Dear Friends and Colleagues;
My business is expanding and I wanted to ask your help with my search for a new business partner, especially since most of you know me personally. My clients’ changing needs have presented a set of very exciting new business opportunities and I want to build a unique business to help them. I’m looking for an executive producer who compliments and balances my capabilities and wants to team up with a creative and build on established work towards this goal.
This listing is for a business partner for a start-up, or build up, venture.
Responsibilities:
If being an executive producer means more to you than being “on time, under budget, and on message,” that is what I’m interested in. There is a tidal wave of creative leadership and organizational thinking sweeping the Earth. I am interested in modeling the company around a non-competitive, non-zero-sum model. This requires a unique type of leadership, one that is generative and flexible. Besides charting the long-term plan of the company and managing the day-to-day administration, I am looking for a partner that is driven by strong values of responsibility, leadership and integrity.
As an executive producer, her/his main purpose is to help lead our production business to incorporate marketing and strategy. Most exciting is to plot the growth of the company in such a way that allows us to drive forward with inspiration. She/he will help build highly customized teams around our clients’ needs, maintain efficient production practices and manage financial responsibilities. He/she will manage P&L. Newer projects have required that I travel, so the studio must be managed reliably and confidently while I work remotely. She/he will help prioritize projects and goals and manage a diverse portfolio of work including entrepreneurial projects we do for fun and profit (one project is a record label for sound designed ringtones- going Beta in January). I am looking for someone who is rooted yet flexible in their thinking, and is good at maintaining working structures.
Early this year we completed a 4 city website for Belvedere Vodka / Urban Daddy that required live action production, stills, music, editing, compressing, and web integration. Technical knowledge and understanding of both traditional and modern production techniques are essential. Having a strong network of talent and vendors is very helpful.
She/he will need to manage day-to-day production as we transition, and depending on the project, may be required to line-produce, do business development and manage the studio’s administrative needs on the same day, wearing many hats at first.
Qualifications:
1. An executive / producer with at least 6 years of experience and a creative spirit.
2. Excels at prioritization, organization and strategy, and diplomacy.
3. Embodies a fearless entrepreneurial spirit.
4. Feels at home with a diverse portfolio of work streaming at the same time, from commercial production to entrepreneurial projects.
5. Practical and detail-oriented, rooted in integrity.
6. Experienced in building infrastructure and workflow.
7. Experience with bidding, defining project boundaries, scheduling and client interface.
8. Has sound financial practices
9. Has a wide, eclectic network.
10. Has an efficient and inspiring managerial style, is a leader.
About the Business:
CREATIVE LEADERSHIP > ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT > PRODUCTION EXPERTISE
As a creative director I have been in advertising production for top-shelf clients for 14+ years. My clients now seek branding, strategy and marketing help on top of our production capabilities. My goal is to build an agile end-to-end development, branding and marketing company that deeply connects to clients and creates poignant and inspiring messaging and guidance.
(You can see a short list of projects on this page)
The company is driven by these questions:
“What are the unspoken creative needs of corporations and brands?”
“What can we do today that is fun and fulfilling, and helps connect and inspire people?”
Production & Marketing / Strategy
Production is the core of the business and the root of our experience. I have had a long heritage in broadcast design and production, along with live action, photography and interactive. The goal of the partnership is to support and build the production business. Some of our latest projects include a Belvedere Vodka microsite (25 live action interviews, photographs, creative direction, production) and animations for Storyworks/Gap International (10 minutes of 3D animation for an industrial about breakthrough thinking).
My new clients also need branding and strategic help, and this is where we are growing. My commitment is to help companies and individuals define an inspiring mission and brand that energizes their staff and customers. I am currently helping a distinguished New York creative agency develop an online strategy and inspiring mission, build a new online brand based on the agencies heritage and forward vision, plot a growth path.
Spirit
There are a number of books and people who have greatly influenced my thinking. People such as Joseph Jaworski, Campbell, Bohm and Csíkszentmihályi who are champions of a broader definition of creativity. I would like to partner with someone who understands and practices the spirit of dialogue and though grounded by integrity and objectivity, is curious and excited about how a company and partnership like this may unfold.
Most importantly, this partnership is for someone who understands the spirit of responsibility, that it’s up to us, and that takes pleasure in exercising that spirit while helping the company grow.
If a person comes to mind that you feel might be a good fit, please connect him/her with me, or forward this link along. You can contact me on this page.
Thank you so much for your time! I am extremely excited about where we are heading.
Saam Gabbay