Production Executive

Job Description

Warner Bros. Discovery APAC Creative Services is the multi-award-winning in-house agency creating brand identities, on-air promotions, advertising, branded content and communications for consumer, trade and corporate use across a range of media - principally TV and digital and theatrical.

In this role, you will be responsible for the Creative Services department's daily production workload by ensuring efficiencies across the network, streaming & digital platforms for the APAC market.
Overseeing the distribution and tracking of workload across Creative Services, assisting producers in using creative production solutions from conception, scoping and production, to final delivery for all platforms.

You will also be the key liaison for the day-to-day deliveries for all stakeholders and ensuring production is on brand, on brief, within budget and on time. This role will oversee the management and troubleshooting of the production systems and workflows in place. Monthly reporting and analysis of resources utilization and the production budget are key responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities & Qualities
• Collation and analysis of data from monthly reports, showing breakdown and usage of production resources.
• A thorough understanding of the data that is required to identifying anomalies and find solutions with utilization and reporting issues
• Monitoring facilities / resource usage to identify resources under / over utilization for escalation.
• Monitoring of budget spending and ability to report as required.
• Hands on point person for production systems development and implementation.
• Ensuring systems work efficiently and integrate effectively, minimizing double handling of data and improving overall production management, tracking and efficiency.
• Adaption and integration of production workflows with vendors.
• Familiarity with all systems used by the production team.
• Ensuring effective management of the department's daily production workload; covering all stages of production from conception to final delivery for transmission, digital and social platforms, marketing collaterals for all platforms including events.
• Assisting with the assignment of workloads/projects and scheduling of bookings.
• Troubleshooting – identifying and solving issues, before they impact budgets and delivery schedules.
• Vetting briefs, determining scope and viability while managing the delivering of projects within budget and according to deadlines.
• Monitoring the day-to-day work in progress with the Creative Services Team.
• Tracking production, enforcing deadlines and escalating issues when required.
• Display high-level of administrative, analytical and organizational skills, in a digital & broadcasting environment including capacity to prioritize and effectively manage workflow and output, familiarity with production processes including resource management is needed.
• Exhibit a strong aptitude to teamwork while paying close attention to work in progress, monitoring, troubleshooting and enforcing deadlines.
• Attention to detail is crucial, able to work in a fast-paced and changeable environment, adept at working to deadlines in stressful situations all while remaining an enthusiastic team player. Must have a mentality that is flexible, agile and solutions orientated, adept at troubleshooting.
• Display strategy driven reasoning skills.

Job Requirements / Skills
• Diploma or equivalent experience in Mass communication / Production
• Years of experience: minimum 3-5 years
• Broad knowledge and experience in Streaming, Digital & Social Media platforms
• Strong communication skills; fluency in English is a must; demonstrates high level skills in both written and verbal communications
• Vendor / Freelancer management experience
• Budget management experience
• Facilities utilization and management experience
• Experience in setting up and managing workflow and processes
• Broad knowledge and experience in Microsoft Office software

Championing Inclusion at WBD
Warner Bros. Discovery embraces the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects the diversity of our society and the world around us. Being an equal opportunity employer means that we take seriously our responsibility to consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, regardless of sex, gender identity, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, disability or any other category protected by law.

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