Photo Producer
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POSITION OVERVIEW:
In-house Photo Producer responsible for the planning and production of on-figure and still photography, budget management, and casting in collaboration with your Art Director partners. This is an OMNI-Channel role; digital, (online editorials, social, and video), print, and direct mail.
POSTION SPECIFICS:
Production/Art Buying/Project Management:
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Manage small and large-scale productions by coordinating, holding and confirming all details for a photo shoot: studio,talent, equipment, etc. for flawless, on time productions.
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Run the overall 360-photo production calendar and lead the weekly team planning call/meeting. This also includes: maintaining and developing holds charts and schedules and communicating that to your creative team.
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Partner with outside production teams and Art Director on all elements of a photo production to ensure budgeting and timing is accurate and efficient.
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Negotiate with vendorsto get best pricing and usage.
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Be able to be the in-houseArt Producer as well as be an onset producerwhen needed/requested.
Financial Management/Administration:
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Develop and maintain each photo production budget from start to stop for projects you are assigned—from budget planning to actualsto reconciling each job and season.
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Work with creative partner to make sure all creative needs are met within budget constraints and job is spec-ed accurately for project.
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Manage Neimans financial systems such as Filmmaker Pro and Oracle to make sure all billing/invoicing is up to date, done accurately, charged to correct job, and paid on time.
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Work with financial partners provide monthly reports on actuals to date on all productions and maintaining OMNI Master Budgetdoc with Director.
Casting:
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Manage casting in collaboration with Art Directors to secure the most brand-right talent on budget with the best usage and rates for all of your projects. This includes negotiations, suggestions and hiring all talent for your projects.
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Maintain strong relationships with agents to continuously get best rates and most current talent suggestions on an agent’s board.
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Provide end of season casting recaps.
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Hold seasonal castings and make sure model library is up to date and know who is new, on trend and brand-right for Nieman’s when casting projects.
JOB REQUIREMENTS:
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Minimum 3 plus years experience photo production within an established retailer, publishing company, online media co., or agency.
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Minimum 2 plus years’ experience casting.
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Ability to bringsolutions to the table.
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Excellent verbal and written skills.
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Nimble with strong organizational skills,attention to detailand ability to multi-task within a fast paced and dynamic environment.
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Strong industry alliancesthroughout the US.
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Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office: Word & Excel a must.