TALENT & TRAFFIC MANAGER

Reporting to the Head of Production and a dotted line to the Head of People and Culture

Squint/Opera is a design studio that brings together media production, digital technology and design to articulate, promote and execute the big ideas. We have studios in London and New York, and an international portfolio of clients including BIG, UNStudio, the Empire State Building, Heatherwick Studio, and the V&A. 

Here at Squint Opera we pride ourselves on being committed to offering equal opportunities to all potential employees and have zero tolerance for discrimination. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants irrespective of age, sex, race, ethnicity, disability and other factors that have no bearing on an individual’s ability to perform their job.  

We value pioneering attitudes, collaborative work and dedicated, generous individuals.

Summary

We are looking for an organised and positive Talent and Bookings Manager who would have a primary focus on production resource and talent acquisition strategy and execution. You will understand the importance of finding the right talent for projects and be super organised, proactive/responsive, a team player and able to manage multiple projects. You will pride yourself in maintaining positive relationships across the industry to create opportunities for Squint/Opera. You will develop process and programmes to support Squint/Opera including internal development and ownership of the resource tools and management and external recruitment programmes. You will have a strong understanding of content and digital media production process to support your credit amongst industry talent. This is a newly created role to support our considerable growth as well as future growth plans and therefore is a real opportunity for the right individual to make their mark.  If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you!

Main Responsibilities

• Supporting the Head of People and Head of Production by being responsible for all perm, contract and freelancer resourcing requirements ensuring all individuals are updated and aware of current and upcoming projects. This includes supporting recruitment across our global offices, currently London and NYC. 
• Run weekly resource stand ups with Production Management team 
• Deep understanding our current perm talent base and specialisations, succession potential and key development themes to enable the booking of the most effective teams
• Deep understanding of our project work to enable to booking of the most effective teams for the project
• Manage the studio resource schedule, being aware of and facilitating any change requests, flagging and filling any gaps, firming up pencils and managing leave request administration and developing and implementing  process for the teams to follow when resourcing projects
• Actively develop the existing pool of freelancers, ensuring a warm welcome and organising appropriate inductions including co-ordination of IT set up for both hardware, software and desk space. General induction (non IT) organisation for perm staff is supported by the studio administrator. 
• Support the Production Director identifying and working with outsource partners, solidifying and maintaining strong and successful relationships
• Develop resourcing methodology and process and develop successful ways of sharing information easily across the business
• Further develop the starters and leavers process enhancing our candidate experience and integrating across systems including automation where possible 
• Manage and organise the freelancer databases ensuring it is always up to date with contractual information, (for example, day rates, notice period. Sole trader, umbrella company or via a recruiter etc) and also internal feedback (projects they worked on, opinions on their work, would we hire again, strengths/weaknesses discovered)
• Formulate briefs for talent in consultation with the relevant project or studio team
• Liaise directly with freelancers and candidates as well as recruiters if necessary to brief them on requirements and forward portfolios on to the appropriate people.
• Own any preferred recruiter relationships 
• Ensure all contractual obligations are met, NDAs/agreements signed for example. 
• Review and develop the Squint contracts for compliance or as requirements change
• Ensure that Squint/Opera are compliant with GDPR law and other relevant legislation including IR35 in the UK and relevant NYC law. 
• Own Squint Opera’s external reputation and brand with recruitment, in order to engage with the top talent in our industry and be a place where people love to work on a freelance or permanent basis in conjunction with the Head of People & Culture.
• Responsible for reporting on production utilisation and talent acquisition to senior management identifying issues and potential solutions
• Identifying permanent recruitment potential via utilisation reporting and project forecasting in conjunction with the Production Director &  Senior Management Team
• Manage all permanent recruitment in the UK and NYC, identifying candidates directly, arranging interviews, gathering feedback 
• Work alongside the Head of People to establish and manage outreach programmes, organising internships, building relationships with local secondary schools in Hackney as well as establishing graduate contacts with relevant University Courses. 
• Contribute to marketing strategy from a recruitment perspective working with our Communications Manager 
• Develop resource and talent systems and management process and implement their integration with our selected production management and financial systems

