Operational Producer

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Operational Producer at Momkai


Start date: September/October, 2024  •  Location: Amsterdam, NL  •  Workload: Full Time

Momkai, the leading brand design agency for movements, known for its cultivating calm approach, is seeking an Operational Producer to elevate project execution and achieve operational excellence on its many international projects. This new full-time role requires precision and critical thinking to expand our standards of movement building and creativity. From here, we simplify and then amplify for our clients across Europe, the US, and Canada.

With your drive to create meaningful work and guided by a strong moral compass, you'll bring clarity and an eye for detail to the team. Join us to help mission-driven organizations and launch movements. Support the team in launching global platforms, breaking crowdfunding world records, and building impactful brands — like we've done multiple times in the past.

About Momkai

The Memberful Design studio

Momkai is behind initiatives like The School for Moral Ambition, the movement to ensure that our brightest minds tackle the greatest challenges of our time, and De Correspondent, the third largest membership journalism platform in the world. We build global platforms, create impactful brands, and lead world record-breaking crowdfunding campaigns.

Global clients past and present include Golazo, Kom op tegen Kanker (the Belgian Cancer Society), the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), Imperial College London, and New York University (NYU). The team worked closely with the founders of Bugaboo, Oncode Institute, De Correspondent, The School for Moral Ambition, and Renews Japan. Our mission is to empower firestarters to inspire action and ignite change through our Memberful Design philosophy.

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About your role

Your work matters to help brands build movements with lasting impact.

  1. Allocate scheduling and resources to meet milestones within budget constraints, ensuring high service standards for clients and team members. Set up, document, and report clear project OKRs aligned with clients, supported by leads.

  2. Oversee all stages from planning to delivery, ensuring smooth internal operations and effective coordination with suppliers and external parties. Implement and improve project backlog planning tools to optimize efficiency.

  3. Ensure projects and backlogs are completed efficiently, aligning with our high standards of quality, moral ambition, and support for creativity. Set up project teams with clear roles and goals, with one lead owning the end result and OKRs.

  4. Act with a clear overview to facilitate communication and workflow among teams, clients, and suppliers, enhancing operational efficiency and fostering a spirit of kindness. Support leads in client communication, planning and managing expectations.

  5. Handle production-related administrative duties, ensuring compliance with legal standards, maintaining records, and ensuring timely bill payments.

  6. Engage with suppliers, negotiate terms, oversee budgets, and process invoices to maintain financial health and ensure revenue goals.

What we offer:

  • A unique opportunity to help firestarters worldwide kickstart movements, build impactful brands, and enable ambitious idealists to solve the world’s biggest problems.

  • A competitive salary, with a solid pension and other employee benefits.

  • Freedom to guide the course of Momkai within the boundaries of our creative vision.

  • A close partnership with leading creatives and a network of high-profile firestarters, including well-known authors and idealistic entrepreneurs.

  • A whole lot of fun. We're driven by sheer enthusiasm. We're excited about making the world a significantly better place and helping firestarters build legacies that matter.

What we ask:

  1. You are organized. Capable of overseeing multiple projects, big launches, and handling budgets. You compose plans carefully and carry them out with structure. You are comfortable working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with teams in Amsterdam, Berlin, and New York.

  2. You are proficient in navigating complex challenges and meticulous in execution. You are decisive, love to gather information to construct a clear vision, and never hesitate long before acting. Clients like your clarity and team members love your honesty.

  3. You bring 5-7 years of experience to the table. You are skilled in production coordination; familiar with marketing buy-in and SaaS. Comfortable with a good challenge and bringing a team together behind a common goal. You are comfortable around C-level roles and speaking in front of a group.

  4. You are detail-oriented. Thriving under pressure, adept at conflict resolution, and enabling teams to excel. When you commit to something, you ensure follow-through and stay grounded and logical, even in stressful situations. You cultivate calm in your approach.

  5. You are excellent at building relationships. Fluent in English and Dutch. Great interpersonal skills, capable of engaging effectively and with kindness.