Hogarth is the Global Content Experience Company. Part of WPP, Hogarth partners with one in every two of the world’s top 100 brands including Coca-Cola, Ford, Rolex, Nestlé, Mondelez and Dyson. With a breadth of experience across an extensive range of sectors, Hogarth offers the unrivaled ability to deliver relevant, engaging, and measurable content across all channels and media - both established and emerging.
The number of channels at our fingertips; the need for speed; and the drive for mass personalisation, all mean that brands need different solutions.
Our global team of over 7,500 craft and technology experts brings together creative, production and innovation to help clients navigate this exciting and ever-changing world of today’s content experience.
What does a Lead Content Production Manager do at Hogarth?
The Lead Content Production Manager works closely with the client’s Content Producer and the Studio to execute and create all required localized screens featured within the client’s website or other marketing materials, including reviewing content for cultural viability in the Region.
Key Responsibilities
• Manage a team of Content Production Managers (CPMs) in collaboration with, and in support of the Project Director.
• Take strategic direction from client Content Producer on localization strategy for each project and liaise with client Functional Producers to align on deadlines.
• Work with client Content Producer as well as the CEMEA Project Lead and Production Lead to plan resourcing and manage prioritization.
• Gather assets and construct briefs to request the creation of new deliverables from Content Studio
• Plan, manage, and track the content localization of assets throughout the production process alongside Senior Content Production Manager to ensure on-time delivery.
• Actively balance the work of multiple projects, assignments, and launches in a fast-paced, ever-evolving work environment
• Lead a team of CPMs and work closely with the Studio Lead on the establishment of best practices, documentation, and training.
• Manage and train additional new members of the CPM team.
• Build consolidated short lists of campaign imagery and trackers in order to gather meaningful data for the Content production and project management. Develop deep proficiency in iOS & macOS Software and able to build a well of knowledge to be leveraged on for future projects.
• Route loose Cross Functional imagery for approval.
• Fulfill image requests from various functional teams.
• Communicate with Worldwide Content Producers for requests, project information, and transferring of assets.
• Work with the legal clearance team on 3rd party assets relevant to the CEMEA market.
• Work with WW Digital Asset Managers to transfer launch assets to the long-term Digital Asset system.
• Learn and understand the nuances of different languages and be able to identify what content requires localization and convert it to a brief for the Content Studio
• QC final deliverables and communicate edits and final asset delivery.
• Work with the global SME to implement automation and workflow efficiency initiatives.
• Collaborate with the client’s Content Producer to plan the scope on a monthly and quarterly basis.
Reporting lines and key stakeholders
The position will be based in Dubai, and reporting into the CEMEA Project Director, and handle special regional projects in collaboration with the CEMEA Production Director and Global Content SME to drive asset automation and implement process efficiencies and drive best practices as well as perform lead trainer duties.
Requirements
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in project management in a multinational organization and/or graphic production at a design firm, ad agency or interactive shop
• Proficiency in macOS software is a must. • Demonstrable experience managing or leading a team locally and overseas.
• Flexible, creative, tech-savvy, solution-oriented individual.
• Basic experience in Adobe Photoshop is a bonus.
• Accuracy, excellent memory, and an eye for detail
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, demanding, creative, and production environment. Flexibility is key to this role as well as working beyond the 09:00-18:00 framework and occasionally on weekends
• Excellent project management skills, which allows you to foresee the prioritization, any possible risks.
• Strong attention to details and deadlines
• Excellent English skills, written and verbal, is a prerequisite
• Experience working in the MENA region specifically Arabic language markets is preferred.
Diversity & Inclusion
Hogarth is an equal-opportunity employer. That means we believe in creating a truly inclusive culture that values diversity, equity and inclusion for everyone through our ideas, our people, how we behave and how we conduct ourselves. We strive to recruit people from diverse backgrounds and support them to achieve long-term success. This not only makes Hogarth a better company and place to work, but an environment where everyone can give their point of view, experience connection, enjoy opportunity and feel a sense of belonging.
We welcome applications from everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, age, national origin, marital status, military veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, or physical or mental disability. As part of our commitment to making our hiring processes as equitable as possible, we are currently rolling out a policy which ensures that hiring managers review CVs only after they have been processed through an automated anonymisation system. This aims to ensure that all candidates are considered for interview based solely on their experience and what they can bring to the role. The solution, provided by MeVitae, scans and redacts CVs to reduce potential reviewer bias.
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Hogarth was founded 15 years ago and has grown from a start-up to over 6000 people, across 35 cities worldwide and is now part of the WPP family. Our rapid growth continues to drive us forward making Hogarth an exciting place to work and a great place to achieve your career ambitions.
