Senior Production Manager
Department: Production
Reports To: Head of Production
Location: Hybrid (3 days in Culver City; 2 Remote)
Who We Want
The Sr. Production Manager is a senior production leader responsible for overseeing large-scale experiential programs for one of the agency's largest clients. This role provides strategic and operational oversight across multiple workstreams while ensuring flawless execution, financial accountability, and strong cross-functional collaboration.
While the role focuses on program-level oversight, this position is also hands-on when needed and may directly produce individual events or activations. The Sr. Production Manager serves as a key partner to account, creative, innovation, and finance teams, and acts as a trusted production lead for the client.
Key Responsibilities
Program Oversight & Leadership
โข Provide end-to-end production oversight for a large, multi-faceted experiential programs
โข Oversee and establish production standards, workflows, timelines, and best practices across the assigned client program
โข Oversee multiple concurrent projects, ensuring consistency, quality, and efficiency across all executions
โข Participate in client meetings as needed, as a senior production lead, providing clarity, confidence, and solution
โข Serve as senior escalation point for production-related risks, challenges, and decision-making
Team Management & Development
โข Directly manage and mentor a Production Coordinator
โข Review workloads, and ensure the team is set up for success across timelines and deliverables
โข Provide coaching, feedback, and performance development to grow production talent and elevate output
โข Foster a collaborative, accountable, and solutions-oriented team culture
Event & Activation Production
โข Produce select experiential activations as needed, owning timelines, budgets, logistics, and execution
โข Oversee vendor sourcing, fabrication, staffing, permits, insurance, and on-site operations when producing directly
โข Ensure all events meet safety, compliance, and quality standards
Qualifications
โข Interest in gaming and anime (preferred)
โข Bachelor's Degree
โข 8-10+ years of experience in experiential production, event marketing, or integrated marketing environments
โข Proven experience overseeing large, complex client programs with multiple workstreams
โข Strong leadership experience managing and mentoring production teams.
โข Deep understanding of experiential logistics, fabrication, permitting, budgeting, and on-site execution
โข Experience supporting influencer or social-first campaigns strongly preferred
โข Exceptional organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills