Optimizing Your Ad Production Spend: An Integrated Approach

Course Description:

You’ll go behind the scenes for an insider’s look at the latest processes, best practices and cost efficiencies for getting the most value out of your ad productions.  With a focus on integrating broadcast, print, and digital, this seminar will provide the tools and resources for effective and efficient productions.

In addition to learning the flow of content creation across all media channels, we’ll also review the responsibilities for each role in the integrated production process.   

We’ll present the strategies for procuring the best deals within the ad production supply chain, including leveraging creative assets, making the most of production incentives, setting up preferred vendor deals, optimizing your spend, etc.  We will discuss at length what drives the costs of producing content for TV, print/OOH, web videos, websites, mobile, social and banner ads and will teach you how to introduce best practices which will positively affect your production process and budgets.   

Who Is This Course For?

People responsible for producing content for their brands including all levels of brand marketing, advertising managers, procurement or sourcing professionals, and other industry professionals interested in addressing the current challenges in today’s business environment to be most efficient.

Key Takeaways

• Leave the seminar understanding the basics of budgeting, the workflow and stages of the production process, and the roles and responsibilities of the advertiser during each phase.
• Gain a deeper understanding of production cost-drivers, including factors that can quickly send a project over-budget and learn innovative techniques to stretch production dollars without compromising creative quality.
• Learn how to communicate effectively & efficiently throughout the production process addressing time-sensitive decisions and ensuring your needs are met.
• Learn about industry trends, see case studies on what other advertisers are doing to solve for demands for efficiencies in ad production.
• Review benchmarking data provided by APR.

When

Where

Reed Smith
599 Lexington Avenue
22nd Floor
New York, NY 10023

Instructor: Jillian Gibbs

Jillian Gibbs is the Founder and CEO of APR, a global ad production consultancy that lists many of the world’s biggest brands as clients. Using an in-depth, collaborative approach to help advertisers get the most from their advertising production spend, Jillian has helped define new standards within the production industry throughout her 20 year career.



With an emphasis on education, innovation, and transparency, Jillian’s approach to advertising production leads to efficient processes, improved communication among the parties involved in a production, and significant savings for the advertiser.

Jillian is a widely recognized and respected industry leader. She founded APR in 2000 and has led the forward thinking company through considerable growth. APR now has offices in all major U.S. production centers, Canada and Europe.



APR is the official instructor for ANA Ad Production Seminars and Workshops and is frequently called upon to consult on production issues with advertisers, agencies, international industry associations (including ANA, ACA, ISBA and WFA), agency holding companies, and industry executives.

Agenda

Day 1 (Tuesday, June 4^th) 8:30-9:00 am – Check in and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am – 5:00 pm (with a 15 minute morning and afternoon break and a 45 minute lunch break.) Topics to be presented include:

Day 2 (Wednesday, June 5^th) 8:80-9:00 am – Continental Breakfast

9:00 am – 4:00 pm (with a 15 minute morning and afternoon break and a 45 minute lunch break. 

Topics to be presented will be chosen from the following depending on attendees’ requests and needs for a deeper dive:

 Agenda subject to change.