Responsibilities - Production Leadership: Lead end-to-end production across a range of deliverables, including integrated campaigns (CTV, video, social, digital, experiential), photo and video shoots, KOL engagements, artist commissions, illustration, CG, and audio content (e.g., podcasts). - Ensure all work is delivered on time, within scope, and aligned to defined quality standards. - Maintain oversight across multiple concurrent workstreams, ensuring consistency and attention to detail. - Craft & Quality Stewardship: Uphold a high standard of creative and production excellence across all outputs. - Apply strong judgment and attention to detail to ensure work meets both client expectations and internal quality benchmarks. - Partner with creative and strategy teams to ensure production enhances and protects the integrity of the idea. - Client Engagement: Participate in client-facing discussions related to production scope, timing, budgets, and executional considerations. - Provide clear, practical guidance to support decision-making and alignment. - Build and maintain effective working relationships with client stakeholders. - Team & Resource Management: Collaborate within a small core team, contributing to a flexible and adaptable working model. - Identify, onboard, and manage freelance and contract production resources as needed. - Coordinate internal and external teams to ensure efficient and effective execution. - Operational Management: Develop and maintain production workflows that support efficiency, clarity, and scalability. - Ensure adherence to established processes, timelines, and best practices. - Partner cross-functionally with account, creative, strategy, and media teams. - Financial Oversight: Support development and management of project scopes, budgets, and timelines. - Track production costs and ensure alignment with approved estimates. - Contribute to forecasting and financial planning as needed. - Contracts, Rights & Negotiation: Oversee production-related contracts, including scopes of work, talent agreements, and vendor terms. - Manage usage rights, licensing, and talent negotiations in alignment with project needs and budget parameters. Requirements - 8-10+ years of experience in creative production, preferably within an agency environment. - Experience in healthcare or pharmaceutical advertising preferred. - Demonstrated ability to lead complex, multi-channel production projects from concept through delivery. - Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities. - Ability to operate at both a strategic and executional level (player-coach mindset). - Experience managing freelance talent and external production partners within a flexible resourcing model. - Experience navigating union and non-union production environments, with an understanding of associated requirements and implications. - Working knowledge of production contracts, talent rights, usage, and negotiation processes. Nice_to_have - Agency environment experience - Familiarity with producing KOL engagements, photo/video shoots.