Fast Horse

Fast Horse is seeking well-respected and experienced Integrated Production Directors. We create integrated, big-idea campaigns under tight deadlines, so the ideal candidate will be highly motivated, adaptable, detail-oriented, and have great interpersonal skills. Our media agnostic approach means that producers must be extremely open to all sorts of creative solutions and channels, and willing to tackle any challenge. Ideal candidates and will have well-rounded experience in video content production, print production, experiential, social and digital. A keen understanding of when to seek expert or more discipline-specific partners is key. Most importantly, we are looking for someone who is passionate for what they do and can successfully inspire and collaborate with the entire agency on a multitude of projects.

Responsibilities

• Embrace the constraints and opportunities of each project to maximize the possibilities and help invent solutions that help ideas live up to their full potential
• Partner with creative and amplification teams to ensure that we produce the highest level of creative work
• Identify and partner with external vendors to deliver world-class work on time and on budget
• Develop deep network of partners and help identify key bidding assumptions and/or methodologies that enable maximum efficiency and effectiveness to reach project goals
• Advise on all levels of resource allocation for projects in partnership with creative and amplification teams and directors, amplification and integrated team leads.
• Ensure that all agency productions are scheduled accurately and are kept on track
• Create and manage product budgets to ensure profitability and the best use of resources
• Work with Core Team members to identify budgetary consequences and tradeoffs to aid with prioritizing and decision-making
• Support post-mortem reviews and evolution of continual improvement process
• Identify ways to increase productivity and quality of work across the entire agency

Requirements:

• Experience in production role in a creatively driven, big-idea environment.  Minimum 8 years experience.  
• Expert knowledge agency workflow, pipelines and project management from concept to final delivery
• A portfolio (or work that you can point to) of work that demonstrates how integrated ideas comes together through content, digital, social, media relations, paid advertising and more
• Experience in managing and collaborating with world-class production partners
• A confident, professional, and persuasive communication style with team members
• A passion for creative problem-solving and strategic thinking
• Ability to remain flexible and calm in high-pressure situations and adjust as multiple moving parts consistently change
• Excellent organizational, communication and management skills
• Collaborative demeanor and ability to get along well with a variety of personalities and individuals

Find your passion and take on the biggest stages in our industry.  That’s what a career at Fast Horse offers.  

About Fast Horse

Fast Horse is an independent, integrated creative agency. Our work is grounded in organizing ideas that are disruptive, integrated and have the ability to connect in ways that are highly relevant and spur action. Clients like Audi, The Coca-Cola Company, Heineken, General Mills, Deluxe Corporation and many more trust us with their most high-profile initiatives.

Campaigns we’ve executed in the last several years have been recognized as the best in the industry. We’ve earned multiple Effie Awards for our work with clients like Newcastle Brown Ale and Diet Coke. Underscoring our integrated approach, we've also added three Cannes Lions to a trophy case already filled with the PR industry’s most sought-after honors, including Silver Anvils, PR Week Awards and SABREs.  We've also been honored among Twin Cities Business Monthly's "Best of Business" seven years running, including "Best Advertising/Marketing Agency" in each of the past two years.

Workplace/Compensation

Our workplace and culture give our people the flexibility and resources to thrive personally and professionally. Our award-winning headquarters in the Minneapolis North Loop neighborhood is set up to facilitate communication and collaboration and our team members are untethered by a designated office or desk. 

We offer highly competitive salaries and industry leading benefits, including uncapped PTO, paid sabbaticals, amazing parental and family leave policies, and a variety of annual allowances and perks that allow employees to find better balance in their lives.  More information can be found at https://www.fasthorseinc.com/careers/.