Senior Director, Production, Marcom

The role

A senior production leadership post in the Delivery department at Code and Theory, a digital-first creative agency, based in New York. You would own delivery, financial health and client relationships for a defined group of marketing communications accounts, leading a team of Directors, Associate Directors and Producers and working with Resource Management.

What you'll do

• Own delivery, financial health and client relationships across a defined group of accounts, with full sight of the portfolio and direction for its leadership
• Lead and develop Directors, Associate Directors and Producers, including development plans and a culture that keeps good people
• Act as the senior delivery partner for top-tier clients, building executive relationships through consistent communication and delivery
• Strengthen production processes across the portfolio by enforcing standards, finding efficiencies and making teams more agile
• Lead pitches and proposals for your accounts, covering scope, staffing plans, budgets and the case for what the work needs
• Build and maintain institutional knowledge of client businesses, teams and agency history
• Forecast resourcing, cover and capacity needs, and keep Resource Management informed before gaps appear
• Encourage a culture of learning, feedback and continuous improvement across the pod
• Find and pursue chances to grow client partnerships and widen the scope of work

About you

• At least 12 years of experience in integrated production across campaign, content, video, digital, experiential and brand work
• A proven record of managing managers: building teams, developing directors, managing performance, hiring and making personnel decisions
• Fluent in financial management at portfolio level, including P&L ownership across several accounts, margin risk and resourcing decisions
• Experience of client relationships at executive level, including representing the agency in high-stakes conversations
• Able to build operations that sustain themselves through systems and people instead of your own hours
• Experience of managing external production partners, with judgement on who to use, when and at what scale
• Experience of owning business development at scale, including scoping engagements with multiple workstreams and building business cases
• Real enthusiasm for the craft and for developing people
• High emotional intelligence and the ability to build trust quickly with clients, teams and leadership
• Sound judgement when working autonomously, including knowing when to escalate and offering a point of view as well as a status update

The details

• Salary: $190,000 – $230,000 base (the range spans multiple levels)
• Location: New York, NY
• Level: senior director (12+ years)

How to apply

Apply through the listing on Code and Theory's careers site.