Highwire

Director, Creative Production

San Francisco, California, United States · Director

Sponsorship not specified$110k-$150kDetected 36 days ago

Project ManagementNegotiationLeadership

About the role

Highwire is reimagining what a Director of Creative Production can be.
As our Director of Creative Production, you are responsible for overseeing the intake, estimation, negotiation, and staffing of the Creative team across a growing portfolio of complex, multi-scope client engagements.
This position reports to the VP and Creative Director and combines Creative and Project Management responsibilities.

Serve as the operational connective tissue between Creative and cross-functional partners
Implement consistent creative-first project management processes across key pieces of business
Own the project intake and briefing process, ensuring every engagement enters production with a clear, approved creative brief before work begins
Lead the development of statements of work (SOWs), project estimates, and production proposals that accurately reflect creative scope, team capacity, and delivery timelines.
Manage budgets for project-based work and report budget performance
Manage production across concurrent, high-visibility client scopes, including enterprise-level accounts with multiple workstreams running simultaneously
Support pre-production, production, and post-production workflows across video, motion, and experiential projects, coordinating with internal teams and potential vendors
Partner with Creative leadership to establish intake, briefing, and project kickoff standards that support creative quality from the start
Identify projects with case study potential early and partner with Creative leadership to ensure documentation planning is considered
Agency experience, including planning, scheduling, and coordinating with external partners and clients (i.e., in a client-facing role)

Be prepared to report progress and next steps as required daily, weekly and at project conclusion

Familiarity with CMS, social media platforms, Creative Cloud, Google Workspace/G-suite and Mac preferred

The salary range for this position is $110,000 to $150,000, with the final offer based on a combination of factors, including education, relevant experience, skills, prior training, internal equity, and local geographic market data.

Team Empowerment
Growth Mindset
Inclusion Always
Fierce Distinction
Highwire is a strategic marketing communications agency at the intersection of innovation and industry.

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