Intern, Production

Company Description

At Saatchi & Saatchi, we believe in creating ideas that can live anywhere. And we believe that when we work as a team, nothing is impossible. We strive to bring out the best in each other and in ourselves and expect applicants to understand the value of close collaboration. We also believe that creating transformational work requires initiative, an entrepreneurial spirit and a bold commitment to achieving measurable results and business success for the Clients we service.

We are looking for candidates that thrive in a fast paced, collaborative, and team minded environment. Bringing Saatchi’s core values (Have Integrity, Get Curious, Embrace Diversity, We Deliver, Bring Joy, Pursue Excellence In Your Craft, Permission to Fail, One Team / One Dream, Act With Respect) to life will be critical to your success. It is by exercising those values that we produce an environment that supports our people and our clients.

Job Description

Our Saatchi LA & Dallas offices are looking for college seniors and recent graduates who are eager to learn and gain experience with real client work at an agency! Saatchi’s Summer Internship is a paid 8-week hybrid program from June 17th to August 9th with an opportunity for 4-day work week, providing lessons from various departments at an agency, opportunity to work alongside and gain mentorship from advertising professionals and leaders, in addition to working on real client work.

As an intern, we expect you to give us your energy, enthusiasm, and thirst for knowledge, and we'll give you a hands-on, insider introduction to working at this advertising agency! More than just a resume-builder, our internship program will challenge your expectations, broaden your horizons, and show you why advertising is our passion and why we live to influence popular culture. Application closes April 15th. 

As an Intern - Production, you'll participate in a rotational program between Content, Digital, Art, and Platform:

Content Production

• Shadow Producers during production – attending casting sessions, wardrobe fittings, recording sessions, edits, shoots
• Participate in bi-monthly Production Department meetings
• Assist Producers with production books, schedules, sharing information with Creative & Account Teams, and sending scripts out for voice casting
• Director research and reviewing reels
• Coordinating vendor screenings

Digital Production

• Assist Producers with various production tasks, including scheduling meetings, taking meeting notes, learning how to create estimates and POs, joining producers on all relevant status meetings and calls, and updating schedules
• Assist in the management of departmental documentation (updating spec sheets, department 101’s, etc.)
• Conduct research and assessments of vendors and development partners
• Gain the skills required to produce digital display assignments
• Other duties as assigned

Art Production

• Attend Art Production weekly department meetings to hear the healthy production discussions in a group of 6 Art Producers
• Assist producers in briefing out car transportation for shoots
• Assist Art Producers with PO’s, estimates, timelines, triple bidding, etc.
• Help prep pre pro documents for Pre-Production meetings
• Source diverse talent for shoots
• Potentially attend a shoot in LA or nearby areas
• Research influencers and influencer agencies

Platform

• Assist Producers in:
  • Quality assurance reviews for new vehicles releasing on Toyota.com
  • Execute weekly content updates
• Attend a daily scrum call with all partners, internal and external
• Attend status and working meetings with internal project teams
• Learn the basic structure of Adobe Experience Manager, the robust CMS that powers Toyota.com
• Learn the purpose and best practices of Jira to communicate with internal/external partners

Qualifications

We are looking for interns who possess a problem-solving mentality, have leadership and collaborative qualities, and express curiosity within and beyond their role and team. We encourage you to apply if you have:

• Passion and interest in marketing and advertising industry
• Capacity to learn, grow, and improve on feedback as necessary
• Excellent organization and time management to prioritize workload and multi-task
• Proficiency in MS Office (Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word)
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to apply critical thinking and problem solve
• Attention to detail
• Ability to build strong relationships with internal team members