Executive Producer, Product

The Executive Producer leads and manages client engagements and is responsible for overall client satisfaction, quality of service, and on-time, on-budget completion of deliverables across large accounts or client groups. This person is also a mentor and coordinator for producers, helping assess and head-off red flags and set best practices for projects across the agency. You must have a passion for the strategy, the creative, and be able to sell through innovative ideas to the client. The Executive Producer oversees implementation from end-to-end and is an inspirational leader on both client and internal sides of the fence to deliver work with the best quality possible. 

THE ROLE 

Internally, Executive Producers are managers for Producers and Associate Producers – responsible for their career satisfaction and growth. They run weekly meetings and performance reviews with their direct reports and are responsible for account level P&Ls. 

Typically Executive Producers at Code and Theory are involved in the following activities: 

• Responsible for overall account leadership (partnering with DRI) to develop executive level client relationships that positions C&T as a strategic and innovative agency 
• Overseeing producers and creative teams from beginning to end of each engagement’s life cycle, and the larger client relationship 
• Overseeing teams assigned to multimillion-dollar client relationship(s), being responsible for account growth, staffing and allocations, client satisfaction, prioritization of all deliverables, and ensuring quality of work meets C&T’s agency standards. 
• When needed, be able to develop an engagement strategy and work with the team and discipline leads to execute it, involving people at the optimal levels for project success and overall account utilization (goals, deliverables, schedule, budget, resources) 
• Managing account-level P&L by negotiating statements of work and retainers, making sure work is delivered on budget, and responsible for the cash-flow (invoicing, receivables, etc) 
• Leading the training/mentoring of producers on production methodology, financial processes, and PM skills 
• Resolving team conflicts 
• Helping lead weekly allocations meeting 
• Serving as an escalation point for all teams, and clients, when it comes to the internal process of a project 
• Must have strong presentation, verbal, and written skills. 
• Can think quickly under pressure, as well as motivate and engage the team to produce the best possible results 

REQUIREMENTS 

• Extensive Digital Agency or related experience, developing interactive projects and managing large creative teams and clients 
• Demonstrated experience running large engagements with Fortune 500 clients or equivalent experience 
• Experience with various project types, including responsive websites, mobile/tablet applications, video, brand, and strategic consulting 
• Experience strategy, design, and product development experience 
• Able to manage large interdisciplinary teams – 15+ people 
• Proven experience managing multi-million dollar accounts successfully 
• Proven experience managing P&L and compliance processes 
• Ability to define solutions that will generate measurable results for the client 
• Excellent negotiation skills (especially contract negotiations) with both clients and partners 
• Excellent leadership and communication skills 
• Deep understanding of project management, work flow, and infrastructure 
• Strong knowledge of web development technologies
• Knowledge of quality assurance process is required
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required

ABOUT US

Code and Theory is a digital-first creative agency that lives at the intersection of creativity and technology, which enables us to work across the entire end-to-end customer journey. We pride ourselves on not only solving consumer and business problems, but also helping to establish new capabilities for our clients.

Since 2001, we have helped redefine the publishing landscape, working with over 145 publishers in the process, while helping to create the first and second generation of digital-first publishers. Striving to never be pigeonholed, today we work across every major category, from tech to CPG, financial services to travel & hospitality, government and education, and partner with leading brands and startups alike, including adidas, Amazon, CNN, Con Edison, Estee Lauder, J.P. Morgan Chase, MARS, NBC, Samsung, Spotify, TikTok, and Xerox. 

Code and Theory has a dedicated healthcare practice, eponymously named Code And Theory Health, focused on driving category innovation as we've done for other industries over the past two decades, working with clients such as Pfizer, J&J and Bioreference Laboratories. 

The Code and Theory global network of agencies is growing and includes Kettle, Mediacurrent, Rhythm, and TrueLogic. Collectively, our team is comprised of nearly 1000 strategists, technologists, designers, analysts, and content creators, and with a remote-first approach to offices, we are distributed across North America, South America, Europe and Asia.

Code and Theory is an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity at our company. DE&I at Code and Theory isn’t just an industry concept that we support, for us it is a mandate and a practice that we weave into everything we do, and everything we make, every single day.