Advisor, Integrated

Advertising Production Resources•Austin, TX

4d•$110,000 - $130,000•Remote

About The Position

APR Consulting Co. is a strategic production consultancy serving global Fortune 500 marketers with production-efficiency expertise across local, regional, and international markets. The Associate Advisor, Integrated is a mid-level role responsible for supporting the management of advertising production across broadcast, online video, social content, post-production, and VFX. The role advises clients through production workflows from brief to delivery and helps build and maintain relationships with client and agency contacts in partnership with senior team members. The position supports production, post-production, and VFX projects through budgeting, scheduling, vendor evaluation, bid negotiation, and collaboration across creative partners. It also helps clients and APR teams understand production technology and AI workflow developments, identifies opportunities to improve efficiency and reuse creative assets, and supports client policy compliance, risk management, savings validation, project reporting, and internal knowledge sharing.

Requirements

5–10 years of deep experience producing video content for an advertising or production company, such as as a line producer or executive producer.
Proficiency in Google Suite.
Working understanding of VFX programs, technology, and AI workflow solutions.
Outgoing, collaborative, and diplomatic communication style, with the ability to impact and influence others on important projects.
Knowledge of union crew labor, SAG rules, and regional market rates.

Responsibilities

Support cross-discipline project interaction with assigned client and agency groups.
Vet production vendors for quality and value, and support negotiation of agency and vendor bids.
Attend scoping, pre-bid, and strategy meetings to align creative, schedule, and budget.
Enforce client policy, production guidelines, and best practices.
Participate in animation and VFX budget discussions and bid negotiations alongside broadcast subject-matter experts and agency producers.
Review animation and VFX production specifications, schedules, and budgets for accuracy.
Educate clients and APR teams about advancements in production technology, AI in production workflows, animation, and VFX.
Identify opportunities for clients to leverage and repurpose creative assets using emerging technology.
Stay current on emerging AI technology in post-production, particularly editorial, VFX, and workflow solutions.
Support the capture of APR savings using established methodology and validate final job accuracy.
Participate collaboratively in cross-team knowledge sharing.
Enter and validate project information in APR’s Acero database, including savings, KPIs, and cost drivers.
Participate in internal subject-matter-expert discussions and contribute to case studies.
Help build and maintain client relationships and support clients, agencies, and internal teams.