Preston Kelly | Production Manager

Production


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Type Of Work:
Full-Time
Location:
Minneapolis
Date Posted:
June 3, 2019


Description

The production manager at Preston Kelly turns creative ideas into tangible works by achieving the highest-quality print and digital production within the clients’ budgets and timelines. This person is a critical thinker who can courageously manage the unknown, innovatively execute work and is passionate about delivering a superior creative product. This includes ensuring prompt and orderly flow of the creative product through the agency and anticipating any production requirements, risks and opportunities.

Our Values:
The person who holds this position will be a part of a team of fanatics on a common mission to help grow our agency, our clients and ourselves. We will do so by following our agency values:

Courage: Champion smart risk
Originality: Choreograph our own dance
Openness: Welcome diverse ideas
Positivity: Inspire more great

Responsibilities:

Maintain thorough understanding of all assigned projects and/or accounts and their timelines, scopes, resourcing needs
Evaluate production requirements of assigned projects, including business requirements, material or technical specs; plan production strategies and timetables
Identify and enlist qualified vendors and act as liaison to build strong relationships between agency departments and vendors
Competitively bid all work to prepare estimates for client approval
Purchase quality materials and vendor services; be accountable for production estimates
Issue concise, detailed POs and release forms for services, art, or products obtained through vendors/suppliers
Schedule internal production meetings as well as vendor/agency collaboration meetings; inform job status sheets
Anticipate production needs and problems; communicate and solve for potential issues
Prioritize work and manage timetables and estimates for production jobs in progress
Circulate production details and produced elements for internal review in keeping with production timeline
Communicate any and all information about jobs or changes to all appropriate parties (agency personnel and suppliers)
Maintain expertise with new technology, trends, prices, production techniques and suppliers
Promote integrity and honesty with Preston Kelly clients, suppliers and agency personnel
Keep supervisor informed of workload and account situations; recommend improvements to procedures
Manage file and asset sharing and file storing on server
Manage QA and testing process to ensure flawless execution of final deliverables
Expertise/Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education combined with experience
1-5 years of work experience in the advertising/marketing industry
Understanding of print production, pre-press, on-press functions
Understanding of web development and digital campaign execution/coordination
Understanding of intellectual property rights, licensing requirements and procedures
Advanced computer skills, including experience in team or agency management software and Excel spreadsheets; knowledge of Advantage software preferred
Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple projects at the same time
Ability to adapt quickly to demands of challenging and unusual projects
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
Strong attention to detail and good record-keeping abilities
Ability to work within and lead a team
Proficient level of professional skill and/or knowledge in project management, keeping current with emerging PM and production models
Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, with the ability to clearly communicate issues to all levels of management

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