Producer

Sway Creative Labs (https://www.madebysway.com) is looking for a Producer that excels in both project management and account service to help steward our clients' requests from ideation to fruition. You will join a team of passionate individuals dedicated to elevating projects through quality ideas and meticulous implementation.

Requirements:

• 3 years of experience in a production role within an agency or in a client-side setting, managing both digital and traditional media projects.
• Comprehensive understanding of the project lifecycle across various media, from brief to launch.
• Hands-on experience in writing documentation, creating estimates, and crafting detailed schedules.
• A well-rounded knowledge of design and development processes, applicable to both online and offline media.
• Familiarity with digital accessibility standards, such as ADA tier AA, is highly regarded.
• Occasional travel and attendance required in office and on set
• Experience with a range of project types, from single page microsites to large CMS-driven websites and traditional media campaigns.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead project meetings with staff, clients, and vendors, effectively anticipating next steps, timing, and resources needed to smoothly advance through the project’s cycle.
• Act as a responsive, knowledgeable, and courteous point of contact between our clients and internal team members.
• Offer insights and strategic ideas on achieving client goals while collaborating closely with our creative and technical teams.
• Utilize your extensive knowledge to enhance and refine our internal processes.
• Define and manage project scopes, schedules, and estimates based on creative briefs and insights.
• Maintain rigorous schedules that accommodate milestone dates and provide sufficient time for review and revisions at each phase of project development.
• Conduct regular check-ins on larger projects to monitor progress and make necessary adjustments.
• Update client status sheets to ensure all project deliverables are moving as intended.
• Quickly adapt and learn when faced with new challenges, maintaining a comprehensive grasp of all project aspects.
• Demonstrate best practices in project management, such as detailed task itemization, setting meeting agendas, and diligent follow-up.
• Manage project budgets effectively, ensuring alignment with estimates and actual expenditures.

Benefits:

• Remote Work Affordance. For the duration of your employment at Sway, except in instances of occasional and pre-scheduled in-person meetings, and wherein your attendance is needed on set, this role will be 100% remote
• 15 Paid Vacation Days. Days reset at your start date and do not roll over. You’ll have the ability to withdraw a negative balance of up to 5 days, and you begin the year with your days already afforded
• 17 Paid Holidays. Your Birthday, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, the Monday after the Super Bowl, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Juneteenth, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Friday after Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and week between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day
• Two-Hour Windows. So long as the privilege is not abused, we offer each employee 2-hour leave windows at the beginning (9am - 11am EST) and end of the workday (3pm - 5pm) to tend to any appointments like unexpected child care challenges, doctor’s visits, home maintenance, etc. that do not count against your allotted paid time off
• Health Plan. All employees are eligible to enroll in one of (3) Group Sentara Health Plans; with Sway covering 80% of employee’s cost and 50% of your dependents
• Dental Insurance. Sway pays 100% of employee’s United Concordia Dental Plan
• Yearly bonuses. Unless otherwise stated, you will be eligible to receive a year-end bonus based on your performance, to be determined in Sway’s full discretion. Payment of bonuses is on the second paycheck of November each year. Additional bonuses may be awarded throughout the year based on your own (including your efforts in generating new business via your own relationships) and the company’s performance, to be determined at Sway’s discretion
• Retirement Benefits. Sway’s 401K policy offers a solid foundation for your retirement planning; we match your contributions at a 1:1 rate for the first 3% of your pay, and then add an extra $0.50 for each dollar you contribute on the following 2% of your pay
• Upskilling Opportunities. As “curiosity of craft” is on of our core values, Sway encourages continued education and skill advancement conferences courses with 100% reimbursement of at least one approved employee upskilling initiatives