Experienced Contract Producers - Open Applications
Wonderbly, United Kingdom
Job Description
London, contract work, hybrid - day rates from 300+
About these openings
We’re looking to build our roster of experienced contract producers at Wonderbly to help us with a range of projects over the next six months and beyond.
We have found that the best people are, unsurprisingly, often very busy and can’t immediately jump on projects with less than a few months notice therefore we want to hear from people before they are available so we can line up the right projects for them.
If you are an experienced producer, with a background in publishing, children’s media or other related fields who may have availability to work on two day+ per week projects over the next six months please send us your resume and a short note on your expected availability and day rates.
What you’ll be doing
Some of the projects we expect to commission in the next six months include:
Delivering new books with our existing Story Studio team on a contract basis. This would involve working with artists, writers and the Wonderbly technology and marketing teams to get new books to market. We already have a team of four full time producers working on these projects and you’d be collaborating closely with them. This would suit folks who have worked in and around editorial teams of larger children’s publishing companies.
Working on more complex cross functional projects within the wider Product organisation. This could involve projects to introduce new physical formats to our range or overhauling elements of content across multiple titles. This would suit folks who have worked on consumer facing projects in more complex digital and commercial environments.
Supporting delivery of new books in new publishing categories. This will involve more autonomous work, working directly with our senior leadership team to bring entirely new kinds of personalised books to market, working with designers, writers and researchers. This would suit folks who have worked in non-fiction publishing or in any innovation functions within larger media companies.
Requirements
If any of these missions sounds exciting to you, please get in touch. For all roles we are looking for:
- Evidence of ‘hands on’ production experience shipping real products and experiences to market - yes you are organised but you also know how to quickly change tack and when and how to get directly involved in the work!
- Evidence of managing cross functional projects to demanding deadlines and budgets inside mid sized or larger organisations
- Evidence of directly managing a variety of creative disciplines within a single project
- Very strong written communication skills and ability to manage remote teams of digital contributors
- A passion for books and media - you need to be excited about our category of personalised books!
For the projects involving children’s books and non-fiction grownup books are looking for people with experience working within these editorial categories - if possible, please provide links or portfolio pieces of example books or projects you have bought to market.
Ideally we are looking for producers who can easily attend in person meetings in central London at our studio although we do work with some of our team 100% remotely. If you are remote only please clearly indicate this in your cover note.
Benefits
All our projects will be a combination of fun and challenging. We pay competitive day rates for producers, typically 300 and up per day depending on experience, contract length and the nature of the work. We have a beautiful new studio in Bloomsbury where you are welcome to work from for the duration of the contract.
If you’d like to help us produce some amazing new books and experiences, please send us your resume, expected day rates and any notes on upcoming availability.
If you’d like to find out more, ask questions and have a conversation with a member of the product organisation please add a note to your cover letter - we will review every application but we can’t promise to answer every individual request for additional information.