Associate Producer & Account Handler -Maverick

Are you an experienced Associate Producer looking for a great job in an award-winning studio, working on amazing video games advertising? Read on…

About Maverick:

Maverick by name, maverick by nature. For a quarter-century, we’ve been creating trail-blazing & award-winning work for the world’s most prestigious games publishers, developers and brands. Our top-notch team of creatives, designers and producers are always ahead of the game, ready to take client’s marketing to the next level.

At Maverick, we know a diverse workforce only elevates the great work we do. As such, we are an equal opportunities employer, and we take diversity and inclusion seriously.

Maverick regularly assesses and reviews the environmental impact of our operations. We always strive to be as green as we can.

About You:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills (and listener)
• Can-do attitude, self-starter
• Dependable, conscientious
• Be able to multi-task
• Good initiative that follows instructions
• Methodical
• Excellent admin skills with high attention to detail
• Extrovert
• Confiden
• Potential for advancement to Director level
• Completer/finisher
• Ambitious
• Target Focused

Attainments

• Significant proven experience in agencies
• Extra-Curricular Activities and Achievements
• Educated to degree level or equivalent in experience

Special Aptitudes

• Interest in Games and Entertainment
• Engaged in Advertising/Media/Creative
• Procurement and sourcing freelance production and post-production staff and facilities.
• Quality Control and Checking localization projects, subtitles spellings, correct ratings on end frames etc.
• Delivering to schedules and budgets
• High Attention to detail / Excellent document formatting
• Creative judgement
• Gives high level of Client Service
• Confident/successful negotiator
• Proofreading/copyrighting
• Client Handling

Circumstances

• Able to work long hours and weekends if required
• Travel within UK and abroad if required

The Job:

As a Associate Producer at Maverick, you will be given the opportunity to work with some of the biggest brands in the video games/entertainment industry.

Role Summary:

• Project management / run internal and external projects with a budget up to £200K, so that the output is creatively excellent whilst being delivered on time and on budget.
• Communicate the requirements of client projects, ensuring these are clearly identified in written briefs. Take and give project feedback throughout the project, ensuring comprehensive debriefs take place with the client upon completion of projects.
• Source creative talent options and decide on the best creative and production approach to achieve the brief.
• Create project budgets and schedules to ensure we achieve benchmarks and deliver a high-quality result.
• Ensure accurate internal project reporting and administration on projects.
• Build strong relationships with suppliers, engaging them so that they are motivated to deliver high quality results for Maverick and its clients.
• Develop relationships with clients to identify projects and opportunities to add value and help clients achieve their goals.
• Present Maverick to clients – create presentations and pitch documents in order to pitch projects and sell the whole range of Maverick’s services.
• Improve our understanding of clients, the market and the effectiveness of the work we do beyond the life of the current project’s delivery.
• Increase the scope of projects and of our work with clients at every opportunity. Share insights from clients back to Maverick and present new ideas etc. to clients.
• Contribute to Maverick's Marketing and Business Development by attending industry events and client entertaining, when needed.

Tasks and Performance Measures:

• Projects delivered on time, and within budget, whilst hitting target margins.
• Good admin and project reporting.
• Good internal and external communications.
• Timely procurement of freelancers/crew and internal resource, as per the proper process.
• Client satisfaction. Consistent 8/10 score on project debriefs.
• Personal objectives as agreed with line manager and Head of Production.

Skills and Experience

Required

• Experience in Producing/Project Management/Account Handling in Prod Co or Agency
• Experience in Post-production/Animation or Video Games environment
• Experience in Client Handling
• Good computer skills – Word, Excel, Outlook
• Adobe Suite (review and check etc. to basic level)
• Client facing, liaising experience

Desirable

• Client facing, liaising experience
• Trailer Experience
• Animation Experience
• Versioning Experience
• Live Action Experience
• Sales/Business Development responsibilities
• Intererest in Pokémon

What is in it for you?

Besides the easily accessible central London office and our hybrid working model , other benefits are just as important! Here's some of them:

• Private medical insurance
• Life insurance
• Income protection
• 24 days holiday + 1 birthday holiday day + Christmas & New Year closure + Bank holidays per annum
• 2 extra days holidays for your wedding / civil partnership
• 5 fully paid volunteer days off per year
• Extended leave for maternity-, paternity & partner-, pregnancy loss- and fertility treatment and bereavement leave.
• Work from Home allowance
• (Optional) Shares Purchase Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme (incl. up to 4 free counselling sessions)
• Free Perkbox subscription (access to over 1000 discounts and free perks)
• Bike2Work scheme
• Office games and consoles
• Fun company events and an always fully stocked drinks fridge in the office
• (Optional) The opportunity to join our Diversity, Equality & Inclusion Dream Team and/or Wellbeing Warriors committees
• A competitive salary and bonus package

(More details will be provided at offer stage)

Please be aware that Maverick is unable to sponsor for visas