(USA) Senior Manager, Creative- Production Analyst

Position Summary...

Do you have a keen understanding of production budgets and expenses? Do coworkers seek out your eye for detail to review their reports? Have you ever been excited about the idea of finding and fixing inefficiencies in a creative way? If so, you might be ideal for the Senior Manager, Creative Production Analyst role within the Walmart Creative Studio.

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in production cost management across various media, including TV, Print, OOH, Digital Videos, Web, Mobile, Social, and Experiential, and will be able to leverage that experience to produce insights about budgeting efficiently to produce high-quality content.

In this role, you will review in-house and agency production estimates to optimize our investment in quality content creation. You will work together with our creative and production teams, marketers, and finance partners to establish best practices, locate efficiencies, and improve return on investment.

What you'll do...

• Review and advise creative and production teams production costs for all content creation projects, ensuring optimal use of resources.

• Develop, implement, and maintain industry-leading benchmarking standards and best practices for production cost management.

• Provide objective validation and transparency in budget and estimate planning and allocation for content creation projects.

• Establish and enforce ongoing governance of Walmarts creative production infrastructure.

• Collaborate closely with internal WCS and external agency partners creative and production teams, in-house marketers, and finance partners to identify opportunities for cost savings without compromising quality.

• Conduct regular analysis of production costs and provide detailed reports to senior management. Build quarterly reports on production budget savings to share with finance.

• Manage relationships with external vendors and negotiate favorable terms to maximize value.

• Train and develop internal teams on cost management best practices and tools.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in production cost management, preferably within a large-scale advertising or content creation environment.

• Strong understanding of production processes and cost structures for TV, Print, OOH, Digital Videos, Web, Mobile, Social, and Experiential media.

• Familiarity with AICP Guidelines and union (DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE, ACE, etc.) crew and talent rates and applicable overtime compensation.

• Proficient in cost management software and tools.

• In-depth knowledge of industry standards and best practices for production cost management.

• Excellent problem solving, quantitative, and analytical abilities and strong negotiation and communication skills.

• Established network within the production and advertising industry.

• Demonstrated ability to offer new insight and drive innovation in production.

About Us:

Walmart Creative Studio (WCS) is the in-house creative agency for Walmart. Our team develops breakthrough and distinctive design systems and creative conversations that drive business objectives and keep our Fortune #1 brand in the culture. We use creativity and design to win hearts, minds, and wallets.

We are uniquely positioned as the internal creative agency of record to be hyper-focused on the customer experience across all channels, categories, and campaigns. We are ruthlessly focused on human truths, insight-driven creative strategies and integrated creative sol