Associate Producer - Web jobs in Riverside, CA

Position Summary:

The Producer works closely with the Sr Director Creative. The Producer will develop and produce highly visible marketing presentations, act as a producer as needed on photo and video content shoots. They will interface in a professional manner with internal team members and external vendors and must possess the ability to communicate design process and elements in a clear, concise, and objective manner. They should be a self-starter, able to manage multiple concurrent projects, manage their own deadlines.

The Producer must be a highly organized, a detail-oriented thinker, and excellent communicator, understand the creative process, and be an excellent project manager able to track and drive the completion of numerous small and large-scale projects simultaneously.

Essential Job Functions:

• Assist and coordinate creative projects relating to Content Creation, Point of Sale, Photoshoots, and Department Presentations.
• Responsible for tracking and gathering appropriate approvals throughout the creative development process of assigned projects. Coordinate sign-off and approval process for all project deliverables.
• Proactively communicate information, status, milestones, and obstacles to all key stakeholders on a regular basis. Ensure that all key project/brief information is received and distributed in a timely fashion.
• Establish and maintain a usable and well-communicated schedule that identifies when each task will be performed, dependencies between tasks, and who will perform each task.
• Prepare Word, Excel, PowerPoint presentations, agendas, reports special projects and other documents in support of departmental operations and objectives.
• Assist with general administrative activities such as arranging travel, accommodations, logistics and catering for internal meetings on a cost-efficient basis.
• Resolve or escalate issues promptly to minimize impact to timeline, quality, and budget. If a project is in jeopardy, create contingency plans with input from key team members and implement a revised project schedule or scope.
• Create a project management infrastructure and process, finding and presenting opportunities for improvement and additional structure when appropriate.
• Provide project coordination and support on various projects as assigned by Creative Director.
• Lead status meetings and keep the team aligned and on track to achieving goals and outlining next steps.
• Effectively develop relationships with project team members and stakeholders in an effort to ensure all deliverables are consistently met.

Position Requirements:

Experience:

• Superior interpersonal communication and people skills.
• Highly motivated, self-managed individual.
• Knowledge of Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, and InDesign).
• Minimum 5-7 years, experience in marketing and project coordination. Agency experience is a plus.
• Must be a self-starter, proactive, team player, and professional. Must be detail oriented and have strong verbal & written communication skills.
• Must be extremely proficient in MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, and the Internet.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks in a work environment where rapidly changing priorities can be the rule rather than the exception.
• Outstanding attention to detail and accuracy.
• Self-starter for learning all aspects of the business. Driven to excel, grow and is willing to step outside of the job description.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with special attention to spelling and grammar.
• Superior organization and time management skills.
• Ability to function effectively as a member of a team with willingness to assist with special tasks and projects as assigned.
• Ability to work with graphic designers, agencies, suppliers, and various internal departments within the organization.

Leadership Characteristics:

• Organizationally savvy and can-do attitude.
• Proactive and organized liaison between creative, digital and brand teams.

Education:

• College degree and/or equivalent technical trade degree.
• Must be open to travel as needed

Pay Range:  $64k - 85k