Producer

Reports To: The Director of Client Services
Location: Burlington, Vermont
Posting Date: 10.28.11

Description

You are a skillful leader with a strong creative sensibility. You have a gift for inspiring project teams to produce great work for clients. You walk easily amongst peers of talented designers and veteran developers. You shepherd projects to successful results by navigating obstacles with calm, positivity and good humor. If you think this is how others would describe you, then we'd like to talk with you about adding a little bit more awesome to our studio.

Department & Supervisor

As part of the Project Management Organization (PMO), the Producer is an integral studio member and reports to the Director of Client Services.

Key Responsibilities

Manage, prepare, and many times, author key project documents and deliverables including but not limited to: proposals, communication briefs, budgets, schedules, estimates, statements of work, resource planning, etc.
Develop and oversee comprehensive project plans and status reports, actively tracking progress and timelines.
Manage workflow for studio staff assigned to project team.
Facilitates all communication between clients and internal studio stakeholders.
Identify challenges early and collaborate closely with the project team, studio managers and clients to find solutions and implement accordingly.
Work closely with the Director of Client Services and colleagues to determine the priority of work across the studio’s project portfolio and ensure resources are allocated appropriately.
Facilitate all project related meetings, creating and publishing meeting agendas. Lead meetings, record meeting notes and prepare meeting recaps for internal team and client.
Ensure client understanding on approvals and sign-offs necessary for all key project deliverables and billing.
Collaborate with the Director of Client Services to identify additional opportunities to support and serve clients' businesses.
Positively contributes to the Project Management Organization (PMO), delivering a high level of client service and commitment to project schedules.
Other responsibilities as assigned.

Skills

A detail-oriented self-starter who loves a challenge and thrives on deadline.
A person who strives to learn and grow continuously, understanding that this is an evolving industry and new technologies and business needs create challenges as well as opportunities.
Possesses the ability to be pragmatic and adapt as needed to the realities of a specific client / project / team's situation.
Excellent communicator and engaged listener with strong interpersonal skills. Consistently demonstrates positivity, diplomacy, decisiveness, and problem solving, is a “pro.”
Highly organized and able to juggle multiple priorities with grace and ease.
Thrives on working with clients and can keep projects moving even when encountering obstacles. Solves problems rather than just “managing” them.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Understands time management and is able to accurately balance skill sets and workloads of team members to accomplish goals.
Takes pride in hitting deadlines and managing projects to a profit, utilizing budget and time management skills.
Able to work with and lead a team made up of members with highly specialized and disparate skill sets, from the highly creative to the deeply technical.

Qualifications and Experience

Minimum 3 years project management experience in one or more of the following areas: website design, multimedia, broadcast, software development.
Minimum of 1-2 years project management experience in a Web production environment.
Working knowledge of Mac OS & Windows operating systems, Microsoft Office or iWork including proficiency in Excel / Numbers, and proficient in utilizing Microsoft Project or a comparable project management software package.
Experience with Web development platforms and Internet technologies; more than just the casual internet user.
Experience with all facets of interactive design and development processes including, but not limited to: interactive strategy, information architecture, usability, interface design, site implementation and quality assurance procedures.

About Tag New Media

Tag New Media is an award-winning digital creative studio. We're all about talented people, big ideas, innovative design and the creative use of technology.

We make online experiences that are intuitive, engaging and extend our clients' brands online.

We offer an open and flexible team environment, centrally located in beautiful downtown Burlington, VT. Excellent full-time benefits, including health insurance and retirement plan. EOE.

Location

No Telecommuting, this job is located at our Burlington, Vermont studio.