Executive Producer - Geylang

Executive Producer

Asia – based in Tokyo or Singapore

We believe in Extraordinary.

At Jack Morton we create head-turning, stomach-dropping, mind-boggling, smile-inducing brand experiences for everyone. It’s the future of marketing and there’s nothing passive or predictable about it. We promise every day will be different than the previous one in a very good way.

We take care of each other, as much as we take care of business. We marvel in each other’s uniqueness and revel in what each of us brings to the human potluck that is Jack.

We are looking for individuals interested in fulltime opportunities. With the nature of our business, we need to be ready at a moment’s notice to support the needs of our clients and sometimes, that requires us to look outside of the agency. We are looking to create relationships with trusted individuals that could be called upon when our team needs the support.

That brings us to you.

As an Executive Producer in our brand experience agency (and a contributor in our idea

• from creative concepts to logistics and technical
• delivers against agreed objectives and surpasses clients’ expectations.

Flexible and adaptable, EP’s should be able to build strong and durable relationships with both colleagues and clients.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Inspire and lead, creating a positive team climate that inspires others to excel and deliver
• Personify, amplify and drive our values (Passion, Agility and Respect) within the workplace
• Encourage team diversity and inclusiveness
• Collaborate with Growth and Ideas departments to ensure the agency’s ability to produce great work
• Proactively identify potential production partners and vendors
• Develop a thorough understanding of clients’ business and strategy
• Contribute to winning creative pitches
• Work alongside the client and wider project team to develop strategy and creative execution
• Budget control/management. To deliver to agreed financial targets and enhance margin
• Coach and develop project team in the creative and production process
• Build network of freelance talent
• Develop on-going relationships with clients and work with account teams to secure new business

Key Accountabilities:

• Participate in the development of integrated solutions that leverage agency offerings and are mutually beneficial for the client and the agency
• Guide the development, writing and presentation of incremental program proposals, scopes of work, schedules and staffing plans as they relate to solutions. Ensures PCNs are clearly communicated to client and approved.
• Build and maintain effective client relationships, ensuring that all client’s needs are heard, understood and addressed in a timely way
• Ensure clear communication to the client for the assigned program regarding roles and responsibilities, scope, budget, schedules and program status/ action items

• Working with the Account Director, manage the program process from creative through execution using Jack Morton processes and tools.
• Ensure regular team meetings and manage communications between team members, ensuring all deadlines are met
• Coach and oversee junior team members on execution of all individual job details
• Develop talent of junior team by providing challenging assignments and ongoing constructive feedback.
• Manage resources; identify, negotiate and book external resources as needed

• Working with the Account Director, create program budgets and manage the revenue throughout client programs
• Translate costs to a sell price with appropriate detail to be communicated to the client
• Manage/mitigate third party costs
• Develop and actively manage vendor/ freelance talent relationships to ensure best available talent and pricing.
• Reconcile program costs against budget for your assigned program

• Participate in creative brainstorms to generate ideas for clients
• Continually look for innovative solutions and production methods
• Execute the integrity of the creative treatment in all deliverables

• Flawless delivery of client commitments
• Positive team climate that inspires others to excel and deliver
• Seen as a valuable leader of program and client teams
• Repeat business with client
• Profitable budget management

The person we are looking for:

• You are passionate about brands and businesses and the way they need to communicate with the people that matter most to them
• Have excellent time management skills and have a sense of urgency; proven ability to work on multiple projects at any given time, while driving those around them
• Demonstrate creative competencies: client focus, accountability for results, organizational sophistication, ingenuity and communicating ideas
• Be as brilliant at working alone (self-motivated) as you are as part of a team (the motivator)
• You are unfazed by tight deadlines and conflicting priorities and remain calm and collected under pressure
• You are a skilled and effective negotiator
• You are a confident communicator and presenter
• You have a good knowledge of technical and logistical aspects of production
• You have a wide knowledge of the marketing industry and keep up-to-date with the event/ creative/media industry
• You have at least 12 years’ production experience working on both traditional (B2B) and consumer programmes at a similar agency.
• You are comfortable in business communications in English and Japanese.