Senior Manager, Creative - Executive Producer

Position Summary...

Walmart Creative Studio is the in-house creative agency for Walmart. Our team develops breakthrough and distinctive design systems and creative conversations that drive business objectives and keep our Fortune #1 brand in the culture. We use creativity and design to win hearts, minds, and wallets.

We are uniquely positioned as the internal creative agency of record to be hyper-focused on the customer experience across all channels, categories, and campaigns. We are ruthlessly focused on human truths, insight-driven creative strategies and integrated creative solutions that build the brand and grow the business - not just with ads but through brand acts and experiences.

We value talent, belonging, innovation, curiosity, collaboration, culture, insights, and results, and we are committed to helping people - all people - live better.

Position Summary:
In this role you are an expert at matching the right skills and talent to deliver our brand campaigns, and your experience and knowledge allow you to identify, communicate, and alleviate downstream challenges and interdependencies with partner and/or stakeholder teams. You should be comfortable engaging entry-level through executive stakeholders and working with many different types of creative professionals and creative outputs. You should possess excellent communication and collaboration skills. You will partner closely with a variety of peers and stakeholders such as creative directors, designers, account management, project managers, postproduction teams and sample management to deliver results. You will help bring creative concepts and campaigns that tell a cohesive story across a variety of channels to life with an eye on superior results and delivering on time and on budget. You are an experienced, calm leader of the internal and external cross-functional team inspiring the team with the latest in creative innovation, execution, and talents.

What you'll do...

• Remove roadblocks to production and coordinate with cross functional partners to create timelines and process that works for production workstreams

• Collaborate closely with internal WCS and external agency partners creative and production teams, in-house marketers, and finance partners to identify opportunities for cost savings without compromising quality.

• Clearly communicate project status with stakeholders and marketing managers as the production subject matter expert

• Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and maintain a positive attitude throughout

• Work with legal and business affairs teams to build contracts, secure usage rights, assess risk, and clear work for distribution.

• Bid, hire and manage all production partners for content projects. This includes managing shoots (video and photo), post-production, animation, and digital

• Oversee producers across different work streams and create production efficiencies where possible

• Establish production guidelines and playbooks for all content developed by Walmart marketing.

• Ongoing review of production processes and practices with an eye toward enhancing and increasing effectiveness

• Provide on set production governance alongside WCS creatives and provide IP related feedback during reviews

• Team up with Senior Manager, Creative Production Analyst on reviewing production bids and providing production expertise in awarding productions.

• Put repeatable processes in place that help the team plan and manage multiple parallel projects and run our business

• Primary point of contact for video, photography, and motion design projects. Work closely with creative directors, art directors and copywriters to proactively clarify requirements and use cases

What Youll Bring...

• 8+ years of experience as a producer with experience in video/motion, print, social and advertising.

• 4+ years of experience leading project delivery for large, cross functional projects

• Extensive contacts in photography, motion and post industries

• An online portfolio of work demonstrating experience creating great solutions across a range of production-related issues

• Experience across the production lifecycle from in-camera capture to multi-channel deployment

• Strong understanding of production processes for TV, Print, OOH, Digital Videos, Web, Mobile, Social, and Experiential media

• Background working in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team and working directly with designers, account, and project managers

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Excellent understanding of photo, video and animation work

• Able to identify and mitigate risk on projects

• Bachelors degree or 8+ years of equivalent professional experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Marketing/creative agency experience, in-house experience

• Experience in the Marketing, Retail or e Commerce industry

The above information has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed in the role. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. The full Job Description can be made available as part of the hiring process.

Benefits ; Perks:

Beyond our great compensation package, you can receive incentive awards for your performance. Other great perks include 401(k) match, stock purchase plan, paid maternity and parental leave, PTO, multiple health plans, and much more.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Walmart, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer By Choice. We believe we are best equipped to help our associates, customers and the communities we serve live better when we really know them. That means understanding, respecting and valuing unique styles, experiences, identities, ideas and opinions while being inclusive of all people.

At Walmart, we offer competitive pay as well as performance-based bonus awards and other great benefits for a happier mind, body, and wallet. Health benefits include medical, vision and dental coverage. Financial benefits include 401(k), stock purchase and company-paid life insurance. Paid time off benefits include PTO (including sick leave), parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting. Other benefits include short-term and long-term disability, company discounts, Military Leave Pay, adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, and more.

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You will also receive PTO and/or PPTO that can be used for vacation, sick leave, holidays, or other purposes. The amount you receive depends on your job classification and length of employment. It will meet or exceed the requirements of paid sick leave laws, where applicable.

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For information about PTO, see https://one.walmart.com/notices.

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Live Better U is a Walmart-paid education benefit program for full-time and part-time associates in Walmart and Sam's Club facilities. Programs range from high school completion to bachelor's degrees, including English Language Learning and short-form certificates. Tuition, books, and fees are completely paid for by Walmart.

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Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.

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For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.

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The annual salary range for this position is $108,000.00-$216,000.00

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Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses.

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Additional compensation for certain positions may also include:

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- Stock

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Minimum Qualifications...

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Design, Marketing, Creative Writing, Advertising, Fine Arts, or related field and 3 years' experience in editorial content management or related field OR 5 years' experience in editorial content management or related field.

Preferred Qualifications...

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

Digital Content Management, Editorial, Retail Management, Supervising Associates, WE-Working for or withCreative Agencies

Primary Location...

5404 Jandy Plc, Los Angeles, CA 90066-7006, United States of America