Associate Producer & Account Handler -Maverick

Job Title: Associate Producer & Account Handler

Duration: Permanent

Location: Hybrid model (London and WFH)

Responsible to: Senior Producer

About Maverick: We’re a video games creative agency who make award-winning and industry-leading creative campaigns underpinned by deep brand understanding and strategy. For 25 years we’ve partnered with the world’s most ambitious and prestigious game publishers, developers and brands.

Our team works with everyone, from indie developers to AAA publishers across a global stage to produce multi-service, multi-platform, leading-edge work.

Maverick is now part of the Keywords Studios family, expanding our network to over 60+ multidisciplined studios and 12,000+ employees.

The new Associate Producer will be responsible for:

Key Accountabilities:

• Project management / run internal and external projects with a budget up to £200K, so that the output is creatively excellent whilst being delivered on time and on budget.
• Communicate the requirements of client projects, ensuring these are clearly identified in written briefs. Take and give project feedback throughout the project, ensuring comprehensive debriefs take place with the client upon completion of projects.
• Source creative talent options and decide on the best creative and production approach to achieve the brief.
• Create project budgets and schedules to ensure we achieve benchmarks and deliver a high-quality result.
• Ensure accurate internal project reporting and administration on projects.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers, engaging them so that they are motivated to deliver high quality results for Maverick and its clients.
• Develop relationships with clients to identify projects and opportunities to add value and help clients achieve their goals.
• Present Maverick to clients – create presentations and pitch documents in order to pitch projects and sell the whole range of Maverick’s services.
• Improve our understanding of clients, the market and the effectiveness of the work we do beyond the life of the current project’s delivery.
• Increase the scope of projects and of our work with clients at every opportunity. Share insights from clients back to Maverick and present new ideas etc. to clients.
• Contribute to Maverick's Marketing and Business Development by attending industry events and client entertaining, when needed.

Tasks and Performance Measures:

• Projects delivered on time, and within budget, whilst hitting target margins.
• Good admin and project reporting.
• Good internal and external communications.
• Timely procurement of freelancers/crew and internal resource, as per the proper process.
• Client satisfaction. Consistent 8/10 score on project debriefs.
• Personal objectives as agreed with line manager and Head of Production.

Essential Experience

• Experience in Producing/Project Management/Account Handling in Prod Co or Agency
• Experience in Post-production/Animation or Video Games environment
• Experience in Client Handling
• Good computer skills – Word, Excel, Outlook
• Adobe Suite (review and check etc. to basic level)
• Client facing, liaising experience

Desirable Experience

• Client facing, liaising experience
• Trailer Experience
• Animation Experience
• Versioning Experience
• Live Action Experience
• Sales/Business Development responsibilities
• Intererest in Pokémon

Attainments

• Significant proven experience in agencies
• Extra-Curricular Activities and Achievements
• Educated to degree level or equivalent in experience

Special Aptitudes

• Interest in Games and Entertainment
• Engaged in Advertising/Media/Creative
• Procurement and sourcing freelance production and post-production staff and facilities.
• Quality Control and Checking localization projects, subtitles spellings, correct ratings on end frames etc.
• Delivering to schedules and budgets
• High Attention to detail / Excellent document formatting
• Creative judgement
• Gives high level of Client Service
• Confident/successful negotiator
• Proofreading/copyrighting
• Client Handling

Disposition

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (and listener)
• Can-do attitude, self-starter
• Dependable, conscientious
• Be able to multi-task
• Good initiative that follows instructions
• Methodical
• Excellent admin skills with high attention to detail
• Extrovert
• Confident
• Potential for advancement to Director level

Thinking Style

• Completer/finisher
• Ambitious
• Target Focused

Circumstances

• Able to work long hours and weekends if required
• Travel within UK and abroad if required