Executive Producer

Posted Yesterday
Be an Early Applicant
New York, NY, USA
In-Office
150K-165K Annually
Senior level
Agency • Design
The Role
Lead strategy and execution for large-scale fashion and brand events. Own production approach from concept through execution, manage budgets and vendors, build executive client relationships, mentor cross-functional teams, and drive production standards, safety, and innovation across the agency portfolio.
Summary Generated by Built In

Location: New York, NY
Employment Type: Full-Time
Reports To: US Managing Director

Position Summary
The Executive Producer provides senior production leadership for the agency’s most high-profile client experiences. This role combines strategic oversight, executive client partnership, and operational leadership to ensure every production advances brand objectives, reflects the highest creative standards, and delivers exceptional business impact.

The Executive Producer owns the overall production approach across major projects and programs, leading cross-functional teams from early concept development through final execution and post-event evaluation. Operating with a high degree of autonomy, this role serves as a senior decision-maker for clients and internal teams and is responsible for strengthening production standards, frameworks, and ways of working across the business.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Production Leadership

  • Lead the overall production strategy for large-scale events, including runway shows, presentations, VIP galas, and brand activations.

  • Shape production approaches that align creative ambition, client objectives, operational feasibility, and commercial outcomes.

  • Oversee multiple workstreams and ensure consistency, quality, and excellence across projects.

  • Establish scalable planning, briefing, execution, and recap frameworks for the broader production function.

  • Drive high standards in delivery, team performance, and client experience across the portfolio

Senior Client Leadership

  • Serve as the senior production lead and primary strategic point of contact for clients.

  • Build trusted client relationships and provide high-level counsel throughout the event lifecycle.

  • Lead complex conversations around scope, priorities, tradeoffs, and execution strategy.

  • Anticipate client needs and develop proactive solutions that elevate the overall experience.

  • Represent the agency with authority, credibility, and sound judgment in high-stakes environments.

Team Leadership and Cross-Functional Direction

  • Lead cross-functional teams across creative, technical, and production disciplines.

  • Provide direction, support, and decision-making that enables teams to deliver at a high level.

  • Mentor and elevate producers and project teams through strong leadership and clear expectations.

  • Ensure alignment across regions, stakeholders, and delivery partners.

Budget, Commercial, and Vendor Oversight

  • Own event budgets and provide senior oversight on financial planning, forecasting, and reconciliation.

  • Make final decisions on key production partners, venues, and external resources.

  • Lead or approve high-value negotiations with vendors, venues, and talent.

  • Balance cost discipline with creative impact and client expectations.

Industry Insight and Production Standards

  • Drive innovation by identifying emerging trends in fashion, culture, and experiential design.

  • Introduce best practices, technologies, and production improvements that strengthen the agency’s market position.

  • Ensure all productions meet the highest standards for safety, logistics, brand integrity, and guest experience.

Qualifications

  • Extensive experience leading large-scale fashion, luxury, or high-profile brand events.

  • Demonstrated success owning complex productions from strategic development through execution.

  • Strong executive presence and experience managing senior client relationships.

  • Advanced leadership skills with the ability to direct cross-functional teams and mentor producers.

  • Deep expertise in budgeting, vendor strategy, negotiation, and operational planning.

  • Strong judgment, commercial awareness, and the ability to operate independently in high-touch environments.

  • Willingness to travel internationally and support onsite execution as required.

Compensation

  • $150,000–$165,000 annually

  • Compensation is determined based on experience, skills, and other job-related qualifications

Skills Required

  • Extensive experience leading large-scale fashion, luxury, or high-profile brand events.
  • Proven success owning complex productions from strategic development through execution.
  • Strong executive presence and experience managing senior client relationships.
  • Advanced leadership skills with ability to direct cross-functional teams and mentor producers.
  • Deep expertise in budgeting, vendor strategy, negotiation, and operational planning.
  • Strong judgment, commercial awareness, and ability to operate independently in high-touch environments.
  • Willingness to travel internationally and support onsite execution as required.
  • Authority to make final decisions on production partners, venues, and high-value negotiations.
Am I A Good Fit?
beta
Get Personalized Job Insights.
Our AI-powered fit analysis compares your resume with a job listing so you know if your skills & experience align.

The Company
1,200 Employees
Year Founded: 2017

What We Do

The Independents is a global marketing, design, and communications group serving leaders across the luxury and lifestyle sectors. It brings together specialized creative partners and combines innovation, culture, technology, and collaborative expertise to develop results-driven solutions for ambitious brands. Its capabilities span brand experience, strategy, design, production, and communications, helping clients build distinctive identities and connect more effectively with audiences worldwide.

Similar Jobs

dentsu Logo dentsu

Executive Producer - Temporary

AdTech • Marketing Tech
In-Office or Remote
New York, NY, USA
15492 Employees
74-99 Hourly

Dentsu Creative Logo Dentsu Creative

Executive Producer - Temporary

AdTech • Marketing Tech • Software
In-Office or Remote
New York, NY, USA
6507 Employees
74-99 Hourly
In-Office
New York, NY, USA
2300 Employees
90K-120K Annually

Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Logo Dow Jones & Company, Inc.

Executive Producer, Enterprise

Digital Media • News + Entertainment • Business Intelligence
In-Office or Remote
14 Locations
21000 Employees
170K-200K Annually

Similar Companies Hiring

Munchkin, Inc. Thumbnail
Consumer Web • eCommerce • Food • Kids + Family • Design • Manufacturing
Milton, Ontario
325 Employees
Digible Thumbnail
Social Media • PropTech • Marketing Tech • Digital Media • Artificial Intelligence • Agency • AdTech
PH
145 Employees
Fora Thumbnail
Agency • On-Demand • Professional Services • Sales • Software • Travel • Hospitality
New York, NY
200 Employees

Sign up now Access later

Create Free Account

Please log in or sign up to report this job.

Create Free Account