Creative Producer (Integrated)
What’s the job?
Small Axe is looking for a Creative Producer to work across a range of campaigns.
Contract: Permanent, full-time (37.5 hours/week)
Deadline: Wednesday 6th November 23.59pm
Start date: ASAP
Location: Small Axe Office, London (we expect new starters to be in the office everyday)
Salary: £35,000-£40,000 (with paid overtime)
Requires the right to work in the UK.
Read more about our hiring process and tips for a successful application.
A Creative Producer at Small Axe works within our Campaigns Delivery team. This core team and extended network is made up of campaigners, digital experts, designers, press advisors, filmmakers and content creators who work collaboratively to produce powerful campaigns.
A Creative Producer helps bring to life creative ideas and content across a variety of platforms and mediums to cut through the noise and move people to act on the most important issues of our time.
You will work flexibly across a variety of campaigns. From trade union actions like Amazon’s first unionisation drive in the UK, to issue campaigns like Free School Meals for All and dignity for refugees. You’ll produce high-quality digital fundraising content for the International Rescue Committee responding to global conflicts and crises.
Collaborating closely with our brilliant Campaigns Delivery team made up of campaigners, designers, a network of creatives, and a broad range of clients and partners, you’ll produce film, photography, graphics, websites, billboards, podcasts and more.
We’re looking for someone with at least 3-5 years of direct or transferable experience under their belt who can get stuck straight in. That could be in a creative or digital agency, in a studio, or in campaigning roles.
As a Creative Producer, you’ll join a multidisciplinary, integrated and highly collaborative delivery team, focused on winning progressive campaigns.
Please note that all creative roles at Small Axe require a DBS check - as much of our campaigning work takes place in schools. Small Axe will arrange DBS checks for new staff once they’re in post.
If you have any questions about the process, feel free to email hr@thesmallaxe.org. All candidates must have Right to Work in the UK.
Dates for your diary
1st stage video Q&A can be done from home between: 9-11 November
2nd stage in-person interviews will take place: between 13-18 November
3rd stage in-person trial days will take place: between 20-22 November
About the job: What we expect a Creative Producer to do
Produce end-to-end high quality creative including digital, original film & photography, websites, print and branding projects, OOH (and more) from concept to delivery
Put together timelines, budgets, briefs and run sheets to produce events, photo-shoots, creative content in multiple mediums
Input into creative concepts, creative reviews and project wash-ups
Use AGILE principles to maintain daily momentum and tracking on multiple projects; keeping clients, collaborators and team to schedule and budget on creative deliverables
Support other project leads and cross-disciplinary teams to collaborate and communicate effectively to create high quality and impactful work
Identify resourcing requirements and source, commission, brief and organise teams for production including internal colleagues and suppliers (eg animators, actors, venues)
Hold day-to-day communication with at least one client. Communicate confidently and sensitively with partners and support the team to process and action feedback
Plan, execute and produce film & photo shoots - including travel logistics, collaborator liaising, scheduling, on-site production, health and safety requirements
Create or complete content natively in social platforms and post content.
Make lo-fi film and photo content using mobile phone including capturing & editing, employing simple software like CapCut or Canva
Identify scope creep or budget issues and flag promptly to project leads
Support in improving production processes to make them more effective or efficient e.g. documentation, asset storage, quality assurance, capacity planning and feedback
Support in expanding our creative freelance network by identifying new collaborators, setting up trials and maintaining our collaborator database
About you
A commitment to progressive politics and change
An ability to pace and manage your workload, whether delivering at speed to react to political opportunities, or spotting a creative challenge that needs a bit more time to solve
Extremely well-organised and can balance multiple projects and competing priorities
Able to create, understand and disseminate a creative brief
A confident communicator, able to work collaboratively and constructively through feedback with colleagues and clients to get the best creative out the door
An openness to learning and not afraid to ask questions when unsure
A willingness to understand how creative has performed to learn and improve future work
Independent and resourceful with a can-do attitude
An eagle eye for spotting mistakes and strong attention to detail
Logistical and lateral thinker
Right to work in the UK
Essential skills, knowledge & experience
3-5 years of direct or transferable experience under their belt. That could be in a creative or digital agency, in a studio, or in campaigning roles
Strong examples of production work to-date
Experience of project management
Experience of end-to-end production process, keeping to budgets and deadlines
Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
Experience of working in a fast-paced environment
Comfortable communicating across multiple digital platforms and project management tools eg Favro, Slack, Airtable
Confidence to pick up new tools as new creative tech emerges (e.g. CapCut, Canva, AI plug-ins, Veed.io).
Desirable skills, knowledge & experience
Experience of working on or volunteering with social or political campaigns
Copywriting experience e.g. scripts, decks, social media graphics and posts, etc
Ability to take a good photo or shoot a video on a smartphone
Experience in making simple edits via Adobe Creative Cloud
Understanding of design principles across different platforms