What are the responsibilities and job description for the Producer position at vineyard vines?
Producer
About us:
vineyard vines is a highly successful, privately held, American clothing and accessory retailer founded in 1998 on Martha’s Vineyard by brothers, Shep & Ian Murray. With Shep & Ian still at the helm today, vineyard vines has experienced exponential year over year growth and now operates over 120 retail locations including an outlet division, a successful e-commerce business, domestic distribution center, and expanding corporate headquarters. In addition, vineyard vines is carried in major department stores such as Nordstrom and Bloomingdales as well as numerous specialty boutiques across the US.
vineyard vines was founded on a state of mind that Every day should feel this good.
You don’t need to be on a beach, by the ocean or on vacation to have Every day should feel this good moments. It’s a state of mind that we all experience, and one where everyone is invited. At vineyard vines, we don’t just live an #EDSFTG life away from our desks—we bring it to work with us, too.
In our stores, at our Harbor Drive headquarters or working remotely, our company culture is fun, encouraging and welcoming to all. We work hard and play harder, and we never take ourselves too seriously. And while we have many company goals, our number one priority is making vineyard vines a great place to work for all employees.
Our team is our family, and we’d never have grown to where we are today without them.
We’re committed to building an inclusive team across all channels, departments and stores within our community. We hope you’ll join us and see what the smiling pink whale is all about
Overview:
The Producer will support the Creative team with the execution and management of all in-house and on-location photoshoots, including campaign and ecommerce.
Key Responsibilities:
- Own seasonal campaign planning & execution for 4 seasonal campaigns
- Leverage your strong network of talent within the industry including but not limited to photographers and models
- Authentic/ real people casting experience: work with Creative team members to identify the appropriate photographers, models/profiles and other talent necessary to successfully execute all seasonal initiatives for all channels
- Manage and file a roster of strong talent: Build and maintain database for all relevant disciplines (photography, models/profiles, stylists, locations, hair & makeup)
- Collaborate with Creative to storyboard locations and profiles relevant to seasonal campaigns
- Manage the day of the shoot, ensuring all necessary elements are going according to plan & timelines are being met
- Location scouting: Draw on knowledge of worldwide locations to quickly facilitate logistics
- Adapt and produce through authentic brand voice
- Manage e-commerce & editorial production budgets. Yearly budget planning, financial tracking by invoicing, reconciling expenses, tracking & communicating budget spending, while always proactively seeking cost savings
- Manage studio coordinator who oversees all studio production
- Drive efficiencies, identify & resolve challenges in the workflow & improve the execution of production processes through solution-oriented thinking
- Maintain a positive work environment with high creative standards
What you bring:
- Strong understanding of finance and budget processes
- Ability to pivot and troubleshoot in real time
- Self-driven and able to easily communicate creative ideas and collaborate in a team environment
- Strong interpersonal communication
- Excels in ability to plan, manage time, multitask and make decisions in a fast-paced environment
- Team focused, solution oriented, and professional attitude
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Ability to effectively receive and communicate feedback
- A positive and enthusiastic attitude
- Strong understanding of the vineyard vines brand and lifestyle
Every day will feel this good because:
- We have a fun-spirited entrepreneurial culture filled with truly "good" people
- We have flexible working hours and work from home days to accommodate your personal life
- We offer a generous employee discount so you can rep our lifestyle on-and-off the boat
- We offer a competitive salary package, 401-K, commuter benefits, and paid-family leave, health savings, flex spending accounts, life & disability insurance
- We have an onsite gym as well as health & financial wellness programs to keep you active
- We offer 2 summer Fridays to take off in addition to a competitive vacation policy & holiday calendar
