Lead Senior Producer, Integrated Production

dentsu•New York, NY

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Dentsu Creative is a global creative agency network designed to unlock exponential growth for clients, using Transformative Creativity to positively impact people, businesses, and society. Established in June 2022, Dentsu Creative integrates with dentsu’s Media and CXM businesses across over 145 countries to offer Integrated Growth Solutions. The agency is seeking a Lead Senior Producer, Integrated Production, who can elevate ideas and launch them effectively, managing budgets, timelines, and unexpected challenges. This role reports to an Executive Producer and involves leading large, integrated projects with confidence and craft.

Requirements

6 years minimum agency experience with demonstrated senior level work.
Demonstrated experience producing large productions (>1mil) including development of production specs, leading projects from pre-production through final delivery.
Experience assessing feasibility of creative projects and proposing production solutions that push the quality of work forward.
Endlessly curious, production-obsessed, and always chasing clever solutions.

Responsibilities

Elevate the creative by finding versatile solutions to keep good ideas alive and make them even stronger as they evolve into fully realized projects.
Help determine what’s possible within the realities of budget, timing, and scope—and how to make it great anyway.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams of art directors, copywriters, designers, account management, project managers, editors, and animators.
Guide junior talent and share production wisdom to help the whole department level up.
Maintain a trusted network of partners and go-to resources for any kind of production challenge.
Oversee multi-discipline teams, vendor procurement and management, and ensure overall quality of work of multiple deliverables and multiple workstreams for big, integrated productions (<$1M).
Work hand-in-hand with Business Affairs from concept to delivery, understanding AICP and AICE bid formats, and managing permits, releases, usage terms, other rights clearances, and tracking/actualizing production budgets.
Apply comprehensive knowledge of SAG-AFTRA talent guidelines, usage, and payments to keep everything compliant and smooth.
Manage meetings, notes, status reports, task lists, and deadline tracking, ensuring internal and external stakeholders are informed.
Anticipate a project’s trajectory and put strategic plans in place, steering rather than just reacting.
Lead post-project summaries and share learnings to improve future projects.