Dubbing Producer

The M&E + Audio Dev Senior Producer position is a leadership role and is responsible for ensuring all M&E + Audio Dev projects destined for Brazilian Portuguese at our facilities in Sao Paulo (Keywords Brazil) are completed on scope, budget, timeline and for maintaining day to day relationships and comms with internal and external stakeholders. While reporting directly to the Service Line Director, this role is globally facing and will include working with sister entities and colleagues locally globally as well as helping with the Service Line ad hoc special projects as the business requires.

The position includes overseeing and leading the local M&E + Audio Dev team in Brazil (internal and external) who take part in the M&E + Audio Dev projects at the Sao Paulo Studio whether it be from direct clients, via the Studio, the Service Line or the KWS Business Development team.

This role interfaces with local and global Shared Services teams, IT, InfoSec, Finance, HR, to ensure compliance smooth day to day operations. At the physical studio level, this role ensures that the recording studios are in good working order, upholding our SLAs and security standards.

This role is multi-faceted and requires stellar communication skills, transparent reporting, sharp organizational skills, attuned attention to details, exemplary production and people management skills all the while upholding the high-quality standards and executing the goals set forth by the Studio, the Service Line and the overall business.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities:

· Production Lead for all M&E + Audio Dev projects coming through Sao Paulo

· Responsible for Monthly Financial reporting for the M&E + Audio Dev SL within studio

· Managing clients and ICO billing with local Finance team

· Field new business queries, create proposals and answer bid requests

· Client account management, existing accounts growth, educate and offer clients other SL or KWS services

· Bring to completion with a standard of excellence existing and new contracts brought to the SL by Studio, SL, BD Team or by direct contacts

· Further the brand and reputation of the M&E + Audio Dev SL as the go-to collective of studios within the industry for all things relating to Dubbing, Audio Description, Captioning, Subtitling and Post Sound

· Build & nurture relationships within the KWS group and the M&E + Audio Dev industry with a focus on key decision makers at streamers and broadcasters.

· Ensure the M&E + Audio Dev Team credentials are upheld locally and drive excellence in the production and supervision of all projects

· Manage internal/external teams on projects in order to meet client’s expectations, agreed upon budgets and deadlines

· Look for opportunities to improve margins and bring efficiencies to each production

· Outsource and manage external talent/audio teams where applicable

· Maintain full knowledge of company systems and processes

· Studio lead for M&E and Audio Dev day-to-day operations including client SLAs with security standards

This role is expected to demonstrate the following:

1. M&E + Audio Dev Services

· A true passion, know-how and sound strategic understanding and insight into the line of business.

· Build strong relationships with internal and external clients.

· Drive project briefing/planning processes to create the opportunity for great creative collaboration – consistently set the bar higher.

· Make suggestions for innovative and creative concepts & outputs.

· Manage and build project teams with a focus on creative excellence.

· Expertise in audio supervision, dubbing, VO, creative and technical production processes.

· Continually further develop knowledge and stay sharp on all new technology.

· Be aware of forthcoming releases and local industry events.

· An in-depth knowledge of all things audio production/editing/mastering with a specific skillset in M&E content.

· Demonstrate the ability to anticipate and pre-empt challenges and solution them.

· Demonstrate strong problem-solving skills – being able to develop and put in place contingency plans.

2. Client Relationships

· Play a key role in maintaining strong relationships with clients and decision makers and become a trusted point of contact in order to create the best opportunity for great work.

· Manage production and creative expectations.

· Understand clients’ views and be able to offer a respected opinion.

· Understand clients’ budget and offer on-point solutions that suit and also some that push the boundaries of what’s do-able/acceptable.

· Must be P&L savvy and able to negotiate budgets with partners and clients alike.

· Assist in creating opportunities to maximize revenues from projects.

· Demonstrate an understanding of the group’s vision and be a key driver of the mission.

· Be responsible and accountable for the Clients’ timings and budgets.

· Develop effective working relationships with outsourcers and suppliers.

· Participate in thought leadership panels and industry events as an industry leader.

· Maintain industry and participate at key industry events as directed by SL (meetings, social media comms, collateral SL presentation)