Junior Producer London, England
Job description
Production is key to PCA the best content factory in the world. Ideas are great but without make it happen’ people, they’re nothing. As Junior Producer you’ll be totally confident working across all touchpoints in the consumer journey. Our brands need to be working with a digital first mindset, you’ll help deliver that.
In this role you will, of course, be responsible for total rigour when it comes to project delivery; timings, costs, deliverables – always on time, on budget and at great quality. But you will also be viewed as a key member of the creative team – bringing brilliant partners to the table, having in depth knowledge about what’s going on in the world of production, social media and tech and having a great eye for what great really looks like. You will be supported by the Content Production lead, closely to together. We need people with a never say die attitude, who can work with budgets of £5k to £200k. All in service of one thing; making the work great, not good.
You’ll have the opportunity to work on many projects across all our brands; from product design to seasonal campaigns to brand defining purpose comms. The fact that we have 7 brands in our family means you will never be bored and will learn loads – as well as teaching us.
Perhaps most importantly, you will be part of building a culture of curiosity, craft, and creative energy.
The role you’d play:
- Researching directors, photographers, illustrators, animators and other potential production talent – bring them to the table both for live jobs but also as speculative talent for our creative teams to be aware of.
- Creating timing plans, budgets, and managing project deliverables including usage fees and licensing – working with Content Production Lead and legal as support.
- Scope stills, film and integrated projects with support from Content Production Lead.
- Working with in-house studio and external production partners
- Communicating with brand teams, creatives, suppliers.
- Support on shoots.
- Creating estimates, POs, and managing invoices.
- Building production documents for key meetings.
- Scheduling production meetings, writing meeting notes and following up on agreed actions.
- Delivery against media plans and toolkits with support from content production lead.
What you’d bring / be:
- Love for great creative work.
- Obsessive curiosity in culture and the creative landscape.
- Strong team player, low in ego with natural collaborative leadership style (not afraid to challenge).
- Solution focused with a positive outlook; ability to juggle several projects simultaneously
- Interest in how things are made
- Desire for on-the-job learning
- Confidence to ask questions
- Resourcefulness
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail, able to manage your own time well.
- Exceptional organisational skills
- Calm under pressure; resilient and positive in difficult situations. Motivated by operating in a changing, flexible environment
- Naturally innovative and always curious, able to see the bigger picture and drive transformation
- Strong creative eye and ‘taste’ level.
- Intuitively relates to Pentland Brands’ values.
What you’ll get in return:
- Competitive remuneration package
- Hybrid / smart working
- Brand and retail perks
- Financial perks
- Travel perks
- Time out perks
- Wellbeing commitment
PCA is Pentland Brand’s internal creative agency.
We want to build a content factory that powers Pentland’s brands to be the most famous, the most relevant and the most desired. We want to tell beautiful stories about our brilliant brands, stories that bridge between creative communications and creative selling. We need to be ‘chefs at the pass’ for the brands delivering consistency and coherence across all touchpoints. We will have digital baked into everything we do – we will always start with our consumers and then build ideas around their behaviour.
We’re ambitious – we don’t just want to be a content factory; we want to be the best content factory delivering brilliant work at speed and at scale.
We’re curious, we’re creative and we’re hiring.
Pentland Brands
Pioneering Brands that Make Life Better
We are Pentland Brands, a global business touching the lives of millions through some of the world’s most-loved active and footwear brands. We own Speedo, Berghaus, Canterbury of New Zealand, Endura, Mitre, Ellesse, SeaVees, KangaROOS and Red or Dead. We’re the UK licensee for Kickers and have a joint venture with Lacoste footwear.
We have a rich and remarkable history, of family, of ambition and of innovation, of leading from the front with a legacy of outstanding brands and equally outstanding people. Of pioneering brands that make life better. Brands that create an emotional connection with our consumers and help keep people on the move. Brands that do good, that form part of a positive business that takes action for people and planet.
We celebrate differences and give everyone the freedom to innovate and develop because we know this is an exceptional place to build brands and build your career. We want you to come to work every day excited about what we can achieve when we have a clear and single-minded focus on being consumer-centric and relentlessly focused on improving our performance.
Always guided by our principles, we not only do a great job, but we also do it in the right way; success is a team game; with clarity and courage; better as standard; in good conscience. We believe every individual has the power to shape the Pentland of the future, by making sure that every day we’re better than the day before. Join our team of passionate, exceptional individuals, and do the best work of your life.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age or disability.
To find out more go to www.pentlandbrands.comor follow @pentlandbrands on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram or Facebook.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Free or subsidised travel
- Free parking
- Gym membership
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Wellness programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Supplemental pay types:
- Yearly bonus
Work Location: Hybrid remote in London
Application deadline: 31/01/2023
Reference ID: 1052
