Executive Producers have responsibility for ensuring the smooth running of projects/programmes of work, ensuring the highest quality of deliverable within agreed time and costs. They are expected as such to provide strong leadership and direction to project teams and Producers within your team taking ownership for the development of project scope and implementation. As part of the role the Producer is charged with ensuring clear lines of communication and managing client expectations appropriately through all stages of delivery. Over and above the role expected of others in the team, Exec's are also considered the leads for the team, both line managing others and evolving the team capability. As such, Exec producers are ambassadors of the team and for best practice continuous improvement within the VML delivery process. This role seeks someone with grounded experience of technical project delivery with formal exposure to best practice standards and delivery methodologies. The successful candidate will have experience of delivering large digital projects. Executive Producers may also be required to run or contribute to pitch work. (Please note that this is not a TV/Film Producer role.) Challenges: To deliver large, complex technical projects on time and on budget. Managing, large, high-performing technical teams. To set standards for delivery that inspire and motivate others – Producers working in the same team, as well as those within other disciplines working on the same account. Effectively programme-manage multiple-projects/work streams where required, maintaining a good understanding of the priorities and interdependencies influenced by the client or internal constraints. To ensure all projects either within a programme or managed by themselves are managed on time and to agreed cost, using the most appropriate resources and best approach to deliver each project. To effectively manage strong on-going client relationships To be analytical with great attention to detail, ensuring consistent improvement in the quality of our output Be able to react quickly to changes in client priorities whilst maintaining structure and process to assure delivery and quality standards. Management of project budgets in excess of £1m. Key relationships: Client: communication and presentation of scope, design, copy and final project and status throughout delivery on projects; liaison on required team training, project or technical learnings and management of risk on the programme. Account teams: account planning and strategy, collaboration to ensure best solution for client and VML, management of pipeline of work. Technical team: daily contact with the technical resources on projects; collaboration, clear communication and motivation are key skills required. Creative services: resource scheduling and issue escalation. Head of Production: line management, delivery methodology/approach, programme/project escalation. Implementation personnel: staff, workstream and project delivery. Third parties: briefings, managing workflow, financials and project delivery. Broad targets and goals: Managing all projects appropriately within agreed timescales, cost and quality. Achieving the management of the highest quality work for our clients. Through your line management, developing strong Producers who are constantly learning new skills and improving their knowledge of the client, their processes and the digital world. Billable utilisation of time in excess of 80%.