Associate Producer

Brainrider is a marketing and creative agency with teams in Menlo Park/San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle, New York City, London, and Toronto. We work with ambitious marketers, in-house creative teams, and internal agencies to do more, by filling capability and capacity gaps and enabling them to execute their marketing and creative at scale.

We believe collaboration is at its best when we feel at home, so we work as a team — plain and simple. Whether we're brainstorming better marketing ideas for our clients, or pushing the gas to meet a tight deadline, it all happens with adaptability, optimism, and teamwork. When you join us, you may be pleasantly surprised to find yourself surrounded by smart, genuinely down-to-earth and inclusive people who want to grow with you.

Are you our next team member?

**The Role**

As an Associate Producer at Brainrider, you'll manage assigned client projects through the entire lifecycle, for a variety of client project initiatives. Associate Producers play a supportive role in all aspects of the studio's success; assisting in project profitability, helping to nurture client relationships, and fostering team morale.

You excel at building trust-based relationships with clients and stakeholders, and equipping them with the information they need to make swift, sure decisions. You possess a variety of competencies and are known for your strong project management, ability to lead cross-functional teams, and your exceptional follow-through and communication. You can also manage and contribute to multiple, simultaneous projects with dexterity and ease.

Your success in this role will be determined by your ability to bring better transparency and visibility into all projects and requests that require design support, enabling resource managers and project owners to discuss and agree on prioritization, resourcing, and sequencing of projects. You will also work with designers to ensure they're working on the right projects at the right times.

**What You'll Do**
- Manage all aspects of small projects, or support Sr. Producers on larger projects, throughout their life cycle with the guidance and support from Executive Management.
- Plan for and prioritize deliverables and resources across all projects, based on scope of work, marketing plan and project goals
- Generate and manage project plans, estimates and schedules for small scoped projects
- Have ownership in the quality of the final product; ensure deliverables meet the clients' expectations and Brainrider's high-quality standards
- Proactively monitor projects to anticipate potential risks and identify solutions to address them in advance
- Participate in the success of project meetings by clarifying goals and managing achievements of those goals in collaboration with the internal team
- Communicating a project's progress with clients and internal teams
- Track and successfully manage the financial health of all projects to avoid project overages on small projects, with guidance from Resource Manager
- Project administration and closeout
- Recommend project methodology and scope effort to fit within budget and schedule; ensure work is delivered on time and on budget

**What You'll Bring**
- 1-3 years experience as a project manager in a creative studio or agency
- Have strong organizational skills and an attention to detail
- Have excellent written and verbal communications skills
- In-depth understanding of resource requirements, timelines, and workback schedules for a variety of marketing, advertising, and design deliverables and formats
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent short-turn projects within strict deadlines and budgetary constraints
- Have enthusiasm to work with multi-disciplinary teams in a fast-paced environment
- Communicative, flexible and precise under tight deadlines
- Positive team player who also works well independently
- Expert level proficiency in MS Office, Workfront or other PM tools, and collaboration tools such as Workplace or Slack

**Additional information**:
**This position is remote until further notice, following COVID-19 recommended SIP guidelines.**

We offer competitive salaries, paid vacation, work from home (WFH) support and set-up assistance, 401K options and a wide variety of other great perks

**The fine print**:

- Please include current resume and cover letter, as we would like to learn more about you and your experience
- You can learn more about working with us at** **Brainrider Careers**

Brainrider is a place where everyone can do their best work and be themselves. We work as a team, plain and simple. We respect and value the unique characteristics, skills, and experiences of everyone, and support and champion each other to be the best we can be — for ourselves, our team, and our clients. We recognize that a diverse and inclusive workplace leads to better ideas, better solutions, and better results. And we're here for that — and for you.** We #ridetogether.**