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Senior Production Lead

San Francisco, CA 94103

Posted: 05/21/2024 Employment Type: Contract Job Category: Account & Project Management Job Number: 616947 Country: United States Is job remote?: Yes

Job Description


Duration: 6 Months 
Pay Rate: up to $77/ hour (DOE) 

Planet Interactive's well-known hospitality client is looking for a Senior Production Lead with 12+ years of experience, scaling operations and working with scaled media production operation and creative teams, ideally with experience working within a tech company to join a vibrant team for a 6 month contract assignment starting in May 2024! 

Senior Production Lead Responsibilities: 
  • Lead a matrixed and globally distributed scaled media production operation involving numerous concurrent production workflows outputting multifaceted assets for numerous parts of the business.
  • Oversee a team responsible for the creation and execution of professional photography and videography shoots, including retouching / editing, as well as the quality of media delivered (by vendors or provided by hosts).
  • Ensure quality output of media meets or exceeds creative briefs and/or benchmarks, and improve content, materials, or education of the creator network as needed.
  • Partner with leaders across the company to ensure the Media Operations team delivers high quality, at a reasonable cost, and high speed.
  • Manage the network of freelance photographers to make sure the program has the right coverage and skillset to meet the demand.
  • Manage relationships with partners / third-party vendors to ensure delivery against the agreed upon statement of work.
  • Be a highly tactical operator, detail oriented with a passion for tracking, reporting, finding opportunities to improve and building on processes and systems to help mobilize a global team.
  • Responsible for driving and managing the production team meetings & gatherings (weekly and monthly) to ensure we elevate hot topics and update project status’ on a regular basis
  • Provides solutions to complex challenges within team needs, specifically where there are pinch points and gaps.
  • Runs weekly production onboardings and ensures new talent is equipped with knowledge of all production focused tools. 
  • Prepares and packages all information regarding budgets and quarterly updates into concise presentation decks with an executive summary format.

Production Lead Qualifications: 
  • Strong leadership skills, to manage and inspire a global team and share vision to senior stakeholders
  • Experience making operational and production contributions at both strategic and tactical levels
  • At ease with an ambiguous environment with significant shifts in strategy
  • Able to influence product teams and to manage the essential technical aspects and platforms necessary for this media teams effective operation
  • Strong financial background and ability to show return on investment
  • Experience developing and optimizing systems, tools, processes, and workflows for creative and production operations
  • Experience supporting changes in operational processes and aligning teams to a strategic vision
  • Process savvy and ability to audit and streamline easy of working into presentation deck format 
  • Experience working with global creative teams

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The Planet Group and our companies are equal opportunity employers. It is our practice not to discriminate against any employee or applicant based on any criteria, condition or basis protected by laws or regulations in the locations where we do business. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply. We celebrate diversity and are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect. We believe that diversity, equity and inclusion enable us to better meet our mission and values while serving our clients across the globe. If you have a disability or handicap and would like us to accommodate you in any reasonable way, please inform your recruiter, or contact us, so that we can discuss the appropriate alternatives available.

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