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U.S. Based Global Financial Conglomerate Vice President, Global Marketing and Communications
Client: A diversified U.S. based global financial conglomerate with an internal global television network, internal advertising agency and corporate communication facilities to include: Production, Post-Production, Terrestrial Distribution, Advertising, Corporate Communications, Public Relations and Remote Sales Training & Employee Development. Search: Vice President – Global Marketing Communications Client Situation: The Senior Vice President of Global Corporate Communications identified Filcro Media Staffing through their contacts at a Major TV Network as well as having knowledge of a completed search for a senior most Executive Producer at a competing company. Industry and Sector inclusion:
FMS was retained.
FMS was provided with O&D charting and succession plans for all global Comm. divisions of the parent company. Clear definitions were established with HR and sensitive internal areas of concern with regard to succession planning were addressed from the onset. FMS had a cultural understanding of the firm through prior identification in the industry and understood the sensitivities of inserting a new VP external to the financial industries. The diversity of the operating divisions of the company posed little difficulty based on a “common” need globally. FMS established a hierarchy of desired skill sets and industry experience to proceed with universe compilation and tiering. The fact that FMS reported directly to the hiring manager and was given unusual assistance through HR to obtain detailed skill assessments of the immediate reporting line helped enormously. Due to the autonomy that each operating group of the company enjoyed and the unique creative needs of each group it would be a challenge to identify an executive who could retool infrastructure while creatively producing copious amounts of daily produced live shows, taped shows, training materials and corporate communication materials for off and on-air use all while maintaining global distribution of a 24/7 global TV Network. Some of the biggest challenges facing the new Employee Relations Director (ERD) were:
Solution: FMS proceeded to Identify the "best in industry" broadcast operations, on-air-promo and executive producer level employees from (3) three different industries. Our ideal was to draw from environments that where decentralized and less myopic then most. This person had to have had control of global resources on the creative and technical side as well as hands-on experience with formulation and implementing creative concept to produce a finished product. An executive capable of focusing live, live to tape and industrial on and off-air product was essential. More effective policies needed to be put in place to “clean” the creative process. With many different requests coming in from such a diverse client base, prior creative product was no longer fresh and a new look on and off-air look was needed to stimulate business, marketing, sales and PR interests. We needed a person who understood the development and programming issues of a network who would be content to remain and grow in a corporate environment. This challenge had more to do with actual and perceived autonomy and FMS established the autonomy level from the onset to assure that this person would remain with the firm for many years to come. The reeducation of staff on technical and creative levels was also essential and we needed an executive who understood the “complete” production and operation process. Our initial overview of the O&D chart led us to believe that the firm could save substantial money through adopting a complete nonlinear process as soon as possible. 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation equipment spread in many different studios was causing continuity issues that were unnecessary. The SVP of HR was receptive to our approach and gave FMS full autonomy during the search process to determine the proper skill sets and experience required. Successful candidate identified: A Vice President, Advertising, On-Air Promotion & Production from Florida - USA who was responsible for the on-air look, design and team management of a major cable network, with a penetration into 137 million households worldwide. This VP Supervised three of the six production divisions of HSN: On-Air Advertising and Promotion, Broadcast Design (Graphic and Animation), and Studio Production/Post Production and lead a staff of creative directors, writers, producers, directors, scenic designers, composers, promo schedulers, art directors, computer and animation artists, lighting directors, camera operators et al. His departments were accountable for the creation and production of more than 3000 commercials, On-Air & Cross Channel Promos, and TV productions annually. They also produced work aired on or for : USA Network, The Sci-Fi Channel, October Films, Gramercy Pictures, Ticketmaster, firstauction.com, and cityauction.com, all major players in the entertainment and electronic commerce industries, and headed by Barry Diller.
This executive and his family were relocated from Florida to New Jersey and made a very smooth transition. This executive has raised the bar for this global financial conglomerate and is recognized as a respected leader in his field. This URL: http://www.executivesearch.tv/html/vp_corporate_case_history.html Filcro Media Staffing, All rights reserved, 1985 - 2010 Filcro Media Staffing - National Media and Broadcasting Executive Search Firms - Selected Case Histories for corporate communications and corporate video |
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