Qualification / Experience

• 5 years + of experience in a similar role
• Influential at all levels, able to network 
• Influential across creative and technical candidates, with a strong understanding of production process and techniques 
• Process and detail orientated with strong administrative and record keeping skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, being positive and responsive
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal
• The flexibility and willingness to learn
• To enjoy working with people
• Tact and diplomacy
• The ability to work as part of a team
• Demonstrable time management skills, able to meet deadlines

Full-time 

09.30 – 18.00 Mon – Friday with 1 hour for lunch

Please send your CV, cover letter including why you want to work at Squint Opera and salary expectations to people@squintopera.com

SENIOR MOTION GRAPHIC ARTIST

Reporting to the Production Director 

Squint/Opera is a design studio that brings together media production, digital technology and design to articulate, promote and execute the big ideas. We have studios in London and New York, and an international portfolio of clients including BIG, UNStudio, the Empire State Building, Heatherwick Studio, and the V&A. 

We value pioneering attitudes, collaborative work and dedicated, generous individuals. 

Summary

To oversee all production work undertaken by the motion graphics team as a lead of projects, organising shots and tasks related to motion graphics to meet creative deliverables. To inform and update the MG team including any freelancers on latest developments and progress at Squint and in the wider visualisation community. To begin to establish standards for the MG production process. 

Main responsibilities 

• Working up motion graphics on projects to achieve the high quality results and true to creative vision.
• Oversee MG production across the project to make sure all tasks are prioritized based on upcoming deliverables
• Help setting up files for handing over to the MG team as tasks.
• Making sure all allocated MG resources have tasks assigned with priority
• Complete understanding of the project’s MG requirement as well as creative vision.
• Collaborating with other teams for any output that includes MG.
• Working closely with producers to help estimate time for tasks and changes from clients.
• Creating and owning the MG library
• Suggesting any available online plugins and assets that can be added to the library
• Working as an artist on projects as required 

Character Traits

• Flexible, can-do attitude. Adapts well to changing priorities 
• Confident and friendly
• Sets standards of behaviour and acts as a role model 
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively 
• Strong attention to detail, high quality standards
• Enthusiastic about learning and sharing with team-mates

Qualification/ Experience

Required

• Demonstrable experience (8+ years) within a post-production or Creative Content agency environment 
• Cinema 4D experience
• Expert knowledge of MG software packages and workflow
• Good creative eye and design sensibilities 

Desirable 

• Understanding of the architecture and/or cultural market in the UK and internationally 
• Illustration and graphic design skills 

Full-time 

09.30 – 18.00 Mon – Friday with 1 hour for lunch

Please send your portfolio and salary expectations to people@squintopera.com

GRAPHIC / DIGITAL DESIGNER

Reporting to the Design Director

Squint/Opera is a design studio that brings together media production, digital technology and design to articulate, promote and execute the big ideas. We have studios in London and New York, and an international portfolio of clients including BIG, UNStudio, the Empire State Building, Heatherwick Studio, and the V&A. 

We value pioneering attitudes, collaborative work and dedicated, generous individuals. 

Summary

As a Digital Designer / Visualiser your primary role will be to design and produce high quality graphics that will be used across film, animation, print, digital and experiential content.

Main Responsibilities

• Design of high-quality graphics for brands, animation and digital products. 
• Develop concept and creative treatment proposals. 
• Collaborating closely with artists of other disciplines (i.e. animators, 3D artists, User Experience designers) to bring graphics to life with motion, interactivity and into 3D space.
• Providing creative input into the projects and taking ownership.
• Creating / formatting documents and presentations.

