Head of Production, AI Systems

R/GA • Los Angeles, NY

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

Addition, R/GA’s applied intelligence studio, works with leading brands to solve problems at the intersection of frontier AI and human-centered design. It helps clients implement and scale AI systems that improve communications, customer experiences, and internal business workflows.

The Head of Production, AI Systems will lead Addition’s production team and own the delivery models, standards, and operating rhythms used to take agentic platforms, generative design systems, and AI-driven campaigns from model capability to marketing execution at brand scale. This is a leadership role in an AI-native studio, requiring continued evolution of production as a real-time system that can generate, adapt, and respond. The role will build an environment in which producers think like AI product managers and confidently scope, interrogate, and deliver AI systems.

The position sits within the Production team and reports to and works closely with the VP, Managing Director, Addition. It also partners with studio leadership, AI Solutions strategists, creative technologists, designers, and engineers. The role is based in the NYC/Tri-State area or Greater Los Angeles area, with a hybrid work model and regular in-person collaboration and team and client workshops. Candidates must live within commuting distance of the NYC area (NY, NJ, CT) or Greater LA area (Southern California), or be willing to relocate. The hiring range is $250,000 to $275,000.

Requirements

• 12+ years of production experience across design and technology agencies, in-house brand teams, and/or digital production studios, including significant experience leading production talent and working with interdisciplinary teams.
• High fluency with AI tools reshaping production, particularly AI coding agents, image generation, and video generation capabilities.
• Deep familiarity with agentic workflow architecture, model capabilities, and AI transformation.
• Proven track record delivering novel AI solutions at brand scale; building delivery standards and resourcing models; scoping and pricing pitches; winning new business; and managing complex client engagements.
• Comfort operating modern collaboration tools and AI capabilities, and using hands-on AI coding to push limitations and interrogate delivery pipelines.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to translate complex technical and AI concepts into clear, actionable, persuasive ideas.
• Ability to build strong, trusting relationships with internal teams, C-suite executives, and enterprise clients.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-ambiguity environments, solve complex problems, and establish new playbooks.
• Genuine interest in frontier AI, continuous learning, applied innovation, AI tools, agentic systems, and operating models.
• Must be located within commuting distance of the NYC area (NY, NJ, CT) or Greater LA area (Southern California), or be willing to relocate.

Nice To Haves

• Deep background spanning advertising agency, brand experience, and digital production studio environments.
• Ability to bridge technical engineering conversations, including pipelines and evaluations, directly with CMO-level marketing execution strategies.
• Experience developing repeatable operational frameworks, pricing models, and resourcing structures for emergent AI technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage, and develop a senior production team of Executive Producers, Senior Producers, Producers, and Coordinators.
• Provide precise, useful feedback and help producers strengthen their craft, judgment, systems rigor, and technical fluency so they can think like AI product managers.
• Define the long-term production vision and operational roadmaps, anticipating practice needs one to two years ahead.
• Set organization-wide delivery standards, workflow frameworks, and quality benchmarks, treating production as a system to be designed.
• Own project-wide resourcing and project-specific headcount planning; develop headcount recommendations and operational rationale for studio leadership’s final approval and execution.
• Partner with creative technologists, designers, engineers, and AI Solutions strategists, moving between creative, technical, and commercial discussions to guide multidisciplinary teams toward innovative delivery approaches.
• Scope executions of any size with precision, drive new-business pitches, identify upsell opportunities, and build long-term client engagements.
• Serve as the ultimate delivery escalation point for complex portfolio risks and high-stakes client engagements.
• Use modern collaboration tools and AI capabilities, including hands-on coding with AI, to push limitations and interrogate delivery pipelines.

Benefits

• Hybrid work model with regular in-person collaboration and team/client workshops.
• Opportunity to lead and innovate at an AI-powered studio focused on applied AI innovation.
• Opportunity to build and drive technological and creative solutions for global brands.
• Direct collaboration with the CEO, leadership team, and R/GA network to help define how the studio scales.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Education Level: No Education Listed