managing bids, managing producers, budgeting, scheduling, resourcing and managing film production. You will be required to work on a wide range of exciting film projects, working to a high standard with other members of the team. Having a complete understanding of the commercial film process is essential as is experience in managing producers in live action and post production.

You will work alongside a team of live action producers, a post-production team, sales dept and a talent dept to firstly submit directors to clients, then put together treatments and bids to win work. Liaising with clients to organise brief calls, creative calls between directors and creatives, ensuring that our bids meet the creative and financial requirements of the brief.

Irresistible EP's are charged with ensuring company processes and standards are adhered to. You will ensure that you and the producers that work under you respond to client emails and requests in a timely and professional manner. You will manage clients through a structured schedule and handle client requests in a manner that both meets their needs, whilst maintaining company standards and company profit margins.

Part of your role is to be the senior company voice on brief calls, in pre-production, on set and during post-production. You will attend shoots both in UK and overseas. You will arrange client dinners and de-briefs to maintain healthy relations and repeat business.

Strategic and Tactical Work:

• You manage the producers, production managers and production assistants aligning their work and resources to hitting financial targets, set out in the projects you are assigned to by the HoP.
• To ensure that company standards to adhered to by all production staff working on your projects.
• Ensuring you are present throughout the bidding and production stages, installing client confidence.
• Working on client relationships, through networking and arranging production de-brief meetings. Ensuring clients have a good service across the board.
• Liaising with post-production to ensure the smooth running of your projects from prod to post. Working directly with facilities to ensure post staff are there to complete projects on time, and to company standards.
• Being a voice of experience, that Producers working on your projects can come to you for guidance and help.
• Keeping producers in touch with agency clients and feeding back into sales to maintain client communication.
• Working through workflow problems between production and post. Between creative, sales and production and post, from an overview POV.
• Building the repeat business by delivering a professional service.
• Managing legal docs for client and projects.
• Manage the reconciliation of your projects, ensuring that all financial paperwork is processed in line with company protocols. Working with the CEO and finance admin to make sure all projects are invoiced, all bills are paid, and that company finances are kept tidy.
• Keeping the HoP informed of your activities.

Results:

• Producers are supported properly, and projects make profit margins as expected or exceeded in terms of the financial goals of the company.
• Clients are happy with the service and are coming back.
• Projects are resourced and staffed as per company protocols.