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We deliver production with a performance mindset - resulting in harder working content, reduced waste, and stronger ROI.
Introduction
The Production Manager will be responsible for ensuring we bring production best-practice to the way our global hubs work with a growing number of Prose on Pixels offshore and near-shore hubs and production delivery centres.
Our network is expanding quickly and we have a growing number of Production Delivery Centres worldwide, most notably in Chennai (India); Heredia (Costa Rica) and Prague (Czech Republic), but soon also others in new markets. This is in addition to ‘near-shore’ hubs such as Manchester, New York, Prague and Paris.
The Production Manager will build a thorough knowledge of the capabilities of our Hubs and Production Delivery Centres and be responsible for ensuring we do the right work in the right place on a job-by-job, client-by-client basis.
They will fast become an ally to our local studio leads, who by implication are focussed on localised delivery solutions. They’ll be seen as an enabler, a problem solver and bringer of innovation and solutions across our network that helps the studios, project managers and ultimately our clients.
Initially they will be the ‘go-to’ for UK studio leads, project and account managers, ‘owning’ our network’s integrated production solution, architecting new ways of working when required and ensuring all parties in the cycle are briefed, available and clear on their inputs. They will work closely with our UK Heads of Film and Senior Producers and create better integration of workflows across film, digital and print where appropriate.
Over time they will become the global ‘go-to’ for rightshoring, enabling our network to engage and deliver seamlessly, with common processes and a suite of supporting documentation onboarding materials.
Monitoring and optimising our respective workflows will become a key part of the role. Working with studio leads and the leaders of the offshore Delivery Centres, the role requires strong oversight and systems to be put in place to monitor and report on key performance metrics.
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Havas Job Description Summary :
Prose on Pixels is a global content at scale agency built to address the marketing challenges of today and deliver meaningful content into the future. With our unique AI powered Audience-First production model, we Create, Scale and Personalise content to captivate audiences and achieve desired brand and business outcomes. We deliver production with a performance mindset - resulting in harder working content, reduced waste, and stronger ROI.
Introduction
The Production Manager will be responsible for ensuring we bring production best-practice to the way our global hubs work with a growing number of Prose on Pixels offshore and near-shore hubs and production delivery centres.
Our network is expanding quickly and we have a growing number of Production Delivery Centres worldwide, most notably in Chennai (India); Heredia (Costa Rica) and Prague (Czech Republic), but soon also others in new markets. This is in addition to ‘near-shore’ hubs such as Manchester, New York, Prague and Paris.
The Production Manager will build a thorough knowledge of the capabilities of our Hubs and Production Delivery Centres and be responsible for ensuring we do the right work in the right place on a job-by-job, client-by-client basis.
They will fast become an ally to our local studio leads, who by implication are focussed on localised delivery solutions. They’ll be seen as an enabler, a problem solver and bringer of innovation and solutions across our network that helps the studios, project managers and ultimately our clients.
Initially they will be the ‘go-to’ for UK studio leads, project and account managers, ‘owning’ our network’s integrated production solution, architecting new ways of working when required and ensuring all parties in the cycle are briefed, available and clear on their inputs. They will work closely with our UK Heads of Film and Senior Producers and create better integration of workflows across film, digital and print where appropriate.
Over time they will become the global ‘go-to’ for rightshoring, enabling our network to engage and deliver seamlessly, with common processes and a suite of supporting documentation onboarding materials.
Monitoring and optimising our respective workflows will become a key part of the role. Working with studio leads and the leaders of the offshore Delivery Centres, the role requires strong oversight and systems to be put in place to monitor and report on key performance metrics.
Job Description :
Key Responsibilities
- Constant eye on and development of Prose on Pixels’ production workflows, ensuring full adoption and knowledge across a wide range of internal UK and international stakeholders
- Use technology to optimise the workflows, working with the technology team to recommend new opportunities that emerge from constantly evolving tools and platforms
- Training and documentation process and workbook materials where required
- Contribute to onboarding of new clients (processes, tech set-up, resource
- management) when applicable
- Owns the centralised view of our wider global resources and liaises with resource managers in different global locations to find optimum resource solutions
- Agrees resource solutions and activates processes to enable the right-shoring or the work
- Monitors process workflows and ensures standards (client SLAs) are maintained and corners are not cut
- Provides management information and data against key client and operational KPIs, as agreed
- Assessment of work for automation and efficiency possibilities
- Ability to triage work and assign to appropriate production location depending on TAT, Cost, Appropriateness of resource
- Together with UK President and Hub leads advises on skill enhancement and development of the team as well as productivity gains for the teams
- Works with the UK President to ensure we have the right profile of resources to deliver the work identified through account management forecasting
- Gains increasing responsibility for driving global campaigns ensuring resourcing and delivery to customer as per production schedules
Qualifications
- Proven experience in studio and production management
- Astute track record of identifying automation opportunities and designing ways of working to increase efficiency and productivity across ‘networked’ delivery solutions
- Strong technical knowledge of the latest tools available to automate print and digital jobs at scale
- Proficiency in Adobe applications including InDesign, Illustrator and Photoshop required
- Experience of Adobe Workfront is a major bonus
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
- Strong knowledge of production industry trends and best practices
- Strong leadership and team management skills
- Experience of enterprise level software such as ESKO Automation Engine and Ziflow
- Comfortable in handling data and analysis to derive performance metrics and KPIs
- The successful candidate will work closely with Prose on Pixels UK leadership and will become the ‘trusted pair of hands’: the person people go to for solutions to more complex production requirements.
Mission
As Prose on Pixels activates its global network, we are increasingly adopting a ‘borderless’ way of working and this role will be key to delivering that. We need the most up to date thinking to augment our world leading partnership with Adobe and our growing business.
Background/Experience & Skills
- 10+ years’ experience in a studio or production leadership role
- Strong verbal communication skills, and the ability to manage various internal and external stakeholders.
- A proactive, can-do, attitude.
- The ability to juggle multiple tasks simultaneously
- Strong working knowledge of how production works, end to end
- Ability to guide and mentor teams to maximise capability and capacity
- Strong cross-cultural experience to be able to work across geographies and cultures
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Permanent Here at Havas across the group we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.
