Director, Production

Comic Relief US•New York, NY

5d•$125,000 - $130,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Comic Relief believes comedy can move culture and change the world. We use its power to shift perspectives and bring people together to help end childhood poverty. To date, we have helped over 50 million children and families, and counting. Join us. LOCATION Candidates should be based in the NY metro area. We are a hybrid organization and work three days per week in our downtown New York City office. WHAT YOU’LL DO Comic Relief is seeking a Director of Production to lead the engine that drives our creative, marketing, and campaign work. This is a senior, production-minded role responsible for ensuring that ambitious ideas are delivered with excellence—on time, on budget, and at the highest quality—across national campaigns, live comedy events, video, advertising, social media, and community engagement initiatives. Reporting to the Chief Creative Officer, the Director of Production will oversee how work gets made: creating plans, building systems, managing partners, agencies, and freelance creative and production personnel; leading production across disciplines that blend internal and external resources; and driving execution at every level of the organization. This role requires a seasoned operator who can zoom out to plan large-scale projects and design workflows and zoom in to manage the details and solve problems in real time. Comic Relief’s work sits at the intersection of comedy, culture, and impact. To deliver at the scale and ambition our mission demands, we need operational excellence behind every idea. The Director of Production ensures that creative vision becomes reality—consistently, effectively, and at the highest standard.

Requirements

A production leader who thrives on making complex work happen
Equally comfortable building systems and rolling up your sleeves to get projects over the line
Calm under pressure, highly organized, and deeply accountable
Fluent in working with creative teams, external partners, marketers, fundraisers, and technologists
Trusted by leadership to see around corners and solve problems before they escalate
10+ years of experience in production, operations, or project leadership roles
Experience managing national campaigns, agency partners, and multi-channel creative production
Proven background in event production, video/content production, and advertising production
Experience identifying, onboarding, and managing agencies and freelance resources across disciplines (creative, production, digital, technical)
Strong command of project management, budgeting, timelines, and vendor oversight
Experience working in fast-paced, creative environments; nonprofit or mission-driven experience a plus

Responsibilities

Own the operational delivery of Comic Relief’s creative and marketing work across campaigns, content, events, and advertising
Establish and maintain production workflows, processes, and standards that enable teams to do their best work efficiently and consistently
Design and run meeting structures, project intake, prioritization, and communication rhythms for a growing, cross-functional department
Lead large-scale, interdisciplinary projects that require participation across multiple departments
Establish interdepartmental workflows with an eye toward efficiency, speed, clear communication, and accountability
Lead planning and production for national campaigns, including awareness, integrated marketing, and fundraising initiatives
Oversee event production for benefit comedy shows and live activations, including project planning from creative development through delivery, production resourcing, contracting, and daily operations
Manage video and content production from pre-production through final delivery across formats (short-form, long-form, digital, social, broadcast) including resourcing, contracting, legal/insurance, physical production, post, etc.
Oversee advertising production across multiple agency partners, including creative development and asset production for paid, owned, and pro bono media
Ensure creative assets are produced, trafficking-ready, QA’d, and delivered on time to support marketing, media, and campaign needs ensuring the right formats, timelines, and standards for distribution
Oversee the production of internal and partner-facing materials, including pitch decks, partnership one-sheets, fundraising collateral, institutional proposals, and presentation assets
Manage deliverables for cross-departmental stakeholders, including Fundraising (corporate, institutional, and individual donors) and Grantmaking & Impact, ensuring materials are accurate, compelling, and aligned with brand and mission
Coordinate with creative leads to ensure that messaging and visual storytelling reflect Comic Relief’s brand, mission, and impact strategy
Maintain and update brand assets, templates, and presentation tools to support internal teams and external engagements
Ensure internal deliverables are formatted, QA’d, and presentation-ready, and that they meet quality and timeline expectations across multiple departments and audiences
Identify, vet, onboard, and manage external agencies, production partners, and individual freelancers
Develop scopes of work, timelines, and budgets for agencies and freelance resources
Oversee agency and contractor performance, ensuring quality, accountability, and alignment with creative and strategic goals
Grow, evolve, and maintain Comic Relief’s go-to roster of agencies and freelance partners, ensuring access to high-quality creative, production, and technical resources across disciplines. Freelancers include writers, designers, content creators, comedians, video editors, motion designers, music and sound designers, photographers, voice over artists, etc.
Serve as the primary operational lead for production-related vendor relationships including agencies, production companies, and music, photo, and video licensing services.
Lead project management for short- and long-term deliverables, including intake, scoping, scheduling, resourcing, and delivery
Track timelines, dependencies, and risks; proactively identify issues and solve for potential issues
Ensure leadership has clear visibility into status, trade-offs, and decision points
Maintain quality control across all work products
Manage production budgets, vendor costs, and resource allocation in partnership with Finance
Oversee technical and production vendors, including CRM- and martech-adjacent partners as needed
Continuously assess workflows and tools, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, clarity, and output
Oversee the organization and maintenance of digital asset library