Job description
What you'll do:
Overall leadership and responsibility for cross-business and cross-discipline advertising projects.
- Lead the production of a 360 NOW campaign ensuring successful delivery of all On Air & Off air elements
- Take the lead on specific campaign based projects, scope out effective production solutions to ensure assets are delivered on time and within budget
- Responsible for liaising with wider internal teams and external suppliers
- Managing feedback and approvals process both within SCA and wider business
- Maintaining team documents including resource, project and budget trackers
- Working with resource managers to ensure projects are resourced properly and budget is in place to backfill where needed
- To use production expertise to come up with the best and most effective solutions for producing a campaign on time & on budget.
- Negotiate the best deals for Sky throughout the production process, whilst maintaining quality of work
- Lead on all negotiations with agents/production companies for on and off screen talent
- Use and maintain an up to date ‘black book’ to widen the range of talent Sky Creative works with and, when required, make this resource available to the rest of the department
- Work closely with Directors, Designers and Advertising and Promo Creatives and support them by applying production experience to deliver the creative vision. Help clients understand the production process and actively participate in all stages of the process to ensure work is high quality and effective
What you'll bring:
Substantial (5+ years) 360 production and post-production knowledge gained in either a broadcast media, advertising agency or production company background or equivalent is essential!
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and drive a project from brief to delivery
- Demonstrable production and broadcast technology experience – knowledge of formats, cameras, lighting, studio and location equipment as well as media management and post production workflow including VFX and audio
- Demonstrable skills and knowledge gained from high level talent negotiation
- Proven track record of managing budgets and forward planning
- Ability to Manage pre-production process and its various stages of sign-off
- A hands-on producer and people developer with proven ability to get the best out of individuals and a team including line management responsibilities
- Ability to supervise and direct junior members of staff
Team Overview
Sky Creative is Sky’s European Brand and Creative hub providing Brand Strategy, Brand Design, Advertising, Promotions, Broadcast Creative and Digital Design for multiple customers across our European Markets. From rebranding Sky Sports to designing key art and creating large-scale ATL campaigns for Sky’s commissions and original productions, we are uniquely placed to offer our people a huge range of exciting and diverse opportunities. We believe that an in-house agency is the best of both worlds.
The Rewards:
- Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
- A generous pension package
- Private healthcare
- Discounted mobile and broadband
- Access a wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences
HOW YOU'LL WORK:
We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.