Tamara Group | Senior Producer

VaynerMedia LLC•New York, NY

10d•$130,000 - $160,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Tamara Group, part of VaynerX, is seeking a Senior Producer to join their team in New York, NY. This full-time, hybrid role requires a producer with multidisciplinary production execution skills across agency production, line production, post-production, and event-based activations. The ideal candidate will have a production company mindset, acting as both a creative mind and an operational leader. This role involves bringing a production lens to early ideation, assessing project feasibility, reviewing creative concepts, and owning end-to-end production for 360 campaigns with budgets ranging from $250-$750k+. Responsibilities include building budgets, crewing projects, managing talent (union and non-union), and acting as a client-facing lead. The Senior Producer will also confirm trafficking, versioning, and metadata, work with Business Affairs on contracts, and help evolve production operations within the changing advertising landscape. Mentoring junior producers is also part of the role.

Requirements

8-10+ years of experience in advertising production, with a strong background in bidding, budgeting, and managing complex productions.
Expected to travel as needed for productions, which may include evenings and weekends.
Collaborative communicator with the ability to manage pressure and extremely tight deadlines.
Relationship builder, operating with respect, kindness and professionalism.
Must be proactive, highly organized, detail-oriented, and a solutions-driven decision maker.
Must have proven experience and relationships in experiential, event-based activation, live-streaming, OOH/DOOH.
Experience with line production on live-action shoots.
Experience with post workflow and software (Adobe Creative cloud).
Deep technical knowledge across production through post, understanding what it actually takes on the ground to make the work, not just setting the parameters for execution.

Nice To Haves

Experience with emerging AI tools and integration into standard production is a plus.

Responsibilities

Bring a production lens to early ideation to unlock bold, scalable ideas and to navigate trade-offs between speed, cost, craft, partners, formats and output.
Work directly with internal agency leads across disciplines to assess project feasibility and curate the right resources, internally and externally.
Review creative concepts, scripts and activation ideas with a critical production lens, identifying risks, efficiencies, and executional opportunities.
Own end-to-end production for 360 campaigns by building budgets with talent (union and non-union), locations, schedule, and post considerations in mind, with budgets ranging from $250-$750k+.
Ability to lead in hands-on production bidding, and step in as a line producer, when required.
Crew up projects by sourcing and managing required production personnel such as directors, DPs, photographers, production and/or experiential partners, post production professionals, etc.
Highly effective communicator across all departments with understanding of what each respective team needs to be successful.
Bring proven track record and experience of executing flawless production plans across film, social, digital, print, experiential/ events, post production, podcasts, DOOH/OOH, PR, custom fabrication of influencer kits and more.
Act as a client-facing production lead, capable of managing multiple stakeholders at the most senior levels and navigating agency dynamics with confidence and discretion.
Confirm trafficking, versioning, and metadata across internal pipelines and agency deliverables.
Work closely with Business Affairs to review concepts, talent agreements, usage terms and other vendor and legal contracts.
Must be able to navigate both Union and Non Union talent considerations.
Help evolve how production operates within a changing advertising landscape.
Mentor junior producers and production staff as needed.