Director, LinkedIn Media Productions

This role will be based in San Francisco or Mountain View.

At LinkedIn our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture connection clarity and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days as determined by the business needs of the team. 

LinkedIn Media Productions (LMP) is evolving. What began as a best-in-class live events and broadcast production team is becoming a modern in-house creative production enginepartnering directly with Marketing Brand and Content teams to bring campaigns to life across video social events and emerging formats.

Were looking for a Director of LinkedIn Media Productions to lead that transformation. This role is about building and leading a world-class team of creative executorsexceptional editors motion designers and producerswhile defining how LinkedIn delivers high-quality high-volume creative work with speed consistency and craft.

Youll partner closely with creative and marketing leads but your core mandate is clear: turn ideas into outstanding work at scale. This is a highly visible role for a hands-on production leader who thrives at the intersection of craft systems-building and executionsomeone equally comfortable running large-scale production pipelines and diving into the details of creative output.

Responsibilities

• Production Leadership & Transformation: Lead the evolution of LMP from a live events and broadcast organization into a modern creative production partner for marketing defining how production operates across campaigns tentpoles social content and always-on storytelling.

• Creative Production Excellence: Own end-to-end execution across video motion live experiences and post-production maintaining a high bar for editorial craft motion design pacing and storytelling quality.

• Scaling Output & Modern Workflows: Design production systems and modular repeatable workflows that enable speed volume and consistency without sacrificing quality across formats and channels.

• AI & Innovation: Introduce and scale AI-assisted production tools and workflows to accelerate iteration and output keeping LinkedIn at the forefront of modern creative production.

• Scalable Production Models: Establish production approaches that support both high-touch flagship work and high-volume content systems translating campaign ideas and creative direction into polished channel-ready output.

• Team Leadership & Culture: Build and lead a high-performing team of creative executorseditors motion designers producers and post-production specialistscreating an environment where craft is valued output is prioritized and teams move quickly without friction.

• Talent Development: Establish clear roles expectations and growth paths that attract and retain top-tier production talent.

• Operational Oversight: Oversee production planning resourcing budgets and vendor/contractor ecosystems ensuring all work is delivered on time on budget and at a consistently high standard of quality.

• Cross-Team Collaboration: Partner closely with Marketing Brand and Content teams to ensure alignment on priorities timelines and deliverables balancing competing demands across tentpoles campaigns and ongoing content needs.

• Creative Partnership: Act as a trusted execution partner to creative leadership bringing discipline clarity and feasibility to the work while supporting key decisions on vendors talent and production approach.

• Performance & Insights: Leverage performance data and feedback to continuously refine formats workflows and output quality establishing clear metrics for production effectiveness efficiency and creative impact.

Qualifications :

Basic Qualifications

• 12 years of experience in media production post-production and creative production leadership.

• 8 years of experience leading hands-on creative production teams (edit motion video events)..

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep expertise in production video editing motion design and post-production workflows

• Experience partnering with senior stakeholders to deliver high-impact work.

• Proven track record delivering high-quality creative at scale across campaigns and content ecosystems.

• Experience building or evolving production functions within an in-house or agency environment.

• Strong understanding of modern production models vendor ecosystems and content pipelines.

• Experience integrating new technologies and AI-driven workflows into production.

• Ability to lead through transformation while maintaining operational excellence.

• Passion for the future of productionincluding how AI and new tools can enhance (not replace) craft.

Suggested Skills

• Creative production craft

• Production systems & workflow design

• Team building & talent development

• Vendor and budget management

• AI-enabled production workflows

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The pay range for this role is $179000-$280000. Actual compensation packages are based on several factors that are unique to each candidate including but not limited to skill set depth of experience certifications and specific work location. This may be different in other locations due to differences in the cost of labor.   

The total compensation package for this position may also include annual performance bonus stock benefits and/or other applicable incentive compensation plans. For more information visit  Information :

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