As VP Head of Studio, you will lead the evolution of a global creative production organization, overseeing traditional production, Generative AI (GenAI), and marketing production functions. You will define creative and technical standards while building innovative workflows that combine established production expertise with emerging AI capabilities. Working closely with executive leadership, creative teams, and major technology partners, you will drive high-quality content creation at scale. You will oversee multidisciplinary teams spanning directing, motion graphics, editorial, visual effects, and AI-generated content, ensuring excellence from concept development through final delivery. Beyond creative leadership, you will shape commercial strategies, optimize resources, and support business growth through client pitches and strategic partnerships. This senior leadership opportunity is ideal for an accomplished production expert who combines creative vision, technical depth, commercial acumen, and a forward-thinking approach to the future of content.
Studio Leadership and Strategic Direction: Lead the performance, strategic direction, and operational development of traditional production, GenAI, and marketing production functions. Manage creative and production leaders, establish consistent quality standards, and report on studio performance, capacity, and strategic priorities to global executive leadership.
Traditional Production and Creative Oversight: Oversee live-action shoots, commercial productions, motion graphics, website animations, social content, configurators, and large-scale content initiatives. Partner with Creative Directors to develop production approaches that translate creative briefs into compelling, high-quality deliverables.
End-to-End Production Management: Direct video projects from concept development through final delivery, ensuring creative excellence, technical precision, and consistency across every stage. Provide executive-level oversight of post-production, including visual effects, compositing, color grading, editing, and technical filmmaking.
Production Technology and Tooling: Develop and maintain custom production tools, code-based workflows, and scalable VFX pipelines that improve efficiency, consistency, and output quality across complex production environments.
GenAI Studio Leadership: Lead the development of GenAI production capabilities, overseeing the design of multi-model workflows that deliver high-fidelity, consistent, and art-directable visual content. Establish production-grade processes that integrate generative AI into established creative methodologies.
Future-of-Content Innovation: Champion hybrid production approaches that combine traditional filmmaking with AI-generated imagery, video, and other creative outputs. Evaluate emerging technologies, introduce new working methods, and guide teams through the operational and creative changes required to scale AI-enabled production.
Marketing Production Oversight: Provide creative direction for brand films, case-study videos, and other marketing deliverables, strengthening narrative structure, visual storytelling, and brand impact. Oversee production planning, scheduling, budgeting, vendor coordination, and delivery through studio leadership.
Executive Production and Commercial Strategy: Act as Executive Producer for studio engagements, collaborating with production leadership to develop pricing models, commercial structures, and service packages for internal and external projects.
Talent and Resource Management: Partner with regional operations teams to optimize talent allocation across client-billable assignments and internally funded initiatives. Support recruitment, assessment, and selection of permanent employees, contractors, freelancers, and specialized production partners.
Presales and Business Development: Serve as the senior creative and technical authority in pitches, presenting production and GenAI capabilities to CMOs, executive decision-makers, and other senior client stakeholders. Support account expansion by identifying opportunities, qualifying potential engagements, and providing specialist input during commercial discussions.
Strategic Technology Partnerships: Collaborate with major technology platform partners, including Google and Microsoft, to develop customized solutions that support content supply chains and encourage adoption of scalable production technologies.
Operational Excellence and Change Management: Introduce repeatable workflows, improve resource utilization, and establish production methodologies that balance creative ambition, technical reliability, commercial performance, and operational scalability.