Social Producer

About the roleThe social producer role forms the core of the social creative team. They enjoy being part of a team and creating space for the team to successfully deliver exceptional creative. Working closely with the social Art Directors and social marketing team, you will support the delivery of fast-paced social content. You will have the confidence to interrogate briefs and build relationships with key stakeholders, as well as external talent and agents, building a network of social contributors. Supporting pre and post production, you will manage the production process from start to finish.

In this role you will be someone who is highly organised with strong communication skills, a positive attitude, and an understanding of the requirements of social content production. You will support the social creative team in commissioning any external talent and shoot production as well as the logistical delivery of all content. The Social Producer will be resourceful and have the ability to work under pressure and problem solve at pace. They will be comfortable working within a defined budget, ensuring the quality of the content remains high and proactively finding solutions. They will have a solid understanding of social best practice and have the ability to produce social first content for all key social platforms.

• Expected salary - £42,700 - £55,000 (dependent on experience) 

• Contract type - This position is a 12 month Secondment / Fixed Term Contract

• Working pattern / flexible working - The Partnership has adopted a hybrid working approach, meaning you'll be able to work a mixture between the office and home based upon your personal needs whilst balancing the needs of the business. The Creative team aims for around 2 days a week in the office to connect and on a more ad-hoc basis to attend key meetings. 

• Location -  This role is based at our London Head Office campus in Pimlico. Please note, any cost incurred as a result of travel to the office is the responsibility of the successful candidate. There is no travel allowance for this role. There is also a responsibility to visit our John Lewis branches when necessary. You will be able to claim travel expenses for these journeys. 

• Next steps - The application form consists of a CV upload followed by application questions. Please ensure you refresh the page each time you complete a task to ensure you complete everything that you need to in time. There is a 2 stage interview process for this vacancy.

Key responsibilities

• Supporting the social content team on the facilitation and production of social shoots

• Negotiations for external talent and production costs, including locations and travel. Maintaining a clear breakdown of costs and keeping rigid budget control

• Raising purchase orders and ensuring all suppliers and third parties are paid on time

• Support creative when needed on smaller projects and overseeing the complete end to end production on larger scale projects

• Working with the buying team and stores to source product and understand brand guidelines when necessary

• Handling cost estimations and job quoting, ensuring all projects remain in budget

• Negotiating usage rights by channel ensuring we are mitigating any risk and agreeing to the lowest usage fees

• Providing updates and holding PPM’s to key stakeholders on large scale projects

• Be up to date on established and upcoming creative talent within the social media space

• Manage the set up, pre-production and post production on creative shoots when needed. This includes call sheets and detailed shoot schedules

• Maintain a history of all external talent used along with notes for future reference

• As required attendance on shoots to ensure brief is fully delivered and production runs smoothly

• Have a good understanding of best in class social content and the ability to take learnings forward into future shoots

• Regularly reviewing shoot production process to improve efficiency

Essential skills/experience you’ll need

• Proven experience managing budgets

• Exceptional knowledge of usage fees, talent contracts, permits and licensing legalities

• Art buying and on shoot production experience

• Proficient in Google sheets, docs and slides

• Experience in producing content with a fashion, Beauty or home

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About The Partnership

We’re the largest employee owned business in the UK and home of our cherished brands, John Lewis and Waitrose. We’re not just employees, we’re Partners, driven by our purpose to build a happier world. As we look to our future, there’s never been a more exciting time to join us.

We’re ruthlessly focused on being brilliant at retail. We continue to innovate, adapt and diversify. Never Knowingly Undersold on price, quality and service in John Lewis and passionately serving food-lovers in Waitrose.

As Partners we all share the responsibility of ownership and in its rewards. We use our voices to contribute to our success, working together through the good and challenging times, holding true to our behaviours and treating everyone with kindness and respect.

We all own making the Partnership somewhere we belong. Embracing our differences and creating an environment where we’re free to be ourselves and can THRIVE. Growing ourselves individually, and as a collective.

As Partners, we make all the difference. And, we all own it.

Important points to note:

It’s important to note that some of our roles are subject to pre-employment vetting. If required, you’ll find out more about vetting throughout the recruitment process and we encourage you to complete any vetting documents quickly to avoid delays.

We also recommend that you apply as soon as possible as vacancies can close early if we see a high number of applicants.

We want all of our Partners to have a good work-life balance and we support flexible working. This might mean flexible or compressed hours, job sharing or shorter hour contracts, where possible. Please discuss this further with the hiring manager during your interview.