Senior Creative Production Lead

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Creative Production Lead to drive the execution of world-class motion, visual, and product design experiences across emerging consumer products. This role sits at the intersection of creative strategy, motion design, design systems, and production leadership, partnering closely with Design, Product, Engineering, Brand, and Research teams to bring innovative experiences from concept through launch. The ideal candidate has a background leading multidisciplinary creative teams within premier agencies, creative studios, design consultancies, or innovation-focused product organizations. They are equally comfortable discussing creative vision, motion systems, production pipelines, tooling, and organizational strategy, and have a proven track record building high-performing teams that deliver exceptional creative work at scale. This is a highly cross-functional leadership role that requires strong creative judgment, operational rigor, and the ability to influence teams without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end creative production across motion design, visual design, storytelling, prototyping, and digital product experiences from concept through launch.
• Partner with Design Directors and cross-functional leadership to define production strategy, staffing plans, prioritization frameworks, and execution roadmaps.
• Build and scale creative systems, workflows, and operating models that enable teams to produce high-quality work efficiently and consistently.
• Oversee the execution of complex creative initiatives involving motion design, interaction design, branding, product design, content creation, and emerging technologies.
• Assemble and lead interdisciplinary teams of designers, motion artists, producers, engineers, technologists, and external creative partners.
• Establish creative production best practices and ensure excellence across craft, process, quality, and execution.
• Drive innovation in AI-enabled creative workflows, identifying opportunities to improve speed, efficiency, experimentation, and creative output.
• Collaborate with engineering and technical teams to navigate platform limitations, performance requirements, and implementation constraints.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to design leadership, providing recommendations on team structure, vendor strategy, operational investments, and production planning.
• Translate ambiguous creative goals into scalable programs, actionable roadmaps, and clearly defined deliverables.
• Evaluate creative work and provide thoughtful feedback that elevates both execution quality and strategic impact.
• Manage relationships with external agencies, creative studios, production houses, and freelance talent.

Skills and Requirements

• 10+ years of experience leading creative production, design operations, creative program management, or operational leadership within product design, hardware/software development, or a related creative/technical field
• Experience working within leading creative agencies, design consultancies, motion design studios, production companies, or innovation-focused product organizations.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale creative initiatives across digital products, brand experiences, marketing campaigns, or emerging technology platforms.
• Deep understanding of motion design workflows, creative systems, and multidisciplinary design processes.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams through complex production cycles from concept development through final delivery.
• Strong understanding of design tooling, production pipelines, asset development, and creative technology ecosystems.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior leadership.
• Demonstrated experience balancing creative excellence with business goals, timelines, and resource constraints.
• Background in motion design, animation, creative technology, visual design, experiential design, or design systems.
• Experience shipping products or experiences spanning hardware, software, and digital ecosystems.
• Familiarity with AR/VR, wearable technology, spatial computing, or emerging consumer technology experiences.
• Experience building scalable motion languages, visual systems, and branded experience frameworks.
• Experience implementing AI-powered creative workflows, automation frameworks, or generative content pipelines.
• Expertise partnering with both internal creative organizations and external production partners.
• Experience working with globally distributed creative teams.
• Demonstrated ability to operate successfully in highly ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
• Portfolio reflecting exceptional creative standards, strategic thinking, and leadership across multidisciplinary design initiatives.

We are a company committed to creating diverse and inclusive environments where people can bring their full, authentic selves to work every day. We are an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that believes everyone matters. Qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, marital status, national origin, ancestry, genetic factors, age, disability, protected veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances. If you need assistance and/or a reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or the recruiting process, please send a request to [email protected].