We’re looking: Producer

We are seeking a production management guru with a desire to wireframe the world, and see projects through on time and under budget. Do you have a “special” relationship with Basecamp? Do you see yourself as a 4-star General, coordinating the actions of designers, programmers, and editors on the battlefield? Are you able to mediate, alleviate, motivate, and not make mistakes? Do you like INXS? Do you want to change the world? If so, then thehappycorp production manager position might be calling your name.

We are growing and building a network of exciting creative people who are challenged to make a difference in the world through the diverse new media formats available to us. We have global in our name, but haven’t truly reached our global status. Send an email to jobs@thehappycorp.com if you are interested with your resume and coverletter.

DETAILS
Position Type: Full-Time, Employee
Experience Desired: 1+ Years Experience
Desired Education Level: Bachelor’s degree

RESPONSIBILITIES

Develop and manage project timelines and budgets

Practice and contribute to the management and evolution of all strategic service offerings

Responsible for day-to-day management of external client contacts and communications related to projects

Create a tight team of freelancers who can develop online advertising, websites, motion graphics, video, and television spots when necessary

Identify growth opportunities for all parts of agency within current clients and advise new business team on areas of focu

Develop the internal processes that supports service delivery, profitability and client satisfaction

Gather technical specs and work with programmers to develop wireframes for website projects

Ability to lead internal client meetings when necessary

Organize and manage company assets and intellectual property

Assist in training and development of creative team

Work with a team defining the overall scope of a project and developing a sound implementation plan, which meets the project strategy and works with the budget and timing

Manage production management software platform (Basecamp)

Create project estimates for new business and internal projects

Alex Sturtevant, Producer

Alex Sturtevant is living a life of penance. After a 12-year old in sweatpants accused him of not “keeping it real” as a DJ at a dance for troubled teens in Vermont, Alex moved to a mob rich neighborhood in Brooklyn where he walks amongst the people, slowly absorbing the “real” that hardens inside his chest like Sunday morning’s grease pour from the skillet.

Before arriving at thehappycorp, Alex was a producer for Special Ops Media, guiding projects with a strong emphasis in cinema for clients like 20th Century Fox, Warner Bros. and Universal. In his spare time he built (hands and sweat) NOLEJ recording studio in Hell’s Kitchen. There’s a reason we call him Sturdy.

Alex also sustains a 20lb cat called Meatballs. This may be his crowning achievement.

Tim Saverine

Update May 2008: In the Spring of 2008, Tim Saverine took a chance on his true love and moved on to one of its temples of worship. After over a year as an apprentice and then a full time Junior Producer, Tim joined Marc Jacobs with a position at Marc by Marc.

We will miss Tim and his impeccable, relaxed style. He was a vital piece of our production group puzzle and his diversity of skill and ambition to learn allowed him to advance our internal practice for Information Architecture. We will miss his gentle manner and his way with a fitted jacked. We wish him the best.

_______________________________________________________________________ Our family has been growing. Tim Saverine showed up quietly on our doorstop one cold spring morning when we lived in our old apartment.

Randy Makiej appropriated Tim for his personal apprentice, but Tim’s production skills soon made him an invaluable junior producer to our entire family. He became full time at thehappycorp in July 07.

In our new, well-lit home, many people want to sit next to Tim, but only only one of us gets to sit across from him, looking straight at him, daunted daily by his endlessly permutating array of sweaters, cardigans, toggle coats…

Tim is currently on leave from Parsons where he studies Design + Management. This is perfect, because good designers need good management and we know that Tim is on track to be one of the best directors in whatever city he chooses to grace with his dapper intellect.

Randy Makiej

Update April 2008: After over a year of valued service Randy Makiej has re-joined the world of freelance talent. We will miss Randy, and we are indebted to him for helping us build out our production group, establish improved process, and bringing Senior experience to one of the companies fastest growth periods. Additionally, his skill with a hammer and band saw were invaluable as thehappycorp moved into its new digs at 407 Broome.

Randy was last seen driving his new Ducati to a business lunch in Brooklyn and bolstering his resume with projects from here to LA.
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Our family has been growing so fast that it’s tough to keep up.

Familiarize yourself with this new outpouring of names. The people who have them are behind thehappycorp global’s ever-expanding creative hegemony.

Randy Makiej has been pulling stunts around here for a while as our Head of Production. Shame on us for not telling you about him earlier, but he’s kind of like a secret weapon. If you look at his computer Michael Caine will point a shotgun at you.

Occasionally Randy leaves NYC and drifts down to Mexico or Costa Rica to surf with Latin heads of state. We assume it was during one such southern sortie, perhaps while waiting on the beach for a particular swell, that he picked up his incomparable Fimo Bead skills.

Before coming to thehappycorp Randy was a skater in Boston (still his preferred mode of transport) and the Animation Producer at Curious Pictures where his client list included Microsoft, HBO, Blue Man Group and Intel.

He also had a hand in Chicago 10, a documentary/animation about the eight anti-war protesters who were put on trial following the 1968 Democratic National Convention. C10 was an Opening Night Film at Sundance this year.