Production Director

Production Director who has worked across (Social, Events, Live Event & Steams, Production) 

We’re 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 culture. In EMEA, we are proudly 250+, servicing multi-brands across the region.

The PITCH.

We are looking for a stong Production Director with a robust understanding of social media and the confidence to lead production across a broad range of outputs. You’ll bring exceptional delivery and operational skills to the day-to-day running of one of the agency’s key accounts across two EMEA markets.

The role spans both social content production and broader integrated production, leading the teams responsible for delivering always-on social content while also overseeing the production of events, experiences, activations and other larger-scale brand moments.

Here’s where you come in…

• Your main responsibilities as a Production Director will be to develop your designated portfolio into a well-functioning and profitable business unit, leading event production and experiences for one of our clients.
• Your input is imperative to develop a strategic approach to our delivery process that is within the Vayner Media ways of working, but at the same time relevant for the client needs.
• Architect processes to deliver effective, efficient, social media ads across upper, mid, and lower funnel objectives, as well as both consumer-driven and client-driven asks.
• Own the end-to-end production process to ensure seamless, highly efficient content capture on location at third-party events, premium videos and brand activations.
• Lead production teams in live event environments, managing planning, directing, and coordinating activities to ensure all on-site shoots and production deliverables are completed seamlessly within defined timelines and budgets.
• Manage a large programme of work financial planning, directing, and coordinating activities to ensure that all project objectives are complete within the defined period and budget.
• Ensure Agency, Client, Vendor, and Legal processes and safety requirements are met across all production locations and event environments.
• Strategically manage staffing, ways of working, discipline leads, and clients to execute event content productions and deliver social media ads in a highly cost-effective and profitable way.
• Partner closely with Creative Leads and Directors of Creators & Influencers to operationalise creator workflows, uphold a consistently high standard of production output across all deliverables, and drive continuous delivery improvements.
  Hands-on ownership of complex projects, requiring senior stakeholder management and serve as the primary interface with the relevant clients.
• Lead on scope development and commercial structuring to determine goals, deliverables, timeframes, budgets, operational workflows, working processes, and resource requirements.
• Constantly monitor and report on project progress, drive commercial health, manage, and validate change requests as required.
• Line manage and lead a team of Social Producers, setting expectations and delivery standards while supporting them in their personal and career growth.
• 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

Here’s 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. We’re willing to break rules, try new things, and test hypotheses if it means better understanding our craft. It’s 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 don’t 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 can’t 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.