Asia – based in Singapore
We believe in Extraordinary.
Jack Morton is a global brand experience agency. Through the power of experience, we create meaningful relationships between people and brands. Clients build a better customer experience by investing in brand acts, brand experiences, digital transformation, employee experience, integrated marketing, sponsorship marketing and virtual & hybrid events. Our agency also has special skills in trade shows & exhibits and broadcast design.
But we don’t just create brand experiences. We create Experience Brands.
We believe that great experiences drive loyalty and build advocates, but extraordinary experiences create Experience Brands. Brands that deliver proof on their promise at every touchpoint, time and time again.
At the core of our agency is our people. Founded by a man nearly a century ago who believed that experiences move people to act, we continue to live by this notion today. We are a dedicated team of strategists, creative innovators, world-class designers, futurists, operational experts and business partners.
Born out of smart insights and built creatively with a content-first approach, our award-winning experiences are imaginative and engaging, innovative beyond expectation, and flawlessly executed.
Each and every day we are driven to do one thing: Be Extraordinary.
This desire fuels our work and our culture. Because we don’t want to be ordinary. And neither do you.
With the nature of our business, we need to be ready at a moment’s notice to support the needs of our clients and sometimes, that requires us to look outside of the agency. We are looking to create relationships with trusted individuals that could be called upon when our team needs support.
That brings us to you.
If you’re someone who loves planning events and all the work that goes into making them happen, then this role is for you!
The position:
As an Executive Producer in our brand experience agency (and a contributor in our idea-generating, client-problem-solving creative response) your task is to oversee multiple projects from inception to completion and be a key player in growing the business, ensuring that all work - from creative concepts to logistics and technical - delivers against agreed objectives and surpasses clients’ expectations.
Flexible and adaptable, EP’s should be able to build strong and durable relationships with both colleagues and clients.
What You’ll Be Doing
What do you do, day to day?
- Inspire and lead, creating a positive team climate that inspires others to excel and deliver
- Personify, amplify and drive our values (Passion, Agility and Respect) within the workplace
- Encourage team diversity and inclusiveness
- Collaborate with Growth and Ideas departments to ensure the agency’s ability to produce great work
- Proactively identify potential production partners and vendors
- Develop a thorough understanding of clients’ business and strategy
- Contribute to winning creative pitches
- Work alongside the client and wider project team to develop strategy and creative execution
- Budget control/management. To deliver to agreed financial targets and enhance margin
- Coach and develop project team in the creative and production process
- Build network of freelance talent
- Develop on-going relationships with clients and work with account teams to secure new business
Key Accountabilities:
Client Management
- Participate in the development of integrated solutions that leverage agency offerings and are mutually beneficial for the client and the agency
- Guide the development, writing and presentation of incremental program proposals, scopes of work, schedules and staffing plans as they relate to solutions. Ensures PCNs are clearly communicated to client and approved.
- Build and maintain effective client relationships, ensuring that all client’s needs are heard, understood and addressed in a timely way
- Ensure clear communication to the client for the assigned program regarding roles and responsibilities, scope, budget, schedules and program status/ action items
Team Management
- Working with the Account Director, manage the program process from creative through execution using Jack Morton processes and tools.
- Ensure regular team meetings and manage communications between team members, ensuring all deadlines are met
- Coach and oversee junior team members on execution of all individual job details
- Develop talent of junior team by providing challenging assignments and ongoing constructive feedback.
- Manage resources; identify, negotiate and book external resources as needed
Budget Management
- Working with the Account Director, create program budgets and manage the revenue throughout client programs
- Translate costs to a sell price with appropriate detail to be communicated to the client
- Manage/mitigate third party costs
- Develop and actively manage vendor/ freelance talent relationships to ensure best available talent and pricing.
- Reconcile program costs against budget for your assigned program
Creative Management
- Participate in creative brainstorms to generate ideas for clients
- Continually look for innovative solutions and production methods
- Execute the integrity of the creative treatment in all deliverables
Success Measures
- Flawless delivery of client commitments
- Positive team climate that inspires others to excel and deliver
- Seen as a valuable leader of program and client teams
- Repeat business with client
- Profitable budget management'
The person we are looking for:
- You are absolutely passionate about brands and businesses and the way they need to communicate with the people that matter most to them
- Have excellent time management skills and have a sense of urgency; proven ability to work on multiple projects at any given time, while driving those around them
- Demonstrate creative competencies: client focus, accountability for results, organizational sophistication, ingenuity and communicating ideas
- Be as brilliant at working alone (self-motivated) as you are as part of a team (the motivator)
- You are unfazed by tight deadlines and conflicting priorities and remain calm and collected under pressure
- You are a skilled and effective negotiator
- You are a confident communicator and presenter
- You have a good knowledge of technical and logistical aspects of production
- You have a wide knowledge of the marketing industry and keep up-to-date with the event/ creative/media industry
- You have at least 12 years’ production experience working on both traditional (B2B) and consumer programmes at a similar agency.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Jack Morton is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Jack Morton is committed to building a culture where all employees are seen as equal, are respected and where all opinions are heard. We take pride in our inclusive hiring, as well as our diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates.
Personal data held by Jack Morton relating to employment applications will be used in accordance with our Recruiting Privacy Statement, which is available on our website.
Due to the large number of applications received, we apologize if we are unable to provide a response or feedback on unsuccessful applications. We appreciate the time taken to apply for the role and your recent interest in Jack Morton.
