• The Production Director is an experienced influencer marketer and people manager responsible for providing project leadership and management to a team of Associate Producers, Producers, and Senior Producers. • This role reports to a SVP of Production and will work closely with Director(s) of Production to manage the growth, structure, and performance of a multi-level production team of 8-12 direct reports, ensuring exceptional delivery across all projects. • Directly manage a group of Associate Producers, Producers, and Senior Producers, with a focus on skill building, career development, mentorship, and coaching to support successful project and business outcomes as well as employee growth. • Host 1:1s and team meetings to support individual and overall Production team success, developing structures and forums that promote strong team culture. • Identify opportunities for teamwide learning and development, and help evangelize a culture of innovation and learning to ensure functional processes evolve to meet an ever-changing industry. • Prepare and host annual review and check-in conversations for Production team members. • Provide growth paths and clarity on the necessary skill development for team members’ career advancement. • As-needed, develop and implement performance plans to address performance challenges. • Ensure that team feedback, concerns, and questions are surfaced to Production VPs and Executives with thoughtful and strategic solutions for improved functional operations when warranted. • Develop and maintain the systems, processes, and QA frameworks that set the standards and expectations for quality production deliverables and make strong client-facing work possible. • Responsible for executional excellence, quality, and operational rigor of the team and serves as leadership support on a high volume of influencer marketing projects. • Partners closely with Client Strategy Directors to assess team output and account risks, and optimize performance and processes to ensure smooth ongoing delivery of work. • Leverage production acumen and leadership skills to provide strategic guidance, feedback, tactical advice, and crisis management best practices to direct reports, cross-functional team members, and clients. • Ensure proper review of influencer lists, timelines, project plans, briefs, weekly reports, and communication to clients and influencers. • Enable exceptional team output on every project by providing consistent coaching, training, and modeling of standards and expectations. • Guide team on effective partnerships with 3rd party vendors, including video production, event production, musicians, artists, and other partners. • Advise on influencer and agent negotiation, supporting our clients’ business goals while also respecting creators’ creative labor. • Provide hands-on support to team members in resolving critical performance or resourcing gaps with both short- and long-term solutions. • Stay informed on new client processes, tools, systems, and directives, and supports driving adoption and rollout across internal production teams.