Executive Producer, Content & Storytelling

Icarus•El Segundo, CA

1d•$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 everything from the factory floor to flight tests, remote airstrips, operational exercises, and major company milestones. You will own the entire content lifecycle, including concept development, capture, direction, photography, production, editing, animation, original music composition, sound design, livestreaming, publishing, and archiving. The primary goal is to document the company's journey, build the Icarus brand, and bring its mission to life.

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.
Ability to create interactive digital experiences or tools that extend storytelling beyond traditional video is a plus.
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.

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 Icarus: Capture aircraft development, manufacturing, flight tests, launches, deployments, exercises, milestones, successes, challenges, and the people involved.
Create Across Formats: Produce a wide range of content, including commercial-grade advertising, product sizzles, social media content, episodic YouTube series, and documentary-length productions.
Shape the Narrative: Identify and develop compelling stories, transforming complex technology, operations, industry insights, and human moments into engaging visual narratives.
Own Social Media Content: Develop and execute content strategies across platforms, with a focus on LinkedIn, YouTube, and emerging channels, understanding the nuances between polished brand content and raw, live field storytelling.
Own Production End-to-End: Manage all aspects of production, including concept, direction, shooting, lighting, photography, audio recording, editing, color grading, scoring, sound design, mixing, VFX, motion graphics, and 3D animation, as well as finishing, versioning, and delivery.
Create the Sound: Compose and produce original music, score footage, edit footage to music, engineer audio, design sound, and deliver professional-quality mixes, recognizing audio as a critical storytelling element.
Go Live: Independently plan, produce, and troubleshoot livestreams for launches, flight tests, demonstrations, and events, managing cameras, audio, networking, power, connectivity, and technical infrastructure.
Build Experiences: Bring the Icarus brand to life through factory visits, demonstrations, conferences, launches, and other physical, digital, and interactive experiences.
Build the System: Own digital asset management, creating a searchable, tagged, and structured visual archive to support daily content, institutional memory, multi-platform distribution, and future productions.
Use Modern Tools: Apply modern creative software, automation, and AI tools to enhance production, organization, and distribution, and develop new workflows or tools when necessary.
Move Fast: Manage multiple concurrent productions, incorporate rapid feedback, and deliver content at the pace of a high-velocity aerospace startup.
Protect the Mission: Exercise exceptional judgment regarding OPSEC, customer sensitivities, classification boundaries, and competitive information.