Character Traits

• Strong visual flair
• Strong communication skills
• Approachable, flexible, adapts well to changing priorities.
• Excellent at planning, organising and carrying out objectives.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to build collaborative relationships
• Methodical approach to imagery, artwork and file management
• Ability to manage time effectively
• Strong attention to detail, high quality standards 
• Eager to learn new skills
• Team player with a sense of humour!

Qualification/ Experience

• A portfolio demonstrating a solid background in graphic and digital design
• Experience in taking ownership of projects and pushing it forward
• 4+ years digital graphic design / visualising experience in an agency or other creative environment. Exhibition media would be a bonus.
• Excellent Adobe CC technical skills (Photoshop and Illustrator)
• Excellent understanding of Google Suite & Keynote (Gdocs, Gsheets, Gslides)
• After Effects skills would be a bonus
• Sketchup and/or C4D would be a bonus
• UX/UI understanding and experience also desirable

Full-time 

09.30 – 18.00 Mon – Friday with 1 hour for lunch

Please send your portfolio and salary expectations to people@squintopera.com

REAL TIME TECHNICAL ARTIST

Reporting to Tech Director 

Squint/Opera is a busy creative and production studio based in London. We have a talented team crafting extraordinary and unique work across many disciplines including interactive experiences, VR, AR and large scale multimedia.

Summary

Being the link between artists and developers, with a background in both disciplines, the Technical Artist ensures integration between the artistic vision of a project and the technical development making it a reality.

Main Responsibilities 

• Working closely with CG Supervisor and Digital Supervisor to successfully integrate design and programming aspects of projects in real time environments
• Advising on the possibilities and setting up systems and processes for creating and developing interactive real time environments
• Supporting the Producer, advising on technical issues regarding visual design and contributing creative ideas
• Identifying bottlenecks and limitations in the current pipeline for real-time
• Helping the studio workflow to move towards real-time production
• Researching and developing new techniques, implementing the best ones and training others on these
• Identifying where custom tools could be used to improve processes

Character Traits 

• Strong communication skills, keeping in touch with colleagues across multiple sites
• Able to confidently communicate creative needs to technical personnel and vice versa
• Experience in scoping projects and reliably estimating required production time
• Passionate about real time 3D, AR and VR
• Ability to understand conflicting viewpoints and resolve issues
• Approachable, flexible, adapts well to changing priorities
• Perseverance when faced with difficulties

Qualification/ Experience

• Proficient in Unreal (Blueprints, Datasmith, transfer of assets from multiple softwares)
• Basic working knowledge of Unity an advantage
• At least 3 years relevant experience with real-time 3D environments
• Experience in building for VR an advantage
• Architectural Visualisation experience required
• Thorough understanding of developing pipelines and processes
• Strong creative background

Please send your portfolio and salary expectations in the subject line to people@squintopera.com

NYC – ART DIRECTOR

Reporting to the NYC MD and ECD in London

Squint/Opera is a design studio that brings together media production, digital technology and design to articulate, promote and execute big ideas. We have studios in London and New York, and an international portfolio of clients including BIG, UNStudio, the MET, the Empire State Building, Heatherwick Studio, and the V&A. We value pioneering attitudes, collaborative work and dedicated, generous individuals. 

Summary

We are looking for an experienced Art Director who is looking to develop into a Creative Director over the next 6 to 12 months. You will specialise in media design for experiences and have great imagination and leadership qualities. Storytelling and good design skills are essential components of creating beautiful and engaging work. Working alongside the Executive Creative Director, interfacing with clients and production teams means interpreting and translating briefs into creative visions that fulfill our internal creative ambitions, meet our clients objectives and inspire audiences. In particular we are looking for someone who can work on multi-exhibit work with an interactive focus and confidently own the creative production team and lead with the client. Additional experience in film and linear media direction would be required. 

