Head of Creative Production, Paid Social & Native

Job Description:

• Own end-to-end production for paid social and native creative across all four verticals (Health, FinServ, Insurance, Home & SMB).
• Hire, develop, and retain a team of senior Editor/Designers (combined motion and static skillset, generalist across categories) and post production staff.
• Source, vet, onboard, and manage a flexible contract roster of Producers, Shooters, and Crew across the US.
• Source and manage freelance casting directors, and build and maintain a library of remote UGC creators to cast from at speed.
• Own shoot operations end-to-end: pre-production, casting, locations, on-set production, and post.
• Own post-production workflows, DAM and asset library standards, and the production-to-launch handoff.
• Own AI-augmented production tooling and workflows: templates, prompt libraries, automated post, generative video.
• Manage shoot budgets and contractor billing.
• Partner with Finance on production spend forecasting.
• Partner with Creative Directors to translate creative briefs into shootable, produceable plans that hold the bar.
• Set quality standards for every output mode (UGC, in-studio, on-location, AI) and audit consistency across verticals.
• Available to travel to locations to run shoots and supervise production.

Requirements:

• 8+ years in direct-response or paid social creative production, with at least 3 years managing a production team.
• Demonstrated experience hiring, developing, and retaining generalist Editor/Designers (motion and static combined role) or comparable production hires.
• Experience managing both full-time teams and contract or freelance production rosters.
• Strong on-set craft.
• You can run a shoot yourself, direct non-actor talent, manage time and budget, and ship usable footage.
• Production fluency across multiple content modes: remote UGC at volume, in-person studio and location shoots, and AI-generated or AI-assisted content.
• AI-augmented production fluency.
• Regular use of AI tools across ideation, post-production, asset generation, and operations.
• Demonstrated speed and volume in performance marketing environments.
• Comfortable running multiple shoots and dozens of cuts per week without dropping the bar.
• Budget management for shoots and contractor billing.
• Vendor and freelance talent relationship management across producers, DPs, shooters, and post talent.
• Strong collaboration skills across Creative, Buying, Finance, Legal, and external partners.
• Self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset, comfortable in a start-up style operating environment.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Benefits:

• Health insurance
• Retirement plans
• Paid time off
• Flexible work arrangements
• Professional development

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