Executive Producer, Content & Storytelling

Icarus•El Segundo, CA

21h•$180,000 - $210,000•Onsite

About The Position

Icarus is seeking an exceptionally experienced and highly technical creator to serve as an Executive Producer, Content & Storytelling. This is a hands-on role focused on capturing, building, and sharing the Icarus story as it unfolds. The ideal candidate will operate as a one-person production capability, covering all aspects of content creation from concept to archive, across various company activities including factory floor operations, flight tests, remote airstrips, operational exercises, and major company milestones. The primary goal is to document the journey, build the Icarus brand, and bring the company's mission to life through compelling visual narratives.

Requirements

Deep, proven experience as an end-to-end creator across commercial/advertising, social, episodic, and long-form filmmaking.
7+ years of professional production experience preferred, with significant experience independently owning productions.
Demonstrated ability to operate as a solo or highly self-sufficient production presence for extended periods.
Portfolio spanning commercial-grade work, documentary storytelling, high-energy content, and authentic field production.
Significant history producing YouTube content, including recurring episodic and long-form work.
Strong command of LinkedIn and polished corporate/brand storytelling.
Expert cinematography, still photography, lighting, and audio capabilities.
Expert editing, color, VFX, finishing, and post-production capabilities.
Strong 3D animation and motion graphics experience.
Professional composition, music production, sound design, mixing, and audio engineering capabilities.
Deep familiarity with professional creative and design suites, including the ability to quickly master new or bespoke tools.
Livestream production, networking, and remote field-connectivity expertise.
Ability to independently deploy, maintain, and troubleshoot a complete professional production package.
Experience operating in remote, extreme, unpredictable, and high-tempo environments.
Exceptional pre-production, logistics, and operational planning skills.
Experience managing digital assets, metadata, versioning, and multi-platform delivery.
Fluency with modern software, automation, and AI-enabled creative workflows.
Comfortable building systems and workflows rather than simply using them.
Strong interviewing skills across technical, operational, and executive audiences.
Experience earning and maintaining trusted access in sensitive working environments.
Excellent written and verbal communication.
Exceptional creative judgment, discretion, and attention to detail.
Understanding of OPSEC, responsible storytelling, and information protection.
Genuine passion for the Icarus mission, aviation, aerospace, technology, and national security.
Ability to thrive under pressure, learn fast, solve problems across functions, and push the company to operate at a higher level.
Obsession with quality and speed.

Nice To Haves

Software engineering, networking, web development, interactive media, or creative technology experience is a significant plus.
Ability to create interactive digital experiences or tools that extend storytelling beyond traditional video is a plus.

Responsibilities

Document aircraft development, manufacturing, flight tests, launches, deployments, exercises, milestones, successes, challenges, and the people behind them.
Produce a wide range of content formats, including commercial-grade advertising, product sizzles, social content, episodic YouTube series, and documentary-length productions.
Identify and develop stories, transforming complex technology, operations, industry insights, and human moments into compelling visual narratives.
Develop and execute content strategies across platforms, with a focus on LinkedIn, YouTube, and emerging channels, adapting content style for different contexts (polished brand content vs. raw field storytelling).
Manage the end-to-end production process: concept, direction, shooting, lighting, photography, audio recording, editing, color grading, scoring, sound design, mixing, VFX, motion graphics, 3D animation, finishing, versioning, and delivery.
Compose and produce original music, score to picture, edit picture to music, engineer audio, design sound, and deliver professional-quality mixes, recognizing audio as a critical storytelling element.
Independently plan, produce, and troubleshoot livestreams for launches, flight tests, demonstrations, and events, managing cameras, audio, networking, power, connectivity, and technical infrastructure.
Create engaging brand experiences through factory visits, demonstrations, conferences, launches, and other physical, digital, and interactive events.
Own digital asset management, creating a searchable, tagged, and structured visual archive for daily content, institutional memory, multi-platform distribution, and future productions.
Utilize modern creative software, automation, AI, and technical tools to enhance production, organization, and distribution, and develop new workflows or tools when necessary.
Manage multiple concurrent productions, incorporate rapid feedback, and deliver content at the pace of a high-velocity aerospace startup.
Exercise exceptional judgment regarding Operational Security (OPSEC), customer sensitivities, classification boundaries, and competitive information to protect the mission.
Build systems and workflows rather than simply using existing ones.
Conduct strong interviews with technical, operational, and executive audiences.
Earn and maintain trusted access in sensitive working environments.
Ensure responsible storytelling and information protection.