Main Responsibilities

Concept Development 

• Ability to translate briefs into high quality and achievable creative visions with the budget
• Competent in collaborating with exhibition designers, technical directors and producers to understand and respond to the design intent of the project 
• Collate relevant references and provide thorough briefs for production teams, including designers, artists, developers and sound engineers.
• Confident utilising a range of production techniques to produce a wide variety of treatment and approaches
• Ability to work with clients to develop media briefs for exhibition content 

Production

• Defining and resolving creative ideas before communicating to the production team to contribute to efficiency of production resource
• Actively oversee the execution of the approved creative direction throughout the production process and working with the production teams to bring this vision to life. 
• In depth knowledge of creative and technical aspects of the production and ability to reconcile these. Strong understanding of production time required for projects across disciplines
• Jointly responsible (alongside the Producer) to ensure internal and external deadlines & reviews are met, attending all project reviews, providing internal comments on progress.
• Responsible for art directing film and still shoots where necessary or overseeing an Art Director 
• Assist and consult on commissioning of external specialists: Photographers, animators, storyboard, designers etc.

Client Liaison

• Responsible for developing client-ready presentations and pre-production documents (including treatments, storyboards, wireframes, etc.)
• Communicating the developing creative vision to the client and getting them on board with Squint/Opera’s preferred concept ensuring that their objectives are met or exceeded. 
• Attending client meetings and leading on client correspondence during production

Character Traits

• Problem Solver – Flexible, pro-active attitude, adapts well to changing priorities, perseverance
• Confident & Decisive – Takes decisions which have a substantial impact on the achievement of production and quality objectives and works both autonomously and collaboratively managing time effectively
• Strong communicator – Able to communicate ideas clearly to clients and colleagues
• Accountable – Understands conflicting viewpoints and takes ownership to resolve issues
• Team Player – Has a positive impact on others and communicates openly and directly to individuals or groups at all levels. Participating in regular creative team meetings
• Leadership – Sets standards of behaviour and acts as role model
• Curious – Enthusiastic about R&D, new technology, learning and sharing with team-mates, helping to foster an atmosphere in which creative innovation can take place. Demonstrates intellectual rigour, possesses relevant abilities and able to pick up new skills quickly
• Detail-Oriented – Strong attention to detail and high quality standards

Qualification/ Experience

Required

• Demonstrable senior experience (5+ Years) with a creative agency or production environment
• Previous experience of leading teams, both directly and indirectly.

• Expert knowledge of adobe creative suite
• Expert understanding of UX and UI for interaction design and directing artists
• Demonstrable experience directing animation for interaction
• Adaptable to different creative approaches.
• Experience with film and photography shoots 
• Knowledge of standard industry softwares and workflows to achieve creative goals and express vision to production team

Desirable 

• Understanding of the cultural market in the US and internationally 

Please send your portfolio and salary expectations in the subject line to people@squintopera.com

CG ARTIST

Reporting to CG Supervisor

Summary

Squint/Opera is a busy creative and production studio based in London. We have a talented team crafting extraordinary and unique work across many disciplines including interactive experiences, VR, AR and large scale multimedia.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop technical and creative pipelines for each distinct service adhering to consistent standards across the group working with the pipeline team.
• Ensuring Squint/Opera standards are adhered to, and developing these where necessary in conjunction with department heads
• Advise on shoot for CGI integration
• Attend shoots as VFX Sup on projects where required
• Checking in with core team (HODs and Lead artists) regularly and maintaining/facilitating communications across all team members
• Awareness of the tools and people available and being able to recommend improved ways of working
• Enabling creative concepts to become a reality by ensuring the correct technology is available and working
• Identify areas for R&D to improve the Squint processes
• Awareness of the tools and people available to achieve the production goal, being able to recommend improved ways of working.
• Identify areas for R&D to improve the Squint processes across divisions

SKILLS REQUIRED

• Flexible, can-do attitude. Adapts well to changing priorities
• Confident and friendly
• Sets standards of behaviour and acts as a role model
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively
• Strong attention to detail, high quality standards
• Enthusiastic about learning and sharing with team-mates
• Able to spot issues in production and proactive about resolving issues in production

