Production & Operations for Creative Companies
Will Chandler
Fractional Executive Producer & Operations Specialist
From brand activations to content campaigns and agency operations, I bring senior EP and ops experience to the projects and companies that need it.
20 years producing content and brand experiences, and scaling creative company operations from the ground up. I genuinely love what I do.
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Brands & companies I've worked with
Apple
Adidas
Netflix
Uber
Meta
MTV
National Geographic
History Channel
Kamp Grizzly
Bray Entertainment
Leftfield Pictures
20
Years in production and agency operations
20×
Billings growth, achieved across multiple companies
200+
People led across multiple companies
How it works
Let's figure out
what you need.
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Conversation first
We talk for 30 minutes. You tell me what's going on and where the pain points are. I tell you honestly whether I can help and what that looks like. No pitch deck, no sales process.
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Diagnosis before prescription
I need to understand your specific situation before recommending anything. An initial assessment often surfaces issues that weren't on your radar, but if you just need a fractional EP or COO, we can start there too.
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Building With You
I'm not here to hand you a slide deck and leave. I build actual systems, templates, and processes your team can use right away.
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Transfer ownership fully
Every engagement ends with your team owning what we built: trained, documented, and confident.
Engagement
Ways of Working.
Every engagement is scoped to what you actually need, whether that's leading a production, building your operational infrastructure, or both.
Assessment
A deep diagnostic of your operations, margins, and team structure, delivered as a clear action plan with prioritized next steps.
- Discovery calls with founders and ops leads
- Review of financials, SOPs, and project margins
- Scale Audit Report
- 90-day priority roadmap
- Debrief call to walk through findings
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Executive Producer
Ongoing access to me as your fractional Executive Producer and strategic advisor, for the pitches, decisions, and productions that need someone who's been there.
- Async access for quick decisions and gut-checks
- Bid and proposal review before you send
- Client pitch support and prep
- Priority access when a production goes sideways
- On site / location support available
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Systems Build-Out
I embed as your fractional EP/COO and build the operational infrastructure your company needs to scale, then hand it off and leave it running.
- Full org design and operational audit
- Production workflow templates end to end
- Financial systems: job costing and forecasting
- Fractional CFO / CPA review of financials
- HR foundations: roles, hiring, onboarding
- Client relationship and pricing framework
- Team training and 30-day check-in
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