Company description

About Us

In July 2020, Publicis Production and Tag WW won the global account for GSK, to work as its production partner with innovation and problem solving at the core. In a hugely exciting development for the future of production we have created an entirely new production model to manage international demand through CaST.

Our Mission is to drive efficiency, effectiveness and reduce wastage for GSK. Going beyond the usual dashboard limitations of scheduled reviews and interventions by bringing production, data and media intimately and seamlessly together and building a data first, creatively driven solution for every brand, campaign and action.

We will defeat the crippling disease of wastage through informed decision making, consistently leveraging our knowledge of the market, audiences, channels, platforms, partners and formats in the creation of creative assets.

Delivered through our ground-breaking new model, where production is fuelled by data insights and an intelligent feedback loop of data is created. It’s enabled by tech integration so that every decision, execution and reaction creates another layer of learning for our systems, ensuring content relevance and reduction of waste.

A bit about us:

Publicis Production (Prodigious) is an award-winning production studio with 3500 production experts across 40 countries worldwide. We are proud makers, producing everything from CG animation to DOOH, to print and live action TVCs for some of the world’s leading brands.

Tag WW brings together world class craftsmanship across a full range of visual, verbal and digital techniques to create a production engine that turns ideas into high-impact creative assets that make brands stand out every time and everywhere. We have a presence in 195 cities across 40 countries and work with 40 of the top 100 global brands.

Overview

ABOUT THE ROLE....

Production Planner (FTC), you will work seamlessly in collaboration with the EMEA Regional Client Lead and the EMEA Data Translator. The Production Planner will work with the learnings and data insights from the Data Translator and be able to plan and develop omni-channel content/ assets for a variety of brands for GSK across various markets.

You will provide Brand Management and Client Management services as part of the CaST Service Layer which is the entry point of contact for the Brand leads and will have multiple brands to service.

Production Planners and Data Translators are assigned by category/brand to improve integration across CaST teams and accelerate an integrated consumer journey experience for GSK.

Working hand-in-hand with the client, EMEA Regional Client Lead, the rest of the service layer and the India Ops team to support our clients across all EMEA based brands delivering on their creative production needs.

The Production Planner will need to have critical knowledge of the production process and be able to work on multiple briefs at a time, which may vary from simple content shoots to complete campaign asset development across a variety of markets.

This is a very collaborative role in which the Production Planner will also need to work upstream with EMEA based creative agencies, various brand design teams as well as internal and external stakeholders. Playing a key role in supporting and inputting into the creative development, informed by data insights that will help to guide the creative process and ensure the content to be produced marries up with all the learnings and insights.

Responsibilities

• PROJECT OVERSIGHT – Production Planners are accountable for the successful completion of each regionally assigned project
• PRODUCTION EXPERTISE – Be the client’s subject matter expert, assisting with any queries and advising how best to ensure production requests are delivered the most efficiently and to the highest quality based on the model KPIs
• CLIENT PARTNERSHIP – Work directly with GSK, pGSK and production partners for seamless delivery of regional market production requirements and expectations of project objectives, timelines and budgets while contributing to the KPI performance
• INTEGRATED COLLABORATION – Work across GSK, creative agencies, all production and post–production teams under the operational model ensuring seamless development of creative production and on time delivery of assets for multiple brands and markets
• FINANCIAL OVERSIGHT – Acting as account lead for the production process you will: Facilitate production financials led by the production lead (producer) – including accurate estimating, billing and reconciling jobs, requesting PO’s, creating 3rd party PO’s, notifying client of any additional charges/overages prior to producing work. You are financially minded, preparing and managing budgets for multi market campaigns managing demand pipeline etc
• PROCESS – Identifying any process gaps and solutioning for efficiencies throughout the production workflow. Escalate as needed to regional client lead
• QUALITY CONTROL– Overseeing QC and ingest into streamline, ensuring all output meets client requirements, has been through QC and client approved before final release to media
• KPIs – Deep understanding of our KPIs and responsible for ensuring the KPIs are met
• TEAM LEADERSHIP – Oversight of Production, Planners are responsible for managing day-to-day projects – crafting/conducting performance reviews and ensuring team is engaged/motivated

Qualifications

• WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED....
• Solid experience in a Production, Account Service, Project Management environments within marketing / advertising agency environment
• Creative agency and client management experience
• Able to handle challenging situations and act appropriately
• Familiar with all broadcast software and programs (Adobe/Microsoft/Google)
• Strong collaborative interpersonal communication skills
• Pharma/Consumer Health care experience a plus
• Experience working in complex environments / navigations multi-level partners
• Committed to high-quality output and service, with an eye for detail
• Resourceful / Solutions Oriented
• Pro-active
• Strong organizational skills and ability to multi-task
• Good analytical and numerical skills
• Confident in verbal and written communications with the ability to add valuable input at face-to-face meetings with clients (onsite or offsite), as well as assisting with hosting clients who attend our offices in person to oversee the execution of any briefs
• Proactively develop an understanding of the client industry, products and competitors

Additional information

• Publicis Le ONE has fantastic benefits on offer to all of our employees. In addition to the classics, Pension, Life Assurance, Private Medical and Income Protection Plans we also offer;
• WORK YOUR WORLD opportunity to work anywhere in the world, where there is a Publicis office, for up to 6 weeks a year.
• REFLECTION DAYS - Two additional days of paid leave to step away from your usual day-to-day work and create time to focus on your well-being and self-care.
• HELP@HAND BENEFITS 24/7 helpline to support you on a personal and professional level. Access to remote GPs, mental health support and CBT. Wellbeing content and lifestyle coaching.
• FAMILY FRIENDLY POLICIES We provide 26 weeks of full pay for the following family milestones: Maternity. Adoption, Surrogacy and Shared Parental Leave.
• FLEXIBLE WORKING, BANK HOLIDAY SWAP & BIRTHDAY DAY OFF You are entitled to an additional day off for your birthday, from your first day of employment.
• GREAT LOCAL DISCOUNTS This includes membership discounts with Soho Friends, local restaurants and retailers in Westfield White City and Television Centre.

Full details of our benefits will be shared when you join us!

Publicis Groupe operates a hybrid working pattern with employees being office-based on Mondays and two other days during the working week.

We are supportive of all candidates and are committed to providing a fair assessment process. If you have any circumstances (such as neurodiversity, physical or mental impairments or a medical condition) that may affect your assessment, please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner. We will discuss possible adjustments to ensure fairness. Rest assured, disclosing this information will not impact your treatment in our process.

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