QUALIFICATION/ EXPERIENCE

Required

• Demonstrable experience (3+ years) within a post-production or Creative Content agency environment

• Exceptional 3D skills

• Good understanding of the technical process involved in producing shots or stills that include 3D

• Able to lead projects and collaborate with team

Desirable

• Understanding of the architecture and/or cultural market in the UK and internationally

Please send your CV and salary expectations in the subject line to people@squintopera.com

PRODUCER 

Reporting to the Head of Production

SUMMARY

This role will involve project managing a broad range of projects from content to interactive software. You will be responsible for developing long-term relationships with our clients including major international developers, architects, cultural institutions, visitor attractions and brands. The producer will be responsible for delivering large and small scale projects according to brief, timelines and budget managing both creative and technical teams in house and externally. It is essential that you have generalist animation experience and end to end producing experience. Due to the nature of our projects in the pipeline it is likely that you will have a background producing immersive or experiential content managing both creative and digital teams.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Inspires a high performance culture and communicates a clear sense of direction and expectations clearly
• Establishes strong client relations and is the central point of contact for designated projects, attending all client meetings to guide and manage production progress
• Responsible for project budgets between £20k and £2m+
• Plans working schedules and resources in line with production milestones; actively monitoring productivity and quality of output daily 
• Regularly updates and manages projects via Squint Opera’s online production tools including G-docs, F-track and Smartsheets  
• Ensures project milestones and delivery dates are met 
• Leads project reviews and team meetings
• Plans studio and location shoots in the UK and internationally including crewing, kit hire, location permissions, talent bookings and scheduling
• Attends meetings, workshops and shoots internationally 
• Contract and manage contractors and external collaborators based in the UK and overseas
• Asses project briefs with HOP and Directors to establish initial pitch presentation ideas and creative/technical concepts 
• Creation of pitch documents, quotes and contracts for new business

CHARACTER TRAITS

• Leads a range of complex and fast-paced projects and remain organised and calm and in control under pressure
• Motivates internal and external teams, balancing the needs of creative staff and project requirements
• Flexible, can-do attitude. Adapts quickly and effectively to changing priorities
• Takes decisions which have a substantial impact on the achievement of production objectives. Carefully considers the effect on quality of output
• Sets standards of behaviour and acts as a leader and role model
• Is passionate about film, creative and digital content creation
• Strikes the balance between creative and practical thinking
• Manages client relationships and ensures expectations are managed and met

QUALIFICATION / EXPERIENCE

Required

• Demonstrable experience (3-5 years) within a relevant agency/production environment 
• Experience managing complex and high profile projects 
• Experience managing diverse and creative artist and developer teams
• Experience managing large project budgets
• Experience with project management tools / software 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills 
• Organised and efficient
• Experience with Google docs 
• Advanced Microsoft Office suite
• Willingness to travel 

Desirable 

• Experience managing digital teams and an understanding of software development 
• Familiarity with F-Track
• Familiarity with Smartsheets 
• Indesign and photoshop skills 

Full-time 

09.30 – 18.00 Mon – Friday with 1 hour for lunch

Please send your CV, cover letter and salary expectations to people@squintopera.com

SENIOR CG ARTIST

Reporting to Production Ops Director 

Squint Opera are a creative company, a large and talented team crafting extraordinary and unique work across many disciplines – from video content and animation, to interactive exhibitions, branding, websites, design, games and strategy.

We work across different sectors, from the built environment, to arts and culture, children’s entertainment, events and placemaking. Our goal is to always produce great work, and to have fun.

