Position Description
PRODUCER Second Story is a network of design studios that focuses on responsive environments, story-‐
driven experiences, experimentation, and innovation. For more than 20 years, we have conceptualized, designed, and developed projects that educate, immerse, and activate across the cultural and brand space. Our studio is interdisciplinary and intensely collaborative, founded on the desire to make great work through collective authorship.
We are seeking an experienced Producer to join our Portland studio. The Producer is a strategic contributor who
ensures a truly interdisciplinary process and the delivery of outstanding experiences that are on time and on
budget. A true team player, s/he will work in close collaboration with studio creative and technical leads to
oversee each project from kick-off through completion, while also acting as the primary point of contact for
clients. The Producer is expected to advocate for client interests and goals and convey them effectively to the
team to ensure that studio efforts fulfill project requirements.
The Second Story work environment is intensely collaborative and collegial across all disciplines. We push
ourselves to look beyond what we know, driven to experience what’s new in design and technology so that we
can take clients where they want to go—and further. An effective Producer understands the art of
collaboration and is capable of supporting and activating teams and team members in a productive, positive
way. Candidates should be well versed in the core principles of producing: communication, organization, and
strategic implementation. Ideally, these fundamentals will be embodied in a person who demonstrates clear
leadership skills, professional flexibility, good humor, and strong self-starting abilities.
THE CANDIDATE WILL:
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Work in close collaboration with project creative and technology leads, overseeing associated
teams through the entire project life cycle: concept development, experience design, content
development, design development, production, quality assurance, installation, and completion.
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Act as the primary client contact and serve as the client “voice” during the project lifespan to
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Facilitate communication between internal teams and with project-related client teams.
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Be proactive, managing projects through regular status updates with teams and clients to
recognize dependencies, risks, and issues and escalate them, as needed, toward resolution.
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Author project related SOWs and budget estimate documentation.
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Manage expectations of clients/partners through collaboration and clear communication.
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Implement and report change order process, if required, to remain within scope.
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Develop and maintain detailed project schedules and budgets on large- and small-scale
projects.
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Balance multiple projects and associated project plans, budgets, deliverables and teams.
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Forecast weekly resource allocations and coordinate allocation with the producing team,
ensuring that allocation and priorities are in alignment with project schedules and budgets.
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Be responsible for all project documentation, tracking, organization, and follow-through for
internal resources and external clients/partners.
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Participate in business development initiatives, i.e. proposal writing and potential client
meetings/presentations.
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Assess and improve production processes during and after project.
QUALIFICATIONS:
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3 + years in a digital/interactive project management or producer role
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Professional, outgoing, friendly, fearless
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Outstanding organizational, written, and verbal communication skills
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Detail-oriented self-starter, with the ability to multi-task across numerous simultaneous
projects, meet deadlines, process information quickly, and maintain confidential information
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Proven, successful experience working in a collaborative environment on multiple deliverabledriven projects from concept to completion—will inquire about your collaboration successes,
as this is critical
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Experience managing scope, risks, and resources for digital and/or interactive projects
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Understanding of digital technologies and trends
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Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in related field
This is an exceptional opportunity for the rare producer or project manager who is as strategic as s/he is
tactical and is looking for a meaningful career in an environment where collaboration is paramount, but
individual efforts shine. This position is located in Portland, OR, with a competitive, comprehensive salary and
a benefits package that includes medical, dental, disability, employer-contributed 401(k), and professional
development funds.
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A B O U T S E C O N D S T O R Y Second Story, part of SapientNitro, is a network of design studios that focuses on responsive environments,
story-driven experiences, experimentation, and innovation. We conceptualize, design, and develop projects that
educate, immerse, and activate across the cultural and brand space. In our studios in Atlanta, New York, and
Portland, designers, producers, and technologists collaborate in a lab-based environment to create experiences
that reward audience interaction with powerful, personalized pathways through content and the world of
ideas. Second Story’s work has received hundreds of awards and is included in the Smithsonian’s permanent
research collection on information technology. For more information, visit www.secondstory.com.
A B O U T S A P I E N T N I T R O SapientNitroSM, part of Sapient®, is a new breed of agency redefining storytelling for an always-on
world. We’re changing the way our clients engage today’s connected consumers by uniquely creating
integrated, immersive stories across brand communications, digital engagement, and omni-channel
commerce. We call it Storyscaping, where art and imagination meet the power and scale of systems
thinking. SapientNitro’s unique combination of creative, brand, and technology expertise results in one
global team collaborating across disciplines, perspectives, and continents to create game-changing
success for our Global 1000 clients, such as Chrysler, Citi, The Coca-Cola Company, Lufthansa, Target,
and Vodafone, in 31 cities across The Americas, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. For more information,
visit www.sapientnitro.com.
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