AVP, Creative Production

New York, USA (On-site)

$178K/yr – $233K/yrSenior Level10+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive end-to-end luxury production across three banners, translating briefs into budgets, timelines, and scalable workflows.

  • Own end-to-end production across three locations from brief to delivery.
  • Must-have: 10+ years in production with senior leadership experience.
  • Standout: Luxury multi-brand environment with DAM/post-production and vendor management.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Manage end-to-end production across all three locations, from brief through delivery.
  • Build and maintain production SOPs, workflow templates, and a master production calendar covering campaigns, shoots, events, and activations.
  • Act as the senior production voice in creative reviews and cross-functional planning sessions.
  • Partner with creative leadership to translate briefs into executable production plans with clear timelines, budgets, and resource requirements.
  • Identify and resolve production risks before they impact delivery.
  • Oversee all post-production workflows: retouching, colour grading, asset management, versioning, and final approval.
  • Build and maintain a post-production infrastructure — DAM systems, delivery specs, approval loops — that works across all three banners
  • Manage relationships with retouchers, editors, and finishing partners to maintain quality within commercial deadlines.
  • Ensure clean handoffs from production to post so brand intent is preserved at every stage.
  • Manage multi-format delivery across print, digital, social, e-commerce, and in-store.
  • Design and continuously improve production workflows to reduce bottlenecks and improve turnaround times.
  • Own consolidated production budgets across all three banners, tracking spend against forecast with rigour.
  • Implement and manage project management tooling that gives senior stakeholders clear visibility across all active productions.
  • Report regularly on production KPIs, capacity, and operational performance.
  • Hire, develop, and retain a production team including producers, coordinators, and post-production specialists.
  • Set clear expectations, run regular performance reviews, and actively develop career paths within the team.
  • Create a culture where process supports creative work rather than getting in the way of it.
  • Maintain and manage a roster of preferred production vendors, studios, and post-production partners.
  • Negotiate contracts and rate cards; conduct regular performance reviews against agreed standards.
  • Maintain contingency options to ensure production continuity.

Requirements

  • 10+ years in production, with at least 4 years in a senior or AVP-level production leadership role.
  • Proven experience managing production and post-production in a high-volume, multi-location environment.
  • Background in luxury retail, fashion, beauty, or premium consumer goods.
  • Strong operational track record: budgeting, scheduling, resource planning, and workflow design at scale.
  • Solid post-production knowledge across retouching workflows, colour management, asset delivery, and DAM systems.
  • Experience managing cross-functional production teams and developing talent.
  • Vendor management experience including contract negotiation.

Preferred

  • Experience in department store or multi-concept retail environments.
  • Familiarity with integrated campaigns spanning in-store, digital, print, and social simultaneously.
  • Exposure to AI-assisted retouching, virtual production, or CGI workflows.
  • Experience implementing or optimising project management platforms

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic fast paced environment at a company experiencing growth and transformation
  • Exposure to rewarding career advancement opportunities across the largest multi-brand luxury retailer from retail to distribution, to digital or corporate
  • Comprehensive benefits package for all eligible full-time employees (including medical, vision and dental)
  • An amazing employee discount
  • We offer the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan, basic life insurance, supplemental life insurance, disability insurance, and a variety of additional voluntary benefits (such as critical illness, hospital and accident insurance).
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Saks Global

Saks Global is the largest multi-brand luxury retailer in the world, comprising Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks OFF 5TH, Last Call and Horchow. Its retail portfolio includes 70 full-line luxury locations, additional off-price locations and five distinct e-commerce experiences. With talented colleagues focused on delivering on our strategic vision, The Art of You, Saks Global is redefining luxury shopping by offering each customer a personalized experience that is unmistakably their own. By leveraging the most comprehensive luxury customer data platform in North America, cutting-edge technology, and strong partnerships with the world's most esteemed brands, Saks Global is shaping the future of luxury retail.Saks Global Properties & Investments includes Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus flagship properties and represents nearly 13 million square feet of prime U.S. real estate holdings and investments in luxury markets. Interested in joining our world-class team of professionals? Visit https://careers.saksglobal.com/us/en to explore career opportunities across Saks Global.

Founded in 2021
New York, New York, USA
23K employees (3,765 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
28.3K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
4.8%
Direct
25.2%
Referral
23.3%
Social
46.7%
Paid
0%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~23.4K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1,308 (6% of company)
Median Career Experience
11 years
Median Tenure
2.1 years
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Total Funding
$3.3B
Last Raise
$500M
Debt Financing, 2 months ago

Funding History

  • Jan 2026
    Debt Financing • $500M
  • May 2025
    Debt Financing • $600M
  • Dec 2024
    Debt Financing • $2.2B

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