The Role

Casual is an award-winning video and animation production group with offices around the world.

We’re looking for an exciting, experienced and dynamic Producer to join our Hong Kong office in a full time in-house permanent role.

This is a great opportunity to work across a range of B2B and consumer-facing brands and get a 360 view of the production process from pitching to post. You’ll work closely with our Senior Producers and our Executive Producer in Hong Kong, and be part of a talented production and post-production team. 

This position is based in our Lai Chi Kok office in Hong Kong.

Accountabilities

• Interpreting briefs
• Account management
• Basic creative development
• Quality control
• Cost control
• Project & shoot management
• Staff development

Casual Values

• Passionate about impressing clients
• Can-do and proactive
• Team spirited and accountable
• Doing more with less
• Be open and positive

What You'll Actually Do

• Build trust, confidence and creatively/financially rewarding relationships with our clients.
• Take the initial brief often directly with the client or an Exec Producer.
• Maintain creative responsibility for a project and that it fits with the clients’ strategic goals. 
• When appropriate, lead when presenting the proposal back to the client 
• Ability to handle higher value projects, delivering tangibly better quality videos.
• Manage select accounts and support your EP to reach the annual sales/production spend target. 
• Take responsibility for all the logistics, personnel and communication at the shoot
• Where appropriate, direct the shoot
• Oversee post production team to ensure post production is timely, on budget and complies with brief. 
• Mediate difficult situations with and between clients, escalating to the Executive Producer where appropriate.
• Come up with innovative and new ways to drive down cash spend while maintaining high production values. 
• Ability and desire to train and retain skilled staff that support company and client needs.
• Expand our freelancer roster using Smart Crew.
• Be fluent in the language of the boardroom and the film set and serve as an interpreter and decision maker between all stakeholders. 
• Demonstrate a proactive approach to winning new work and spotting opportunities. 
• Review existing production processes, and implement new ones when necessary.
• Lead by example, ensuring our clients would describe your personal service as first class.
• Contribute to the culture of the company, fostering junior talent, celebrating wins, promoting global collaboration, and owning extra-curricular activities. 

What You Shouldn't Do

• Deliver the video you want, rather than the video the client wants
• Focus on only one project at the detriment of others
• Overspend on projects
• Fail to delegate

Essential Personal Qualities

• Significant experience in managing corporate video productions
• An in-depth understanding of both technical and creative processes
• A proven track record in fast paced environments
• Proven ability to project manage multiple projects. 
• The ability to push a production team to deliver high quality work
• Impressive written and vocal communication skills and an enthusiastic approach to liaising with clients
• Proven excellent interpersonal skills and client facing skills
• Problem solver
• Decision maker
• Personable
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills
• Calm under pressure
• Strong negotiation skills, experienced with managing suppliers and contractors
• Good knowledge of different types of cameras and film format compatibility

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