What are the responsibilities and job description for the Head of Production position at Monks?
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As the Head of Production, you will spearhead a production team dedicated to delivering high-quality, engaging live-action content, social campaigns, and innovative assets for a global automotive brand. Your strategic vision and operational expertise will drive efficient production processes, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest creative standards. You will play a pivotal role in cultivating strong client relationships, mentoring a talented production team, and enhancing the brand’s storytelling across diverse platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Strategy:
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.
As the Head of Production, you will spearhead a production team dedicated to delivering high-quality, engaging live-action content, social campaigns, and innovative assets for a global automotive brand. Your strategic vision and operational expertise will drive efficient production processes, ensuring projects are completed on time, within budget, and to the highest creative standards. You will play a pivotal role in cultivating strong client relationships, mentoring a talented production team, and enhancing the brand’s storytelling across diverse platforms.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Strategy:
- Develop and implement comprehensive production strategies tailored to the automotive industry's unique demands and creative vision.
- Lead, mentor, and manage a team of approximately 15-20 Executive Producers and Producers, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and collaboration.
- Establish operational frameworks that optimize resource allocation and enhance production efficiency.
- Build and maintain strategic relationships with key clients to deeply understand their objectives and deliver tailored, innovative solutions.
- Serve as a senior escalation point across production workstreams, ensuring alignment with client goals and expectations.
- Oversee live-action shoots, social content creation, and high-profile campaign launches, ensuring exceptional quality and operational excellence from concept to delivery.
- Collaborate with creative and strategy teams to synchronize production efforts with campaign objectives and storytelling goals.
- Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies, including AI advancements, to continuously elevate the studio's creative capabilities and operational effectiveness.
- Develop and implement best practices for process optimization, conducting regular audits of tools, studio equipment, and staffing needs to ensure maximum productivity.
- Lead project estimates and scopes of work (SOWs) in partnership with business affairs and account teams, ensuring clarity and alignment on deliverables.
- Approve project timelines, budgets, and resource allocations, maintaining profitability through meticulous margin and burn tracking.
- Foster strong collaboration with creative, strategy, and account teams to ensure cohesive project execution and a unified vision.
- Promote transparent communication and alignment across departments to enhance operational efficiency and workflow.
- Define and embody a collaborative team environment that drives efficiencies and shared objectives.
- Establish KPIs and goals for team leads, cultivating a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, and feedback.
- Proven track record of leading multi-million-dollar client engagements, including retained teams, with a focus on operational excellence.
- Extensive experience managing live-action content and social projects with budgets ranging from $200K to $3 million.
- In-depth knowledge of social media platforms and content trends, particularly within the automotive industry.
- Familiarity with AI tools for content creation, data analysis, and audience engagement to enhance operational strategies.
- Ability to leverage technology, including AI, for innovative solutions and process enhancements.
- Exceptional leadership, organizational, and communication skills, with a strong focus on operational efficiency.
Monks is the global, purely digital, unitary operating brand of S4Capital plc. With a legacy of innovation and specialized expertise, Monks combines an extraordinary range of global marketing and technology services to accelerate business possibilities and redefine how brands and businesses interact with the world. Its integration of systems and workflows delivers unfettered content production, scaled experiences, enterprise-grade technology and data science fueled by AI—managed by the industry’s best and most diverse digital talent—to help the world’s trailblazing companies outmaneuver and outpace their competition.
Monks was named a Contender in The Forrester Wave™: Global Marketing Services. It has remained a constant presence on Adweek’s Fastest Growing lists (2019-23), ranks among Cannes Lions' Top 10 Creative Companies (2022-23) and is the only partner to have been placed in AdExchanger’s Programmatic Power Players list every year (2020-24). In addition to being named Adweek’s first AI Agency of the Year (2023), Monks has been recognized by Business Intelligence in its 2024 Excellence in Artificial Intelligence Awards program in three categories: the Individual category, Organizational Winner in AI Strategic Planning and AI Product for its service Monks.Flow. Monks has also garnered the title of Webby Production Company of the Year (2021-24), won a record number of FWAs and has earned a spot on Newsweek’s Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023.
We are an equal-opportunity employer committed to building a respectful and empowering work environment for all people to freely express themselves amongst colleagues who embrace diversity in all respects. Including fresh voices and unique points of view in all aspects of our business not only creates an environment where we can all grow and thrive but also increases our potential to produce work that better represents—and resonates with—the world around us.