SUMMARY

The Senior CG Artist is responsible for producing high quality CG shots and stills collaborating closely with the Creative Director, Producer and CG Teams. You will lead projects and mentor less experienced artists. Please note: 3DS Max knowledge a must.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Working up shots and/ or stills on projects to achieve the high quality results that are true to the creative vision.
• Working closely with producers to help estimate time for tasks and changes from clients
• Owning your tasks within production from inception to delivery, responsible for the rendering of your output within expected render times
• Complete understanding of the project from the design aspect as well as creative vision.
• Ability to have an overview of the final goal for the shot/ stills and what its trying to achieve
• Assist the 3D Lead in setting up scenes on projects
• Paying attention to creating assets that can be made available in our library working with the CG Lead and Visual Director to develop 
• Acting as a 3D Lead on projects as required 
• Ability to lead projects with internal and external teams

CHARACTER TRAITS

• Flexible, can-do attitude. Adapts well to changing priorities 
• Confident and friendly
• Sets standards of behaviour and acts as a role model 

• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively 
• Strong attention to detail, high quality standards
• Enthusiastic about learning and sharing with team-mates 
• Able to spot issues in production and proactive about resolving issues in production

QUALIFICATION/ EXPERIENCE

Required

• Demonstrable experience (6+ years) within a post-production or Creative Content agency environment 
• Exceptional 3D skills
• Good understanding of the technical process involved in producing shots or stills that include 3D
• Able to lead projects and collaborate with team
• Skills in animation and compositing
• Proficient in modeling, texturing, and light with 3Ds Max and V-Ray
• Working knowledge of the following plugins and software: Forest Pack, Rail Clone, Nuke, After Effects, Premiere, AutoCAD, SketchUp, and Rhino
• Knowledge of camera matching and workflow of shots with CGI and Live action integration

Desirable 

• Understanding of the architecture and/or cultural market in the UK and internationally 

please send your application to people@squintopera.com
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JUNIOR CG ARTIST

Reporting to CG Supervisor

SUMMARY

Squint/Opera is a busy creative and production studio based in London. We have a talented team crafting extraordinary and unique work across many disciplines including interactive experiences, VR, AR and large scale multimedia.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop technical and creative pipelines for each distinct service adhering to consistent standards across the group working with the pipeline team.
• Ensuring Squint/Opera standards are adhered to, and developing these where necessary in conjunction with department heads
• Advise on shoot for CGI integration
• Attend shoots as VFX Sup on projects where required
• Checking in with core team (HODs and Lead artists) regularly and maintaining/facilitating communications across all team members
• Awareness of the tools and people available and being able to recommend improved ways of working
• Enabling creative concepts to become a reality by ensuring the correct technology is available and working
• Identify areas for R&D to improve the Squint processes
• Awareness of the tools and people available to achieve the production goal, being able to recommend improved ways of working.
• Identify areas for R&D to improve the Squint processes across divisions

SKILLS REQUIRED

• Flexible, can-do attitude. Adapts well to changing priorities
• Confident and friendly
• Sets standards of behaviour and acts as a role model
• Ability to work both autonomously and collaboratively
• Strong attention to detail, high quality standards
• Enthusiastic about learning and sharing with team-mates
• Able to spot issues in production and proactive about resolving issues in production

QUALIFICATION/ EXPERIENCE

Required

• Demonstrable experience (1+ years) within a post-production or Creative Content agency environment

• Exceptional 3D skills

• Good understanding of the technical process involved in producing shots or stills that include 3D

• Able to lead projects and collaborate with team

Desirable

• Understanding of the architecture and/or cultural market in the UK and internationally

Please send your CV and salary expectations in the subject line to people@squintopera.com

LEAD COMP ARTIST

Responsibilities:

  Leading Project teams in post production comprised of freelance or contract staff

• Developing in-house process and workflow for the post-production team in conjunction with the CG Supervisor, Pipeline artists and Head of 3D
• Collaborate with the CG Supervisor and senior artists to devise ways to improve quality of production output

Experience:

