Head of Creative Production, Paid Social & Native

Forbes Advisor

Head of Creative Production overseeing paid social and native creative at Forbes Advisor. Leading production teams and managing creative projects across multiple verticals.

Posted 6/5/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own end-to-end production for paid social and native creative across all four verticals (Health, FinServ, Insurance, Home & SMB).
Hire, develop, and retain a team of senior Editor/Designers (combined motion and static skillset, generalist across categories) and post production staff.
Source, vet, onboard, and manage a flexible contract roster of Producers, Shooters, and Crew across the US.
Source and manage freelance casting directors, and build and maintain a library of remote UGC creators to cast from at speed.
Own shoot operations end-to-end: pre-production, casting, locations, on-set production, and post.
Own post-production workflows, DAM and asset library standards, and the production-to-launch handoff.
Own AI-augmented production tooling and workflows: templates, prompt libraries, automated post, generative video.
Manage shoot budgets and contractor billing.
Partner with Finance on production spend forecasting.
Partner with Creative Directors to translate creative briefs into shootable, produceable plans that hold the bar.
Set quality standards for every output mode (UGC, in-studio, on-location, AI) and audit consistency across verticals.
Available to travel to locations to run shoots and supervise production.

Requirements

What you’ll need

8+ years in direct-response or paid social creative production, with at least 3 years managing a production team.
Demonstrated experience hiring, developing, and retaining generalist Editor/Designers (motion and static combined role) or comparable production hires.
Experience managing both full-time teams and contract or freelance production rosters.
Strong on-set craft.
You can run a shoot yourself, direct non-actor talent, manage time and budget, and ship usable footage.
Production fluency across multiple content modes: remote UGC at volume, in-person studio and location shoots, and AI-generated or AI-assisted content.
AI-augmented production fluency.
Regular use of AI tools across ideation, post-production, asset generation, and operations.
Demonstrated speed and volume in performance marketing environments.
Comfortable running multiple shoots and dozens of cuts per week without dropping the bar.
Budget management for shoots and contractor billing.
Vendor and freelance talent relationship management across producers, DPs, shooters, and post talent.
Strong collaboration skills across Creative, Buying, Finance, Legal, and external partners.
Self-starter with an entrepreneurial mindset, comfortable in a start-up style operating environment.
Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

production managementeditorial designmotion graphicsstatic designshoot operationspost-production workflowsbudget managementAI-augmented productioncasting directioncontent production

Soft Skills

team managementcollaborationcommunicationorganizational skillsself-starterentrepreneurial mindsettime managementrelationship managementquality assuranceproblem-solving