The Mill is a global creative partner for agencies, production companies and brands, working across multiple media channels and platforms. We are trusted specialists in Visual Effects, Creative Production and Experience design. Our projects include the creation of digital products and virtual experiences, as well as world class VFX and video production for the Advertising and Brand Experience industries. We are a vibrant network of talented Artists, Producers, Directors and Creative Technologists from multinational backgrounds. We nurture innovation, flexibility and diverse ideas across our studios in London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Seoul, Shanghai, and Bangalore.
We are all united by one single ambition: To create extraordinary and memorable work that captivates and excites audiences.
Job Description:
The Executive Producer is a senior role within The Mill. The role has both internal and external responsibilities. Externally, the role is client facing, requiring the EP to identify and win the appropriate work from both existing and new clients. The EP will need to be confident in articulating the Mill message and will need to work with the New Business and marketing team to get the message across. The EP will need to be a strong negotiator with a focus on pitching and winning work in conjunction with Creative Directors.
The VFX EP is responsible for MILL VFX production working closely with producers and creatives to produce the best work possible. The EP converts traditional agency and production briefs into Mill creative responses. Delivering profitable productions using the mill infrastructure and key services.
The EP manages the direct client relationships, is the key client contact and is the escalation point responsible for the overall production budget, P& L and project profitability. The EP should be able to share their clients with more junior members of the team and encourage senior producers to gain a good and solid client base.
The EP is responsible for making sure producers within their team are keeping projects on budget and running smoothly jumping in where possible, but not necessarily dealing with the day to day.
KEY RESPONSIBILITES
• Managing UK sales and projects through
optimal use of Hubspot
• Assess and validate client briefs before engaging with Creative teams (i.e. is this brief validated and at a realistic stage where we should be pitching)
• Building senior client relationships for key Mill strategic accounts and driving revenue as an individual lead and via the wider team
• Ensure the team are developing long-term commercial relationships with agencies and production companies
• Bring in new business from clients that do not presently work with The Mill
• Work collaboratively with the team to develop creative production solutions in response to client briefs and ensure high standards
of creative excellence
• Tracking and analysis of pitch conversions. Applying learnings of where we succeed and where we fail.
• Help the more junior members of the team with more difficult situations and conversations
Qualifications
• An understanding of VFX to include 2D executions, CG, Grade & Design
• Ideally, with 8 years + experience
• Confident speaker and presenter
• International Client experience would be an advantage
• Passion for emerging and future technology in content production and delivery
SUCCESS METRICS & KPI'S
• Meeting revenue targets for VFX
• Increasing brand count of new agency/production company clients
• Driving repeat business from existing and lapsed Mill clients
Additional Job Description:
Jobcode: Reference SBJ-r13e5y-209-242-204-47-42 in your application.
