ITV Creative
Grays Inn Road

Why you should join us...

ITV Creative is an in-house ad-agency that is responsible for creating and producing on-air and off-air communications for the ITV brand portfolio. It also produces work for external clients.

Responsible for over £275 million worth of airtime, this department is a mix of creatives (broadcast, print and digital), designers, producers, traffic, continuity and post production. Integrated thinking is applied to create outstanding work for all media: on-air, off-air, digital, product/event design and experiential.

ITV Creative works in close collaboration with Marketing, Media Planning, Commercial Sales and Audiences, as well as the ITV technical divisions - Transmission, Scheduling, and other areas of the business such as ITV Studios.

This role entails...

The Senior Producer role is to support ITV Creative and the Head of Campaign Production in producing priority or commercial integrated campaigns and projects across all, but not limited to, ITV platforms and media. This will include producing projects for external clients and other areas of the business

Some Key Responsibilities:

As allocated by Head of Campaign Production, the Senior Producer will produce integrated priority campaigns across all media where required

Working into the Head of Campaign Production within a team of Producers and Production Managers, the Senior Producer will have a good understanding of the creative vision and strategy for the output they are working on so they can support the ECD, CD, Creative & Director on projects

Work closely with the Campaign Management team to support new working processes & maintain communication across projects where required

Ensuring all ITV Creative productions are produced in a sustainable manner with full Albert Certification

Maintain and build strong relationships with production companies, post production facilities, shoot crews and external productions partners

Responsible for financial processes, including: managing campaign budgets; reconciliation; raising contracts; and overseeing purchase ordering & invoicing

Communicating any budget issues in a timely manner with the Head of Campaign Production to ensure delivery of projects on budget. Responsible for ensuring budget meets expectations of creative, production and marketing & providing financial data as required on all relevant campaigns

Ensure day to day financial processes are carried out efficiently, music returns, legal contracts, Albert certification and NDAs are returned accurately across the Production Team

Ensure compliance with Ofcom, editorial policy (compliance) and production guidelines including Health and Safety procedures

Line managing the Production Manager and Team Producers and identifying development needs for production staff and fulfil them through the allocation and conversations with the Head of Campaign Production

Fostering a team atmosphere and encouraging sharing of skills and knowledge

Championing the production area and staff amongst the wider ITV Creative team and wider ITV

Ensuring accurate contracting of freelancers and ensuring costs are controlled efficiently

Troubleshooting potential issues quickly and finding resolutions especially related to production issues

Ensuring all output is editorially accurate and technically compliant

To have a responsibility for health and safety of all Production staff and freelancers on ITV premises or attending shoots

To work through performance issues with the Production team as and when necessary

Acting responsibly and maintaining strict confidentiality at all times, especially around sensitive company information or personnel matter

To be considered for this opportunity you will need to demonstrate the following skills:

Computer literate both in MAC and PC

Ability to build and maintain relationships with a variety of demanding clients, external production contacts and talent

Possess clear and effective communication skills and maintain relationships

Ability to cope under extreme pressure

A high level of understanding of the broadcast productions, including TV, Digital and Print advertising

Ability to negotiate and influence stakeholders and external production contacts

Manage conflict and difficult situations

Understanding of production processes, timings, resources and all delivery processes

Knowledge of office administration - Word, Powerpoint, keynote, Excel, Googlemail, IBusiness etc

Excellent time and organisational management

Ability to work in a high pressured, reactive environment

Maintain a high level of accuracy in email communication and documents

Honest and trustworthy

Helpful and supportive to others within the department

Flexible and passionate about your work, with a willingness to learn and develop

Please note previous experience of working in a major UK broadcaster or ad agency is essential