Project Manager, Scaled Post-Production APAC

Job Title: Project Manager, Scaled Post-Production APAC

Department: AV

Location: Remote/Hybrid

Full Time Job, Shift work involved, Remote Possible

Trailer Park Group is a full-service agency specializing in content creation and entertainment marketing. By combining a storytelling expertise with large-scale production resources, Trailer Park is uniquely positioned to make, market, and distribute content for its diverse client portfolio of top entertainment studios and major brands. With content creation at the centre, we support our clients with strategy, creative and the latest in digital services.

Trailer Park Group Mumbai is a creative agency with 140+ employees. We have an unparalleled team and believe that talent and passion have no limits. Our Mumbai office has an expansive portfolio spanning multiple digital first OTT campaigns across different Indian languages, and high-profile theatrical, gaming and ed-tech campaigns as well as content production.

White Turtle Studios, a trailer park group company, is looking for an experienced and highly passionate cross-discipline Project Manager who is ready to take on diverse projects from clients around the globe. This is a great opportunity as you collaborate, learn and get to work on the creative campaigns of some of the biggest brands like Netflix, Prime Video, HBO, Disney etc.

We are looking for an experienced and senior-level Project Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for managing our scaled post-production process for our clients' campaigns, partnering with our clients across creative marketing, production, publicity, and cross-functional teams. This means that you are a nimble, entrepreneurial production & project management expert, and thrive in a fast-paced environment that requires you to bridge and manage competing priorities amongst global, regional and local cross-functional clients and stakeholders.

The Role

Reporting to the Director of Scaled Post-Production APAC, and based out of India, you will serve as the go-to partner and key point-of-contact to all internal teams, facilitating alignment between global and local clients delivering localisation, strategy, media, marketing, publicity and social.

In this role, you will:

• Be a strong partner to our clients and other agency teams globally by managing all production and planning overall campaign timelines, milestones, project deliverables and resources.

• Lead and manage cross-functional communications and workflows, ensuring effective exchange of campaign information and asset deliverables with both internal and external partners.

• Collaborate with a team of internal editors, designers and motion graphics operators and be responsible for managing production, finishing, localisation, and trafficking of promotional materials across multiple marketing output channels.

• Exercise sound judgment when working with teams to create, manage and communicate succinctly delivery and launch plans including projects that fall outside the norm.

• Partner with other TPG agencies and vendors and serve as primary point of contact on operational matters.

• Oversee project management across campaigns to assure that we eliminate time sensitive bottlenecks and produce high-quality creative with appropriate velocity.

• Manage day-to-day escalations and troubleshooting of production issues.

• Oversee creative production and adaptation scope, budget, and resources.

• Use data to inform studio best practices, eliminating inefficiencies throughout our workflows.

• Proactively seek out and implement improvements and/or simplify our cross-functional workflows.

• Model Inclusion, Courage, Innovation, Passion, Communication and Judgement.

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of experience in:

• Senior-level marketing account management / project management / operational experience (with an emphasis on integrated production including video, print/OOH and digital asset production and delivery).

• Experience of industry standard project management tools like: Airtable, Smartsheet, Monday.com or similar.

• Marketing- and/or Entertainment operations experience in an environment spanning various asset types and platforms, managing complex timelines, budgets and scope.

• Expert knowledge of marketing campaign and asset localisation workflows.

• Fluent in Video and Digital types and formats while understanding the fundamentals of asset ingestion and management, servicing and trafficking.

• A passion for project management, production & operations and a thirst to do more with less, to work smarter not harder.

• Exercise sound judgement and flexibility, prioritising people and solutions over process when necessary.

• The ability to synthesise a lot of information and make informed decisions when working with internal and external teams, always ensuring communication is timely, succinct and consistent.

• A strong communicator with an excellent track record of managing teams across multiple levels.

• Strong Commercial and Operational acumen.

• Advance fluency in English is required. Additional fluency in Hindi required, or other Indian languages will be advantageous.

• International experience a must.

WORKING WITH US

Great work is only possible with great people. We want to find people who believe in our mission, vision and values and feel inspired to grow while they’re here.

OUR PEOPLE AND CULTURE

We strive to create an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be who they are, contribute their unique perspectives, and make a difference individually and collectively. It enables us to leverage different ideas and bring creativity and innovation to everything we do. We want Trailer Park Group to be one of the most rewarding places you will ever work.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

We believe there’s always room to learn from entry-level employees to senior leaders. We offer a best-in-class editor training program and opportunities to build new skills, develop as managers and leaders, and connect and grow through mentorship. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development programs, our staff have various opportunities to grow throughout their career.

At Trailer Park Group (Trailer Park, Art Machine, Mirada Studios, Mutiny, MXW, White Turtle Studios, TPG Studios, and Dark Burn Creative), we want to improve the state of our world. We are responsible for driving equality and inclusion in our communities and workplaces. We are committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We view everyone as an individual and understand that inclusion is more than just diversity – it’s about belonging. We celebrate that everyone is unique, which makes us so good at what we do. We pride ourselves on being a company that embraces difference and represents our global clients.