The Role
Leads high-value travel content productions across MENA, from commercial sale through final delivery. Oversees cinematic, social-first, and always-on campaigns; manages senior client relationships, budgets, margins, compliance, permitting, and international production risks. Coaches producers, establishes production standards and playbooks, develops creator networks, and improves production and post-production workflows through practical AI adoption. Deputizes for the CBO on production operations and serves as the senior escalation point for complex live productions.
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Dubai, UAE Full relocation support from the UK if required | Full-time, permanent
WE ARE BEAUTIFUL DESTINATIONS
The Middle East is Beautiful Destinations' largest market, and we're looking for a senior production leader to own how our most business-critical work gets made across the region.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
About
Beautiful Destinations is a multi-award-winning creative studio behind one of the world's largest travel communities, reaching 50 million people daily across social platforms. Named among FAST COMPANY'S most innovative companies, we partner with leading tourism brands to craft authentic visual content that inspires people to explore the world and drives measurable business results for our clients.
Do you want to be part of a multi-award winning travel marketing company with one of the world's largest and most influential online travel communities?
Beautiful Destinations is a global travel marketing company built at the intersection of travel, the creator community and technology. We combine world-class creative storytelling with an AI-enabled content platform and over a decade of travel content data, and we partner with leading destinations and travel brands to create content that works across the full funnel and digital ecosystem, from sparking inspiration and discovery to driving consideration, action and conversion.
Behind our work is a community of 50M+ travellers and a network of 500+ world-class creators, filmmakers and storytellers across the globe.
Human creativity and authentic storytelling come first. Always. Technology is how we scale them.
See our world: [Instagram] | [TikTok] | [YouTube] | [Beautiful Hotels] | [Website]
THE ROLE
The Middle East is Beautiful Destinations' largest market, and we're looking for a senior production leader to own how our most business-critical work gets made across the region.
You'll personally lead a portfolio of flagship productions, from cinematic hero campaigns to social-first and always-on content, owning the journey from the moment an idea is sold through to final delivery. You'll build the production strategy, lead senior client relationships and make the calls when the stakes are highest.
But this role is bigger than the productions you run yourself. You'll set the standard for how BD produces across MENA, directing and coaching Lead Producers and line producers across our wider network, stepping in as the senior escalation point when live productions need experience, judgement and calm leadership.
Reporting to the CBO, you'll also deputise on the production process, helping us build a production operation that can deliver exceptional creative work at greater scale without compromising the craft, pace or ambition that got us here.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Personally deliver BD's most complex, highest-value work across MENA, while directing and coaching Lead Producers, line producers and production teams across the wider portfolio.
- Define how each campaign comes to life across cinematic hero, social-first and always-on content, building the right model around the idea, market, creators, budget and client ambition.
- Lead senior production conversations from sale through final delivery, bringing clarity, confidence and solutions when work gets complex or pressure rises.
- Deputise for the CBO on production process, building the templates, playbooks and standards that help teams move faster without compromising the work.
- Partner with Creative and Creators to grow BD's network and design lean, high-performing production models around the right talent for each brief.
- Lead feasibility, permitting, insurance, compliance and production planning across international markets, knowing where the risks are before anyone steps on a plane.
- Drive margin performance across the portfolio, maintaining a clear view of budgets, actuals and where production decisions are creating or eroding value.
- Build practical AI use into production and post-production workflows to improve planning, speed up repetitive work and create more time for the judgement, relationships and problem-solving that great production depends on.
WHAT YOU'LL BRING
- 10+ years in production, with experience leading, developing and raising the standard of other producers, not just running your own work.
- A track record leading complex, high-value productions across cinematic hero, social-first and always-on content, with work you're proud to put your name to.
- You've worked across production companies and digital or content-first agencies, and know how to combine production rigour with the pace and flexibility modern content demands.
- You've owned relationships across the full production life cycle, from the first commercial conversation through the difficult moments to final delivery.
- You've owned significant budgets, margins and actualisation at portfolio level and understand the commercial consequences of production decisions.
- You're comfortable delivering across markets, cultures and time zones, leading remote teams and navigating the realities of international production.
- You've built or rolled out processes, templates and playbooks that improved how teams work without adding bureaucracy for the sake of it.
- You bring calm judgement under pressure, make good calls with imperfect information and know how to protect the client, the team, the commercial outcome and the creative. Experience across government, tourism or hospitality is highly valuable, with GCC experience strongly preferred.
About
Beautiful Destinations is a multi-award-winning creative studio behind one of the world's largest travel communities, reaching 50 million people daily across social platforms. Named among FAST COMPANY'S most innovative companies, we partner with leading tourism brands to craft authentic visual content that inspires people to explore the world and drives measurable business results for our clients.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of experience in production
- Experience leading, developing, and raising the standard of other producers
- Track record leading complex, high-value cinematic hero, social-first, and always-on productions
- Experience working across production companies and digital or content-first agencies
- Experience owning relationships across the full production lifecycle, from commercial discussions through final delivery
- Experience managing significant budgets, margins, and actualization at portfolio level
- Experience delivering across markets, cultures, and time zones
- Experience leading remote teams
- Experience building or implementing production processes, templates, and playbooks
- Ability to exercise calm judgment under pressure and make decisions with imperfect information
- Experience across government, tourism, or hospitality
- GCC production experience
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The Company
What We Do
Beautiful Destinations is a multi-award-winning travel marketing company that creates premium content and strategy to drive global brand impact, specializing in turning travel inspiration into bookings.
