Video Producer

Video Project Manager

Marketing Video Production, Project Management & Reporting

The Rate - Up to €75 per hour

IR35 Status - NA

The Location - Herzogenaurach, Germany

The Working Pattern - 80% remote, 20% onsite

Duration - Six months, beginning January 2027

About the Client

Digital Skills are working with A Global Sports and Fashion Brand on the production of seasonal Sell-In video content for its European business. The project will deliver approximately 20 videos for use across multiple platforms and channels, supporting seasonal product and category sales activity.

About the Role

The client is seeking an experienced Sell-In Video Project Manager to coordinate the end-to-end planning and delivery of its seasonal video production programme. This role will manage production schedules, budgets, stakeholder communication, agency collaboration and project reporting, ensuring that content is delivered on time and to the required quality.

The engagement offers a predominantly remote working pattern, with onsite attendance required for key production activity in Herzogenaurach.

Responsibilities

• Manage the creation and submission of approximately 20 seasonal Sell-In videos for European teams and digital channels
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, production schedules and stakeholder calendars
• Coordinate communication between business units, European operations teams and external production agencies
• Lead weekly project meetings, gather feedback and provide clear status reporting
• Prepare and manage video production budgets and financial overviews
• Highlight budget constraints, production risks, dependencies and delivery issues
• Create and maintain briefing materials, presentation templates and script templates
• Coordinate the timely delivery of scripts, briefings, product information, images and existing video assets
• Work with external agencies to establish an effective production workflow
• Provide guidance ahead of video shoots and support smooth onsite production activity
• Review product samples during production and report discrepancies
• Support stylist and film crew briefings
• Coordinate final approvals, project handover and post-production debriefs
• Produce comprehensive project documentation for client review and approval

Desired Skills and Experience

• Strong experience in marketing video production or content production environments
• Proven project management experience across complex, multi-stakeholder projects
• Experience coordinating external creative, film or production agencies
• Strong project planning, scheduling and reporting capabilities
• Experience managing production budgets and financial tracking
• Confident stakeholder management and cross-functional communication skills
• Ability to manage multiple deadlines, dependencies and approval processes
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel
• Experience preparing creative briefs, scripts, production documentation and status reports
• Comfortable supporting both remote planning and onsite production activity
• Experience within the sports, fashion, retail or consumer brand sector would be advantageous

Summary of the Best Candidate

The strongest candidate will be an experienced video production project manager with a background in marketing, branded content or seasonal campaign production. They will understand how to take a video programme from initial briefing and concept development through planning, production, approvals and final handover.

They will combine structured project management with practical video production knowledge, strong reporting skills and the confidence to coordinate business stakeholders, creative teams and external agencies. The successful candidate will be highly organised, commercially aware and comfortable managing budgets, schedules, risks and competing deadlines in an international environment.