In my role as a producer, I get to bring the best team together to deliver exceptional creative results! I love leading with determination and accountability, strategizing solutions, and utilizing my extensive rolodex of production partners. I treasure aligning fantastical ideas with actionable plans, and I'm always ready to pivot the project's needs to best suit the desired outcome.
If you’re looking for a Producer, who cares about delivering the best creative results, while leading with transparency, efficiency, and a passion for numbers and logistics, don't hesitate to reach out to Jess on your next project!
Jess Weiss is a New York City-based Senior Producer with over 10 years of experience in leading productions and post-productions across commercials, branded content, documentaries, experiential, print, corporate videos, live events and features. Her extensive knowledge of the production process - from development through delivery - along with her masterful budgetary and logistical skills, allow her to turn complex puzzles into brilliant executions, transforming brainstorms into blueprints and leading the ever-changing plans to a smooth delivery.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Jess is used to finding resources no matter where a project brings her and she loves collaborating with teams across the country and the world. She believes in the power of pre-production to ask questions and make sure everyone is on the same page, focusing on communication, attention to detail and kindness to bring every project through the finish line.
Jess is used to building projects of all sizes from scratch, and she effortlessly thrives in her favorite equation: Creativity x Time x Budget, where her resource management abilities align creative vision with business goals, to deliver ambitious results that exceed expectations. She is passionate about her work and taking care of her projects and teammates, always determined to build strong relationships. She’s a trusted collaborator to creatives, directors, brands, agencies, and production companies, garnering repeated projects with the same teams.
She has produced content for clients such as Delta, Coca Cola, IBM, P&G, Coinbase and Nissan, and her work has appeared online, on television, and film festivals worldwide, most recently in Telluride, Tribeca and SXSW. Her projects have won multiple Cannes Lions, Clio, Telly, Webby and D&AD awards, and her latest documentary work, as a line producer and production manager on "All the Empty Rooms", was recently nominated for the 2026 Academy Awards in the Best Short Documentary category and is available on Netflix. She’s also a member of the Producers Guild of America and the Television Academy.
What Matters Most
Working with great people • Art can change the world • Calendar Invites • Color-Coded Spreadsheets • Creating Lists • Proactivity • Respect • Equality • Diversity • Kindness • Power of Storytelling
Skills
Project Leadership • Project Management • Budgeting • Logistics • Client & Agency Relations • Creative Development • Scheduling • Talent Communications • Crew Sourcing • Experiential Production • Post-Production Management • VFX Production • Multi-Format Delivery • Event Production • Cost Reporting • Asset Management • Vendor Sourcing • Problem Solving • Advertising • Print • Stills • Social Media Production • Pre-Production & Production Planning • Bidding • Deck Design • Team Management • Operations Supervision • Compliance Tracking
Softwares
Showbiz Budgeting • Hot Budget • Movie Magic Budgeting • Movie Magic Scheduling • Final Draft • Microsoft Office • Google Suite • Adobe Photoshop • Canva • Slack • Wrapbook • Flow (Shotgrid) • Toggl • Asana • LucidLink • Frame.io
Affiliations
Producers Guild of America • Television Academy
Languages
Fluent in English • Native in Portuguese • Intermediate in German • Intermediate in French • Basic in Spanish