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Director, Creative Production

DirectorDirectorFull TimeRemoteLeadTeam 10,001+Since 1912H1B SponsorCompany SiteLinkedIn

Location

New York

Posted

22 days ago

Salary

$175K - $200K / year

Seniority

Lead

Bachelor DegreeEnglish

Job Description

Director, Creative Production

Paramount

• Lead applied creative exploration at the intersection of storytelling, production craft, and emerging creative tools and workflows. • Design and execute creative prototypes and proof-of-concept work that test creative value, technical feasibility, and production impact. • Evaluate emerging tools, models, and workflows through hands-on experimentation in real production conditions. • Explore new artistic and production approaches spanning animation, live action, and visual effects. • Partner with studios and business units to deliver proof-of-concept and targeted go-live projects aligned to real production needs. • Tailor creative exploration to the workflows, constraints, and creative environments of adopting teams across animation, live-action, and VFX. • Serve as a creative production partner to studio teams evaluating and piloting new creative capabilities. • Support early adoption by validating workflows in realistic, production-ready contexts. • Work closely with Platform Integration to align creative exploration with identified production opportunities. • Collaborate with Engineering to inform tool design, usability, and creative affordances from a working artist’s perspective. • Translate exploratory ideas into tangible creative demonstrations that can be validated, refined, and handed off. • Build, lead, and mentor small, agile creative production teams optimized for rapid experimentation and delivery. • Assemble and manage project-based artists and specialists as needed to support specific initiatives or creative domains. • Create compelling creative demonstrations that clearly communicate new capabilities and workflows to internal stakeholders.

Job Requirements

  • Proven experience in senior creative management with the ability to remain hands-on in execution.
  • Deep production expertise in a senior role such as Animation Supervisor, Character Supervisor, CG Supervisor, or VFX Supervisor.
  • Demonstrated creative judgment grounded in real-world production environments and workflows.
  • Experience building, leading, and mentoring small, highly skilled creative teams.
  • Strong understanding of end-to-end production processes across animation, live action, or visual effects.
  • Ability to collaborate deeply with technical and operational partners, including Platform Integration and Engineering.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguity, early-stage exploration, and rapidly evolving creative and technical environments.
  • Clear, credible communicator capable of articulating creative value and production impact to both artists and technologists.
  • Experience operating at a senior level with stakeholders, including the ability to function as a peer to VPs and SVPs.
  • Capacity to balance creative experimentation with operational rigor, quality standards, and production discipline.
  • Interest or experience working within fast-moving, emerging, or AI-enabled creative workflows.

Benefits

  • medical
  • dental
  • vision
  • 401(k) plan
  • life insurance coverage
  • disability benefits
  • tuition assistance program
  • PTO
  • bonus eligible

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