Director of Production- Contract Role

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DirectorDigitalProduction- Contract Role

The Director Production Digital is a strategic production leader responsible for overseeing the successful delivery of integrated digital-first marketing campaigns across clients channels and platforms. This role leads coaches mentors and develops a team of Producers Senior Producers and Production Leads whileestablishingthe processes operational frameworks and resource strategies that enable high-quality work to be delivered efficiently and consistently.

As the senior production leader for digital delivery the Director partners closely with Creative Media Strategy Account and Operations leaders to ensure projects are executed with excellencefrom concept through launch. This role is accountable for production operations team performance workflow optimization resourcingfinancial management vendor partnerships and quality assurance across the production function.

The Director fosters a collaborative inclusive and supportive culture focused on excellence growth and continuous improvement while championing innovative ways of working and operational effectiveness. They serve as a trusted advisor to both internal stakeholders and clients ensuring the agency delivers high-quality impactful work that meets businessobjectives exceeds client expectations and drives measurable results.

Responsibilities & Skills

• Lead coach mentor and develop a team of Producers Senior Producers and Production Leads creating a collaborative and supportive culture focused on accountability growth and continuous learning.

• Oversee the end-to-end production and delivery of integrated digital-first campaigns ensuring consistent quality efficiency and profitability across all workstreams.

• Establish andoptimizeproduction processes workflows and operational best practices that enable scalable delivery and continuous improvement.

• Partner with Creative Media Strategy Account and Operations leadership to align production capabilities with clientobjectivesand agency priorities.

• Direct resource planning and capacity management across teams ensuringappropriate allocationof talent to meet business demands while maximizing efficiency.

• Oversee project scopes timelines budgets and production forecasts proactivelyidentifyingrisks and implementing solutions to ensure successful delivery.

• Provide leadership and guidance on complex productions helping teams navigate challenges whilemaintainingquality schedule and budget expectations.

• Drive operational excellence through reporting performance metricsutilizationmanagement and production analytics to improve team effectiveness.

• Champion quality assurance across all digital social CRM content platform and integrated production deliverables.

• Build andmaintainstrong relationships with clients acting as a senior production partner and ensuring exceptional service and delivery standards.

• Lead vendor and partner relationships including contract negotiations performance management and strategic sourcing initiatives.

• Foster collaboration across departments ensuring teams are aligned informed and empowered to deliver outstanding work.

• Identifyand implementnew technologies tools and ways of working that improve production capabilities and support innovation.

• Support agency growth initiatives by contributing to production scoping staffing plans operational strategy and process development.

• Create an environment where teams can consistently deliver high-quality impactful work that supports client and business goals.

Required Experience

• 8 years in digital production integrated production marketing operations or agency project delivery leadership.

• Demonstrated experience leading and developing production teams including Producers Senior Producers Project Managers or Production Leads.

• Proven experience overseeing large-scale integrated and digital-first campaigns across social content paid media web CRM digital platforms and emerging channels.

• Demonstrated success building scalable production processes operational frameworks and resource management practices.

• Strong understanding of agency operations production financialsutilizationmanagement forecasting and budget oversight.

• Experience managing cross-functional teams and balancing multiple client portfolios in a fast-paced agency environment.

• Exceptional leadership communication and stakeholder-management skills with the ability to influence at all levels of the organization.

• Strong vendor management and negotiation experience including external production partners freelancers and technology providers.

• Experience presenting to senior clients and executive stakeholdersprovidingstrategic guidance on production delivery and implementation.

• Ability to connect production excellence with business outcomes ensuring operational decisions support clientobjectivesand agency growth.

• Demonstrated ability to lead organizational change process improvement and operational transformation initiatives.

• Experience in automotive retail and integrated marketing environments is an asset

Additional Information

Vacancy:Is this posting for the purposes of filling an existing vacancy Y/N- Yes

The salary range for this position isCAD $100K-$120k Actual salary within thesalary range will be based on avariety of factors including relevantexperience knowledge and skills.A range of medical dental RRSPpaid time off and/or other benefitsalso are available to all permanentemployees.

AI Disclosure:dentsu utilizes artificial intelligence tools as part of its recruitment process as during the sourcing and screening stages. All other parts of the dentsu application and hiring processes do not utilize artificial intelligence tools.

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