Digital Producer

Digital Producer

Santa Monica, CA - Hybrid

Respect People. Produce Results.

For more than 35 years, we've built a reputation for both the work we do and how we do it.

Respect shows up in how we work together and with our clients. It means trusting people to do their jobs, giving them the space to do it well, and holding each other to a high standard. Because when people are respected, they do better work, work that grows businesses, shapes culture, and builds relationships that last. And just as important, they have the support to build a career and a life worth investing in.

Who You'll Be Collaborating With

Every day, you'll be teaming up with a diverse, enthusiastic, multi-disciplinary team of Digital Production rockstars with a smart sense of humor.

What You'll Be Helping Achieve

RPA is seeking a Digital Producer to join the Digital Production team. The Digital Producer must have a solid understanding of the creative design and development process, digital media platforms, and the advertising landscape. This position is responsible for facilitating, organizing, planning, and overseeing the production of digital campaigns from concept through launch, while serving as a key partner to teams across Account, Creative, Media, Ad Ops, Analytics, and external vendors.

The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of digital production, creative development, advertising, and emerging technologies, along with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects in a fast-paced agency environment. The Digital Producer is responsible for driving successful project execution while balancing stakeholder needs, production requirements, timelines, budgets, and quality standards.

This role requires exceptional project management, problem-solving, and communication skills, as well as the ability to build strong relationships across disciplines. Candidates should be comfortable navigating complex productions, coordinating multiple stakeholders, and translating technical or production requirements into actionable plans for clients and internal teams.

Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook is required. Candidates should have 4 to 5+ years of experience producing digital projects, including display, rich media, social, video, and website/email development. Digital production agency and/or advertising agency experience is a plus.

What You'll Be Working On

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of digital campaigns from project intake through launch.
• Coordinate project schedules, budgets (rate sheets and estimates), resources, and deliverables to ensure work is completed on time and on budget.
• Develop, maintain, and execute project plans, including key milestones, dependencies, resource allocation, project estimates, and vendor management.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for internal teams and external partners, providing clear and proactive communication on project status, risks, and next steps.
• Partner closely with Project Management, Account, Creative, Media, Ad Ops, Analytics, Technology and Development, and Production teams to align project objectives and drive successful execution.
• Oversee day-to-day production activities across digital campaigns and media platforms, including animated and static display banners, rich media, video skins, video content, social content and copy, website development and maintenance, email, and dynamic creative optimization.
• Manage high-volume display campaigns with 200+ unique deliverables per campaign, overseeing versioning strategies, asset organization, production workflows, and coordination across internal teams and external vendors.
• Review briefs, media plans, technical specifications, and project requirements to establish production approaches and project scope.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, resolve production challenges, and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Coordinate asset delivery, ad trafficking, quality assurance, and launch activities to ensure accuracy and readiness for deployment.
• Support the continuous improvement of production workflows, processes, and best practices.
• Evaluate and implement production tools, automation opportunities, and emerging technologies, including AI-enabled workflows, to improve efficiency, scalability, and quality.

How You'll Excel in Your Role

• Demonstrate strong project management, organizational, and problem-solving skills while successfully balancing multiple priorities and meeting hard deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Serve as a trusted partner across cross-functional teams, building collaborative relationships and aligning stakeholders around shared project goals.
• Communicate clearly and effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences, translating complex requirements into actionable plans.
• Apply sound judgment and critical thinking to identify risks, navigate challenges, and proactively drive projects forward.
• Leverage expertise in digital production, creative development, advertising, AI-enabled workflows, dynamic content solutions, and emerging technologies to inform decision-making and execution.
• Work independently while remaining highly collaborative, accountable, and team-oriented.
• Maintain proficiency with project management and collaboration tools, including Microsoft Office/Teams, SharePoint, Jira, and Smartsheet, to effectively organize, manage, and communicate project information.
• Demonstrate proactivity, flexibility and adaptability in response to evolving priorities, technologies, and client needs.
• Define and manage project scope including scope inclusions, exclusions, and assumptions for in-scope and out-of-scope projects. Generate and manage rate sheets, estimates, to project statement of work documents for out-of-scope projects.
• Perform QA from concepting through delivery by reviewing briefs, creative decks, production-ready files and final assets to ensure brand consistency and creative cohesion.
• Contribute to a positive, inclusive, and solutions-oriented team culture while supporting continuous improvement across workflows and processes.

We are unable to offer employment visa assistance for this role.

Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position. The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. The expected available salary will be the annual equivalent of $71,000.00 - $75,000.00.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, at RPA we hire without consideration to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.