Freelance Creative Project Manager – Video Production, Creative Ops

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in France.

📋 Description

• Oversee and monitor the production of advertising content across various brands.

• Transform creative briefs into comprehensive, actionable production strategies.

• Collaborate with scriptwriters, UGC creators, video editors, and internal teams.

• Consolidate information, deliverables, and feedback throughout each phase of the project.

• Proactively identify obstacles, follow up with contributors, and ensure timelines are adhered to.

• Maintain consistent visibility into project advancements and upcoming tasks.

• Ensure that content aligns with the brief, brand standards, and marketing goals.

• Confirm the completeness of raw footage and deliverables before beginning post-production.

• Delegate projects to editors and monitor their progress.

• Organize files, versions, and naming conventions systematically.

• Manage feedback cycles through the delivery of final versions.

• Review and assess produced advertising videos.

• Analyze elements such as the hook, pacing, storytelling, subtitles, transitions, cutaways, and overall execution.

• Identify excessive length, inconsistencies, execution flaws, or moments where viewer engagement may wane.

• Ensure alignment between the script, raw footage, edit, and creative vision.

• Provide clear, structured, and actionable feedback to editors.

• Prioritize modifications that significantly enhance quality and advertising effectiveness.

• Guarantee content consistency with each brand’s identity and standards.

• Implement REACH’s quality benchmarks and production methods.

• Monitor deliverable volumes, timelines, and adherence to standards.

• Identify recurring challenges and suggest tangible improvements.

• Utilize high-performing creative assets and insights from campaigns.

• Contribute to the ongoing enhancement of Creative Ops workflows and tools.

• Collaborate closely with the Creative Ops Manager and REACH’s creative and operations teams.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of three years of experience in creative project management, video production, or post-production.

• Extensive experience in a structured content production setting, such as an agency, studio, media company, scale-up, or a business generating a high volume of video content.

• Strong knowledge of the different phases of video production and post-production.

• Proven ability to analyze an edit and provide accurate feedback to an editor.

• Exceptional organizational skills with the capability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in French.

• Self-sufficient, dependable, and highly organized, with a strong sense of priorities.

• Ability to travel to Paris occasionally, especially for shoots or team meetings.

• Experience in producing advertising content for platforms like Meta, Instagram, or TikTok is advantageous.

• Familiarity with UGC and e-commerce video content is a plus.

• Background in a creative or performance marketing agency is a plus.

• Experience working within a high-volume video production team is a plus.

• Experience at a digital media company or similar business like Jellysmack is a plus.

• Experience in coordinating a team of video editors is a plus.

• While technical proficiency in editing software is not mandatory, a solid understanding of advertising edit conventions and comfort in challenging a video and guiding an editor's work is expected.

🏝️ Benefits

• Primary full-time-equivalent engagement.

• Remote work flexibility.

• Occasional travel to Paris, particularly for shoots or team gatherings.

• Opportunity to increase the scope of the role based on business needs, results, and collaboration development.