[Hiring] Director of Production @Nutrafol

Role Description

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.

Qualifications

• 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.

Salary Range

$160,000 — $170,000 USD

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