Producer (Contract)

Artisan Council based in downtown NYC, is a boutique digital marketing agency empowering progressive brands in the constantly evolving social and digital landscape. Our team believes in the power of stans and fans and aims to build brand loyalty through community involvement and engagement. AC believes that having an informed community of diverse voices is the key to making an impact in today’s ever-changing world of social media and content. AC’s team members are passionate about diversity, community, content, culture, innovation, and trying things first! We’re looking for people who share our passion, people who live and breathe beauty, have exceptional research, communication, and creative thinking skills, take an empathetic approach to everything they do, and enjoy helping others succeed.

Artisan Council is seeking a Contract Producer for a two-month-long project to support our team, with experience in social media content production, including motion direction.

Reporting to Artisan Council’s Creative Director and Senior Producer for the duration of the project, you will be goal, timeline, and analytically driven, and a team player, and demonstrate leadership and ownership of your work and resilience in the face of client feedback. You’ll be an integral part of this project, from conception, supporting on set direction, and contributing to content production initiatives while working collaboratively with team members to understand client needs, feedback, and timelines.

Together, we as a team are dedicated to building each other up, helping each other grow, and achieving goals together.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

Our mission is to create a happy, safe, considerate, and inspiring work environment for all.

What will you be responsible for during this project?

• Lead end-to-end production management across 2-3 major deliverables cross-collaboratively with the lead Senior Producer
• Develop and maintain detailed production schedules, budget tracking, resource plans, vendor lists (crew, studios, equipment, post, colour, etc.).
• Collaborate with creative and account teams to translate creative briefs into actionable production plans; advise on logistics, staffing, location, permits, insurance, technical specs, talent / wrangling.
• Manage procurement and vendor contracting (scoping, RFPs, quoting, negotiation, PO / contract issuance, invoice check-in) in coordination with agency operations / finance.
• Lead production meetings (pre-prod, production, post-production); distribute meeting notes, action items, status updates.
• Track and report on budget vs actuals; flag risks, drive course-correction or scope-adjustments as needed.
• Ensure deliverables adhere to agency / brand quality standards; liaise with post-production, design, motion, editorial to ensure timing, file formats, hand-off.
• Serve as primary contact for production issues : schedule delays, budget overruns, vendor performance, creative changes — and drive solutions.
• Close-out each production : final budget reconciliation, vendor payments, asset archiving, lessons-learned debrief.

What kind of skills should you have?

Please note carefully. Applicants without this experience will not be considered.