Wieden+Kennedy, an independently owned advertising agency located in Portland, Oregon, is recruiting for an Interactive Producer to join our Content Production Department. W+K was founded in 1982 and currently has 750 employees working in Portland, New York, Amsterdam, Tokyo, London, Delhi, Beijing and Shanghai. Our client list includes some of the most recognized and well-respected brands in the world.

The Interactive Producer is responsible for approaching all projects with a creative mindset. In addition to the usual skills (listed below), Interactive Production at W+K requires solid critical thinking and analytical skills, as well as a passion for guiding creative ideas from brief through project launch. The ideal candidate for this position will have experience in a variety of integrated interactive projects with a focus on campaigns that push creative and technological limits.

Production Skills: You need to be able to work with our internal production team of designers, developers, and creatives. You should also have solid relationships with freelancers, developers, and interactive production companies. A solid candidate will also have experience working with teams that combine internal resources and external ones. A keen ability to assess production needs (by having a working knowledge of design, programming technologies, broadcast production, etc) is a huge plus. So is staying under budget and delivering projects on time.

Scheduling and Resource Allocation: Scoping requires highly detailed documentation. Ideally, if you can scope well, you can provide a list of milestones, deliverables, due dates (and communicate these to other departments) so production flows smoothly. Creative developers and other agency resources are in high demand at W+K. The ability to accurately budget their time is vital to not only the success of your projects, but also your fellow producers who may be waiting on these individuals.

Client Interaction: As a Producer, you're expected to serve as a client-facing member of our interactive team. You should be comfortable discussing technical and interactive concepts with clients with various degrees of interactive knowledge (from the really savvy to the newbies).

Collaboration, Communication and Compassion (The 3 C's): As a producer, you're the glue across various departments - production, creative, account planning, account service, media, and the creative development team. You need the ability to clearly communicate a project's needs across all departments and work closely with them to ensure success. You also need to be compassionate to your colleagues - even if you don't fully understand what they do, there's a reason why their department exists. So treating them kindly is a plus. And if you don't know what they do, ask them. They'll be happy to explain.

Requirements

BA / BS degree strongly preferred.

2+ years in interactive production at an agency, interactive production company, or similar environment.

History of strong conceptual thinking in an agency or interactive field.

Pays excellent attention to detail; self-motivated with a positive attitude.

Passionate about the challenge of creating the best and most compelling interactive experiences possible.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

Intimate knowledge of the abilities and limitations of interactive applications (from design to development to back-end server set-ups).

Wieden+Kennedy offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefit package including health/dental/vision insurance, a pre-tax flexible spending account, short- and long-term disability/AD&D insurance, life insurance, 401(k) with company match, profit sharing, transportation subsidy, a sabbatical program, an on-site gym and fitness center and discounts on client merchandise.

Qualified candidates please e-mail cover letter, including salary requirements, and resume in DOC or PDF format to ijobs@wk.com. Include work samples or links to your work explaining what's cool about it, what worked and what didn't. Please specify Interactive Producer in the subject line of your e-mail.
No phone calls, please.
We greatly appreciate your interest in W+K.
Only those selected for the interview process will be contacted.

Previous interactive production experience at a recognizable agency or interactive design/development shop is highly preferred.