• Significant experience in a VFX or high quality arch vis studio
• Must have a very strong knowledge of Nuke and Fusion
• Experience designing the approach to effective shot execution to solve compositing challenges
• Must be able to integrate separate live-action and computer-generated elements
• Must have experience leading a team of artists
• Experience with VR development is desirable
• On set experience not essential but useful
• Qualification/Interest in Photography desirable

Person specification:

• Be team oriented, motivated and able to work to a brief
• Able to lead projects and make swift appropriate decisions
• Able to manage a team of contract and freelance artists at all levels
• Be a good communicator and able to troubleshoot logically

Please send your CV and salary expectations in the subject line to people@squintopera.com

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

We’re always on the look out to meet with Executive Producers for freelance and paye fixed term contracts. We have lots of exciting projects in the pipeline. If you’d like to hear more, please send your CV and salary expectations to people@squintopera.com.

Reporting to the Head of Production

Your role will involve scoping, detailing and contracting qualified sales leads and you will be responsible for converting into confirmed projects with detailed scope and brief for the production team to execute. You will become the escalation point for the client during project production and be responsible for upselling and developing long-term relationships with our existing clients in order to grow revenue. You will also oversee and support the producer on the project and check in at key milestones. You are likely to have a production background and a thorough understanding of production process in a digitally driven creative business. To be successful, the right person needs to be driven, great with people, a competent writer, comfortable defining a strategic approach and developing winning proposals, a pro at coordinating and delivering pitch presentations, along with strong commercial acumen.

Day to Day Responsibilities

Sales

• Assess and further detail qualified leads and briefs from sales development teams
• Lead client workshops and meetings to define and contract (close) the opportunity resulting in a clearly defined and properly costed brief for the production team to execute
• Respond to RFP overseeing pitch production and presenting the pitch to clients 
• Take inbound sales calls and qualify initial leads from existing clients
• Input information onto our CRM platform 
• Responsible for revenue targets
• Develops and manages relationships with potential clients, influencers and key stakeholders
• Catch up with existing key account clients frequently and nurture a profitable relationship
• Quote and scope the job

Project Executive

• Negotiate and finalise contracts in detail alongside our general counsel
• Approves production resource planning and financial planning on projects
• Attend key project meetings with the client and internal team during production and identify opportunities to upsell and contract additional services
• Keeps management and HoP informed of the project’s progress and deliverables and highlighting any potential problems that may arise – e.g. overspends, a shortfall of resources.
• Troubleshoots issues supporting the producer
• Oversees project client relationships and works with the Development Directors and Head of Production to ensure repeat business. 
• Oversees producers when Executive on projects

Person Specification

• Strong verbal and written communication skills 
• Ability to present creative work independently 
• Persuasive and a great negotiator 
• Approachable, flexible attitude, adapts well to changing priorities.
• Sustains performance and remains calm and in control when under pressure or in difficult situations
• Strikes the balance between creative,  practical and sales thinking.
• Must be organised and efficient with accurate record keeping
• Proven track record of accurately scoping and closing enquiries
• Experienced in contract negotiation and commercial impact of contracts liaising with our general counsel
• Deep understanding of material licensing in a media environment
• Makes decisions which have a substantial impact on the direction and/or achievement of production objectives
• Experience in working alongside Creative Directors to scope and develop creative responses in response to client requirements 
• Ability to present those creative ideas independently and confidently to clients 
• Carefully considers and balances the budget and timeline with the quality of creative output
• Good at problem-solving
• Ability to manage both up and down and work with clients to amicably resolve difficult situations
• Willingness and ability to travel overseas

Qualification/ Experience

• Demonstrable experience (6+ Years) within Project Management in a media content production or creative agency environment.
• Has a strong track record of success in their own-right with sales and revenue targets. 
• Use of CRM systems 
• Google Docs/Gmail
• Google Slides
• Microsoft Office Suite

Full-time 

09.30 – 18.00 Mon – Friday with 1 hour for lunch

Please send your CV, cover letter and salary expectations in the subject line to people@squintopera.com