Head of Production

MrBeast • Los Angeles, CA

3d • $170,000 - $230,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Beast Industries is seeking an experienced production leader to build and scale the production function for its growing direct-to-consumer content business. This role is responsible for overseeing production across a diverse portfolio of original programming, including live programming, long-form unscripted series, creator-led content, and live experiences. The Head of Production will establish the necessary people, systems, and operational infrastructure to support an ambitious and evolving content strategy, focusing on operational execution while partnering closely with creative, product, engineering, marketing, finance, legal, and business operations teams. The goal is to build a production organization that can deliver consistently at scale.

Requirements

• 12-15+ years of production experience, with significant leadership responsibility across long-form unscripted television, streaming, digital media, live programming, or a related entertainment environment.
• Experience leading multiple complex productions simultaneously, balancing quality, schedule, budget, and execution across competing priorities.
• Deep expertise in production operations, including budgeting, scheduling, staffing, vendor management, locations, stages, contracts, payroll, permits, and logistics.
• Experience building and leading high-performing production teams and creating scalable systems and processes.
• Ability to partner effectively with creative leaders, providing operational guidance while supporting ambitious programming and evolving production needs.
• Ability to thrive in fast-moving environments where priorities change quickly and bring structure, sound judgment, and calm execution through ambiguity.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with creator-led content, live programming, streaming, digital-first media, or other direct-to-consumer entertainment businesses.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the production strategy across a growing portfolio of original programming.
• Oversee multiple concurrent productions from early planning through production, post-production, and final delivery.
• Build and lead a high-performing production organization, including production executives, line producers, production managers, post-production leaders, coordinators, and external partners.
• Own production budgets, forecasts, schedules, staffing plans, and operational capacity across the slate.
• Manage all aspects of production operations, including crews, vendors, locations, stages, permits, contracts, insurance, payroll, travel, transportation, equipment, and logistics.
• Partner closely with Programming leadership to evaluate production feasibility while supporting creative ambition with operational discipline.
• Establish scalable production standards, workflows, reporting, approval processes, and delivery frameworks.
• Build relationships with studios, production companies, creators, vendors, and external production partners.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Marketing teams to ensure content is delivered effectively across digital platforms and supported by complementary content initiatives.
• Serve as the executive escalation point for production risks, scheduling conflicts, budget pressures, vendor issues, and delivery challenges.
• Continuously improve production operations through stronger systems, organizational design, technology, and vendor strategy.

Benefits

• Competitive Salary
• Generous Medical (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Dental, Vision and company-paid Life Insurance
• Company contributions to employee Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• 401k Plan with Safe Harbor company-matching
• Flexible vacation policy and paid company holidays
• Company-provided technology package
• Relocation assistance where applicable, including travel and company-provided housing for the first 90 days

What This Job Offers

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