Hybrid Vice President, Executive Producer

at Edelman

• Job title: Vice President, Executive Producer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: $105,000 - $175,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Chicago, United States

About the role

• Executive Producer leading production solutions across multiple platforms at Edelman. Cultivating creativity and collaboration in a high-impact, innovative agency setting.

Responsibilities

• Partner with creative and account leads to ideate, sell-in, scope, and execute creative work at the highest quality.
• Prepare production budgets and schedules and addresses production related questions for internal and external clients.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with reps, directors, and vendors. Lead director search and vendor bidding process.
• Lead communication with necessary production, creative and account service colleagues to facilitate workflow.
• Collaborate with strategy and creative teams to champion innovative ideas. Be a tireless advocate for the creative process while always looking for the best way to provide solutions on time and budget.
• Possess a willingness to learn and explore beyond your core.
• Manage client expectations and giving recommendations when required.
• Oversee projects from initial pitch, through discovery, concepting, design, development, and QA final deliverables.

Requirements

• At least 8 years of production experience within an agency setting, production company or in house.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• Passion for being a student of the industry.
• Base knowledge of industry talent and vendors.
• Appetite to produce work in all specialties (Digital, Social, Broadcast, Radio, Print, Experiential, Fabrication).
• Proficiency in industry software and systems.
• Excellent planning, organizing and time management skills.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative work ethic.
• Understanding of all processes involved in a production lifecycle (video, design, digital).
• Budget preparation skills.
• The ideal candidate will demonstrate fluency in leveraging AI tools to enhance communication strategies, optimize content creation, and drive more personalized, data-informed engagement across channels.

Benefits

• medical and dental insurance
• vision
• 401K
• life insurance
• disability insurance
• paid time off
• travel assistance
• wellness programing