Director of Production

Nutrafol
United States
Remote

Who this role is best for

A natural match if you have experience leading multi-channel production in a regulated industry.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in managing large-scale creative campaigns across multiple channels
    — “Lead production for all photo, video, and content shoots across brand, performance marketing, social, e-commerce, and retail.”
  • Individuals who have built production processes from scratch in a regulated industry
    — “Experience setting up production processes and systems where none existed.”
  • Candidates with strong vendor management and budgeting experience in a senior production role
    — “Strong budget management skills, with experience owning a multimillion-dollar annual production budget.”

Things to consider

  • The role requires leading through influence without direct reports initially
    — “You won't have direct reports at first. Instead, you'll lead through a network of production companies, agencies, photographers, directors, and freelancers.”
  • There is a need to comply with legal and union standards across all production activities
    — “Partner with Legal and Regulatory early in the process so that claims, testimonials, and before-and-after content meet our standards for a health and wellness brand.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in creating modular content systems and cross-channel efficiency
    — “Find ways to make more content more efficiently, such as shoots that serve several channels at once.”
  • Emphasize your history of managing production budgets and vendor contracts at scale
    — “Run bids, negotiate rates and contracts, and get the most value out of every dollar without lowering the quality of the work.”
  • Showcase your ability to build and implement production workflows and templates
    — “Create repeatable workflows, templates, and best practices: production books, call sheets, approval steps, and delivery specs.”
  • Demonstrate your experience with talent contracts, usage rights, and union compliance
    — “Working knowledge of talent contracts, usage rights, union rules, and production insurance.”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • build production function
  • manage budgets
  • create workflows
Typical background
production management experiencecreative industry background

Skills & requirements

Required

Production ManagementBudget ManagementProject ScopingVendor ManagementAi-assisted Production

Preferred

Production SchedulingPost-production Workflow

Stack & domain

Production ManagementBudget ManagementProduction SchedulingPost-productionAi-assisted ProductionLeadershipNetwork ManagementStrategic PlanningCreative ProductionBranding

About the role

Original posting from Nutrafol via Greenhouse

Keep Growing with Nutrafol

We’re a growing company. Everything we do, we do to help people grow into the best version of themselves. As the pioneers of hair wellness, we create clinically tested products for hair growth and provide support for people at every step of their hair journey.

Our multi-factorial approach targets key root causes of hair thinning using a patented blend of standardized vitamins, minerals and natural ingredients -- and is recommended by over 7,500 physicians and hair professionals for trusted, reliable results. We never settle, and are continuously challenging existing treatments and methodologies to advance the frontier of hair science. As we help our customers grow, we grow too -- by embracing individuality and differences, leading by example, and empowering ourselves and others with our passion for wellness and innovation.

Keep growing. It’s our mantra. Our commitment to helping anybody and everybody committed to realizing their own potential to grow.

About you:

Nutrafol's in-house Creative team makes everything from brand campaigns and product photography to performance ads, social content, and retail assets. As our Director of Production, you'll own how all of that work from a photography, casting and film standpoint gets made: the budgets, expenses. the schedules, the partners, and the shoot days.

This is a senior individual contributor role to start. You won't have direct reports at first. Instead, you'll lead through a network of production companies, agencies, photographers, directors, and freelancers, and through close partnership with our in-house creatives. You'll build the production function from the ground up, set the standards, and help shape how the team grows.

What You'll Do:

Own production end to end

Lead production for all photo, video, and content shoots across brand, performance marketing, social, e-commerce, and retail.

Take projects from brief to delivery: scoping, bidding, pre-production, on-set leadership, post-production, and final asset handoff.

Act as producer on key shoots, and make sure every other shoot has the right producer.

Manage budgets and partners

Build and manage the annual production budget, plus a budget for each project. Track actuals and report on spend to the SVP, Creative.

Find, vet, and manage a roster of production companies, agencies, directors, photographers, editors, post houses, and freelance crew.

Run bids, negotiate rates and contracts, and get the most value out of every dollar without lowering the quality of the work.

Work with Legal and Procurement on SOWs, vendor agreements, and payments.

Build the operating model

Design and run the production calendar across all creative work, balancing what the business needs with the team's capacity.

Create repeatable workflows, templates, and best practices: production books, call sheets, approval steps, and delivery specs.

Find ways to make more content more efficiently, such as shoots that serve several channels at once, modular content systems, and in-house studio capabilities.

Look at and adopt new tools, including AI-assisted production and post-production workflows, where they make the work better or faster.

Protect the brand and the business

Manage talent, model, and influencer usage rights, releases, and renewals. Keep a clear record of where and how long each asset can run.

Make sure productions follow union rules (SAG-AFTRA and others where they apply), location permits, insurance, and on-set safety.

Partner with Legal and Regulatory early in the process so that claims, testimonials, and before-and-after content meet our standards for a health and wellness brand.

Oversee how finished assets are organized, labeled, and stored in our DAM so the whole company can find and use them.

Partner across the company

Work closely with Creative Directors, Art Directors, Designers, Copywriters, and Brand teams so the work looks the way it was meant to.

Partner with Growth, Social, E-commerce, Retail, and Product Marketing to understand what assets they need and when.

Bring production feasibility, cost, and timing into the conversation early, during concept development.

What You Bring:

10+ years of production experience, with at least 3 years at a senior producer, head of production, or director level.

Experience at an in-house brand team, a creative agency, or a production company. Ideally a mix.

A track record of producing large-scale photo and video campaigns as well as high-volume content for performance and social channels.

Strong budget management skills, with experience owning a multimillion-dollar annual production budget.

A deep network of production partners, crew, and talent, and the judgment to match the right partner to each project.

Working knowledge of talent contracts, usage rights, union rules, and production insurance.

Experience setting up production processes and systems where none existed.

Clear, calm communication with creatives, executives, and vendors, especially when plans change on set.

Comfort leading through influence. You get things done without direct reports.

Nice to have:

Experience in beauty, wellness, CPG, or another regulated category where claims and before-and-after imagery need legal review.

Experience building or running an in-house studio.

Familiarity with project management and DAM tools (e.g., Airtable, Asana, Monday, Bynder, Frame.io).

Experience growing a production team over time.

Nutrafol takes into consideration a wide range of factors in final compensation decisions, including but not limited to: skill sets, experience and training, licensure and certifications, qualifications and education, and other business and organizational needs. The listed range is applicable only to the annual base salary and does not include additional perks, benefits, or applicable bonus eligibility comprising the total compensation package.Salary Range:$160,000—$170,000 USDPerks & Benefits

Fully remote work experience

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision package, including FSA/HSA program

401K with employer match

Quarterly Bonus Program

Flexible PTO

Two company-wide wellness breaks every day

Free lunch on us every Tuesday and Thursday via Seamless/Grubhub

Monthly wellness stipend

Monthly internet stipend

Monthly cell phone stipend

Annual learning & development stipend

Free meditation app membership (Headspace)

Free monthly Nutrafol subscription

Pet insurance discounts and benefits

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Source: Nutrafol careers (Greenhouse)

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