Producer

Please submit your resume, cover letter, and portfolio (or link) here.

KERTIS is a creative agency in Louisville, Kentucky, founded with the belief that human connection inspires action. Our team of strategists, filmmakers, photographers, writers, and designers make beautiful, honest, and thoughtful work that amplifies ideas worth sharing. 

We are committed to telling the stories of people, organizations, and brands that make our communities more livable, equitable, and interesting. KERTIS employs a narrative-based strategy to guide creative work for a diverse spectrum of clients. Our work is strategic and is often expressed visually and in an authentic voice.

We are adding a Producer to our team, someone with an innate talent for storytelling and the ability to build content in a creative and compelling way. This is a full-time position with competitive pay and benefits (see below). Contract hires will also be considered.

Who is a Producer?

Our Producers are curious, resourceful, and confident. Whether it’s researching a social documentary or planning a product photoshoot, they are comfortable seeking the information needed to shape a project, reaching out to the client and stakeholders to learn, ask questions, and use that information to design a creative roadmap. KERTIS Producers are excellent communicators, skilled storytellers  and quick thinkers. They know how to guide and collaborate with their team to execute high quality work.

What does a Producer do at KERTIS?

Producers at KERTIS are responsible for shepherding a diverse slate of projects from origin to  execution through delivery. They work with our Account Managers, Project Managers, and Creative Directors to understand the client ‘ask’ and develop the creative content, goals, and production plans. 

They research and vet possible characters and locations, write thoughtful questions, and conduct interviews. They provide a critical element to the creative process, and work with the Creative Director, Videographers, Photographers, Designers, and Editors to align vision and approach to the final deliverable. They understand how to build and guide a narrative - in early pitch decks, on set, and during the edit.

All in all, Producers are skilled multi-taskers, able to keep a watchful eye on all phases of a project to ensure that scope and deadlines are met. Our work is complex and timelines can shift quickly. This job requires creativity, diplomacy, tenacity, flexibility, and confidence under pressure.

Responsibilities

  • Facilitate and maintain the workflow process needed to implement and execute creative projects

  • Support the creative team in finding best solutions to clients’ needs

  • Thoroughly understand and support Creative Director vision per project

  • Direct and lead on-site production. Research and prepare thoughtful interview questions & conduct interviews on location. Manage & run the overall story production through client delivery.

  • Develop organized, and comprehensive production plans for projects, at all phases

  • Manage all project deadlines to deliver on time  

  • Clearly scope tasks and allocate resources to ensure that projects are done efficiently

  • Identify and manage appropriate external vendors

  • In collaboration with Project Manager, track budgets, expenses and external costs

  • Support Creative Director to achieve quality assurance on all projects

  • Identify and communicate potential pitfalls and changes to scope and provide possible solutions to the team.

  • Work with other Producers to develop systems to ensure efficient and effective workflow, agency business management, and ultimately increased creative quality

Skills & Requirements

  • 3-5 years of experience in documentary and/or commercial production, journalism, marketing, or agency work

  • Background in writing, creative writing, research, and story building

  • Proven project management and organizational skills

  • Demonstrated strong communications and problem-solving skills with creative, account service and vendors

  • Ability to develop, communicate and maintain systems that increase efficiency and provide growth opportunities for the agency

  • Creative problem solving & critical thinking

  • Curious and friendly, comfortable talking to new people and gaining your team ‘access’ on location

  • Exacting attention to detail

  • Ability to maintain accurate schedules and budgets

  • Diplomatic and supportive team member  

  • Flexibility to adjust to unknowns while producing 

  • Interest in historical and current trends in storytelling/marketing/advertising

  • Community & globally minded 

  • Self-motivated & open-minded

Salary + Benefits

$50-60k Base Compensation depending on experience / skill level

  • Louisville based position but we have a hybrid working environment

  • Medical + Dental + Vision (50% of employee premium covered)

  • Long term disability + life insurance 

  • Cell phone reimbursement ($50 monthly, distributed quarterly)

  • 401K matching up to 4% (eligible after 1st year) 

  • 18 paid vacation days, plus additional company holidays

  • Family Leave for Primary & Secondary caregivers when welcoming a new child

  • Profit share per quarter (starting from hire date)

  • A strong company culture that ensures values alignment and a highly collaborative team

To Apply

Please submit your resume, cover letter, and work examples HERE. We understand that this role may have other titles in the industry, so please include a relevant portfolio or examples of experience in a similar role. Applications submitted without work examples will not be considered.

Equal Opportunity Employer 

The KERTIS workplace is one in which individual differences are recognized, appreciated, respected, and responded to in ways that fully develop and use each person’s talents and strengths.

We are committed to building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable work environment for all team members.

Because we value the diversity of the people we hire and work with, we are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, military or veteran status.