The role:
Mercury is hiring its first Executive Producer to establish Creative Production as a core capability within Brand Creative. It is a senior, hands-on post that combines building the production function with personally producing the largest campaigns. The role can be based in San Francisco, New York or Portland, or done remotely from within the United States or Canada.
What you'll do:
Own production across Brand Creative campaigns and projects, weighing priorities, capacity, staffing, budgets, timelines and risk
Personally lead the most ambitious campaigns and selected projects from concept to delivery, across film, photography, motion, experiential, digital and integrated work
Work with creative leaders to turn ambitious ideas into production plans that hold up against timing, budget and reality, challenging underdeveloped briefs and protecting the creative idea through execution
Build and lead a network of agencies, directors, studios, photographers, freelancers and production partners that expands capacity without lowering the bar
Establish how Brand Creative prioritises, staffs, approves, reviews and delivers projects
Keep creative leaders and partners in other functions informed about the true state of the work, including decisions, constraints, trade-offs and risks
Work with Brand Creative leadership to raise the quality of the work and build a strong in-house creative team
About you:
Significant experience leading complex, multidisciplinary creative production, including owning large campaigns and several projects at once independently
Deep production experience across film, photography, motion, experiential, digital and integrated brand work, with the judgement to choose the right production model for the idea
Sound financial and operational judgement, covering scoping, staffing, budgeting and forecasting
A record of building production systems, capabilities or ways of working
Experience building and managing a network of agencies, production companies, directors, studios, freelancers and vendors
Strong creative judgement and the confidence to question briefs and make hard trade-offsExcellent communication and partnership skills
Calm, clear judgement when things are ambiguous, and an appetite for building a function while still producing work
What's on offer
Total rewards package of base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs) and benefits
Base salary:
$189,400 – $236,700 in New York City, Los Angeles, Seattle or the San Francisco Bay Area
Base salary: $170,400 – $213,000 elsewhere in the US
Base salary: CAD $179,000 – $223,700 in Canada
The process
The form asks about visa sponsorship needs and where you intend to work
The details
Salary: $189,400 – $236,700 in the San Francisco Bay Area, plus equity
Location: San Francisco, New York, Portland or remote in the US or Canada
Level: senior
