Production Director (Social CAIT)

Were VaynerMedia! We are a contemporary global creative and media agency built for the now. Born in social our work is now full service simply loving big ideas that connect and create real change for our clients business. We are independently owned founded in 2009 with offices in London Amsterdam New York Los Angeles Singapore Tokyo Sydney Bangkok Kuala Lumpur and Mexico City. We are recognized for our work in Cannes Lions the Clios D&AD and The Webbies to name a few.

Culture is our key and Empathy is how we build it. VaynerMedia EMEA is strong with a world-class combination of diverse backgrounds collaborating to put forward innovative creative and strategic solutions to the one advantage that stands the test of time PEOPLE. Day in and day out we propel some of the biggest brands in the world to the intersection of attention and EMEA we are proudly 250 servicing multi-brands across the region.

The PITCH.

We are looking for a strong Production Director with a robust understanding of both social media and production. You are someone confident leading production teams building strong internal and client relationships defining delivery frameworks and operationalising of the Creator Affiliate Influencer and Talent (CAIT) engine. You will support the integration of multiple workstreams to ensure seamless social media delivery across the account.

Your role will see you leading production on one of our largest and most exciting clients in EMEA taking full authority over our production processes delivery models and commercial profitability while strengthening client & partner agency relationships both here in the UK and across EMEA.

Heres where you come in

• Your main responsibilities as a Production Director will be to operationalise the CAIT function for a key EMEA client across two markets.
• Architect and own the end-to-end production process within CAIT to ensure seamless highly efficient content capture on location at third-party events pop-ups and brand activations.
• Drive efficiencies that joins the dots between cultural signals and relevance across CAIT Live Shopping Experiential proactive production ideas
• Ensure Agency Client Vendor and Legal processes and safety requirements are met across all production locations and event environments.
• Strategically lead the commercial approach staffing ways of working discipline leads and clients to execute event content productions in a highly cost-effective and profitable way
• Partner closely with Creative Leads and Production Directors to operationalise creator workflows uphold a consistently high standard of production output and drive continuous delivery improvements.
• Lead on scope development and commercial structuring to determine deliverables timeframes budgets operational workflows and resource requirements.
• Monitor and report on project progress drive commercial health and manage and validate change requests as required.
• Understand current and new partnership platforms - including entertainment sponsorships fashion and cultural IP that enables CAIT integration experiential and amplification opportunities.
• Work in sync with client calendar and real world moments that can be harnessed into reactive CAIT and culturally impactful production ideas to show were always on to it.

Lead by example

• Taking the drivers seat and pushing the work forward with a relentless focus on the details
• Provide motivation and mentorship to the Producers and be the first point of escalation for issue/conflict resolution on all projects.
• Partner with all Agency discipline leads (Client Partnership Strategy Creative Media Analytics Finance Legal etc.) to ensure client expectations creative vision and agency needs are met from briefing through final delivery on projects.
• Tracking financial progression ensuring it is shared and assessed taking the lead in suggesting and making adjustments to the project and team as needed.
• Constantly identifying risks and solutions - being the problem solver in ensuring we remain agile and strategic throughout the project lifecycle
• Be heavily client-facing to speak to budget timing resource & process considerations as well as ongoing delivery of our work.

We treasure Personality and Experience yet we do know that these qualifications lead to what WE KNOW as a success:

• Previous experience managing a portfolio of brands
• Have managed work across a range of markets
• Solid production experience in a range of production types with you as the lead
• Confident in end-to-end management of shoots from pre-production to post production
• Advanced leadership management and mentorship skills
• Strong interpersonal communication and presentation skills
• Positive driven go-getter attitude with a strong sense of self-awareness
• Proven negotiation skills
• Hands-on experience and ownership of complex strategic projects requiring senior stakeholder management
• Ability to recognise and solve potential problems escalate issues or conflicts and continually evaluate project effectiveness.
• Manage overall quality of delivery and documentation for the account with an impressive attention to detail
• Deep desire to set teams up for success through clarity empathy and a focus on breaking down barriers and moving work forward.
• A strategic and collaborative approach to problem-solving rooted in strong critical thinking and reasoning skills
• Ability to thrive and remain agile in a fast-paced high-performing and constantly evolving environment
• Understanding of relevant social media platforms and their requirements

Heres how We Support You

We regularly review our benefits and are committed to providing a comprehensive programme for our people:

• Unlimited Holiday 1 Day Birthday Leave
• YuLife (online discount platform)
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Unlimited Coaching sessions which can be private and team class sessions
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee Assistance Program (Financial Mental and Physical Wellbeing)
• Cash Plan with Medicash - Level 1 cover option to add partner 4 children can be added for free
• Virtual GP Skinvision 24/7 Health and Stress Helplines Discounted Gym Medicash Extras
• 2 weeks Work From Anywhere
• Life Assurance
• Income Protection
• Group Personal Pension

What you SHOULD KNOW about VaynerMedia

Think lab and not agency. We get excited about solving business problems not creating advertising for the sake of making advertising. Our entrepreneurship DNA runs deep. Were willing to break rules try new things and test hypotheses if it means better understanding our craft. Its fun!

We believe 100% that brands can be built on digital platforms and part of our model is built bottom up flipping the traditional advertising model and process on its head. We dont play to agency/industry norms and our culture and energy reflects that.

Our environment (and pace) feels much more like a start-up than most agencies you might be used to. Hopefully that and the opportunity to collaborate with the talented and enthusiastic crew work with big brands excites you as it does us. We cant wait to meet you.

VaynerMedia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that VaynerMedia provides equal employment opportunities to all staff members and job applicants without regard to gender pregnancy marital or civil partnership status gender reassignment race disability sexual orientation religious belief part time or fixed term employment age or any other legally protected class.

Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.K.