Senior Producer - Black Sheep Studios

Company description

Black Sheep Studios is an 11 year old BAFTA‑winning creative production studio at the heart of BBH London with a rich history in production craft, from producing short films, music videos, commercials to social content. They don’t have a roster of Directors which gives them the freedom to unearth bespoke global talent and build teams around every Production.

As a Senior Producer, you’ll be a key member of Black Sheep Studios. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Senior Producer with a production company background to join a fast‑growing team, building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders. You will have the opportunity to produce global campaigns for BBH’s brands and Black Sheep Studios’s own clients, working with some of the industry’s best Creatives & independent Directors.

• Produce end‑to‑end production, from helping the Agency Producer ballpark the creative to submitting bids for our freelance Directors and scoping post‑production.
• Pitch independent Directors for each job, tailoring the Director list to the creative brief and putting fresh talent forward for each pitch. Run the triple bid process, ensuring each Director has their best chance of winning by sense‑checking their treatments and providing them with the correct support – whether that’s bringing in a Writer, Image Researcher or Layout Designer to help elevate the treatment.
• Budget and manage post‑production across multiple Black Sheep Studios jobs alongside the Agency Producer. Work with the Director to ensure they’re working with the Editor of their choice, and suggest alternative editors if necessary. Provide competitive quotes for each job and ensure the Director is happy with the Colourist, Flame Op or Sound Engineer.
• Use negotiation powers to make cost efficiencies at every opportunity, maintaining profit margins without compromising the creative or Director’s vision.
• Create and manage the production schedule, ensuring all key milestones and deadlines are hit and working with the agency producer to align your schedule with the client’s.
• Oversee invoicing and payment process with vendors with the help of our Production Assistant, who will assist you with raising POs and setting up new vendors.
• Juggle multiple productions in a fast‑paced environment, confident in managing Production Assistants & Production Managers on your jobs.
• Uncover new talent, maintain relationships with Directors’ Reps, and provide creatives with exposure to global emerging talent.

• Positive, personable and optimistic with excellent communication skills and the confidence to build great relationships with internal and external suppliers.
• Creative problem‑solver that brings solutions to the table. We never say no without offering an alternative solution or approach.
• Ability to protect and grow both the Director and agency Creative’s vision for the project, whilst building and maintaining a great relationship with your Agency Producer.
• Solid production black book of Directors, crew and suppliers in the UK and beyond, excited to constantly build on this.
• Experience working with overseas service companies – having filmed overseas and overseen a service company on a production would benefit this role greatly, and helps at the scoping stage to propose alternative shooting locations and budgets.
• Remain positive, calm and motivated, inspiring colleagues to maintain a similar attitude and composure.
• Confidence in managing budgets from £50,000 up to a million pounds.
• Open and willing to share knowledge of industry developments in production with the team and the wider agency.
• Knowledge of APA rates and rules – we always adhere to APA rates and APA rules on our productions, so knowledge of this is important.
• Good knowledge of post‑production and a good network of freelance editors and post houses.

• Salary:
  Competitive
• Location:
  
  BBH London, 60 Kingly Street (4 days in the office, 1 WFH)
• Reports to:
  
  Executive Producer
• Right to work:
  Please note we are not able to provide visa sponsorship for this role, so the right to work in the UK is required for this.
• Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
  That belief in difference – zagging – is how we change brands and businesses. Central to that difference is our commitment to promoting equality, diversity & inclusion, and proactively challenging prejudice and discrimination inside our business, with our clients, how we select our partners and in our work. Our people are our most important asset – the makeup of our workforce guides our culture and the work we deliver.
  
  We aim to welcome diversity at every level and to empower every individual to bring their full‑self to work, to add‑to and develop our culture; to be better in the future than we are today.