Production Director

AdHoc•Brooklyn, NY

About The Position

AdHoc is seeking a Production Director to oversee and lead the agency’s production operations across experiential campaigns, partnerships, and client engagements. This role sits at the center of scoping, execution, and delivery– partnering closely with leadership, creative, strategy, partnerships, and operations teams to ensure projects are executed at the highest level, from concept through completion. This role requires a highly organized, resourceful, and solutions-oriented leader who thrives in fast-paced environments balancing strategic oversight with hands-on execution. The role necessitates an experienced producer and team leader with strong creative and technical production knowledge, excellent communication skills, deep operational instincts, and the ability to manage multiple high-level projects simultaneously. The Production Director will oversee production staff, project management, client delivery, production systems, vendor and contractor relationships, operational workflows, and overall execution quality while helping shape the future growth and scalability of the agency’s production department.

Requirements

6+ years of experience in experiential production, creative production, event production, or agency production leadership
Experience leading large-scale experiential campaigns, live events, brand activations, partnerships, or creative productions from concept through execution
Strong understanding of technical production including AV, lighting, scenic, fabrication, staging, and event operations
Proven ability to manage complex budgets, reconciliations, staffing plans, timelines, and profitability across multiple simultaneous projects
Experience managing teams with varying working styles across employees, freelancers, vendors, and contractors
Strong financial acumen with experience managing large-scale project budgets and operational forecasting
Deep organizational and project management skills with exceptional attention to detail
Strong negotiation skills and experience managing vendor relationships and production partnerships
Ability to remain calm, resourceful, and solutions-oriented under pressure
Strong communication, leadership, and relationship management skills
Existing network of production vendors, technical partners, fabricators, venues, and freelance talent
Comfortable operating in fast-moving, high-pressure, and evolving environments
Familiarity with tools such as Asana, Google Workspace, Slack, DocuSign, Ramp, Zoom, and related production or operational platforms
Strong work ethic, accountability, and sense of project ownership

Responsibilities

Direct and oversee all facets of production across experiential campaigns, live events, partnerships, content productions, and brand activations
Lead projects from kickoff through delivery, reconciliation, reporting, and post-mortem review
Oversee creative and technical production including fabrication, scenic, staging, AV, lighting, logistics, permitting, and technical integrations
Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and at the highest standards of execution
Create on-site operations plans including load-in, installation, rehearsals, show operations, troubleshooting, and strike
Ensure compliance with venue requirements, permits, insurance policies, and safety standards
Identify project risks and proactively implement solutions
Lead production scoping and feasibility assessment during proposal development and new business pursuits
Work alongside partnerships and operations teams to develop Statements of Work (SOWs), project scopes, deliverables, timelines, assumptions, and production approaches.
Build comprehensive experiential production budgets covering labor, staffing, fabrication, venues, travel, logistics, technical production, and contingency planning
Create staffing plans and estimate production hours, resource allocation, and utilization requirements
Evaluate project profitability, staffing requirements, and execution risks prior to proposal submission
Partner with creative, operations, and partnerships teams to align budgets, scopes, timelines, and client expectations
Monitor project financial performance and maintain accountability for production profitability
Manage scope changes, change orders, budget revisions, and client approvals
Maintain production benchmarks, vendor pricing, staffing assumptions, and historical budget data to improve forecasting accuracy
Lead and manage production employees, project managers, freelancers, contractors, and external production partners
Monitor staffing, capacity planning, and resource allocation across all projects
Forecast team utilization and workload to ensure efficient staffing and project delivery
Recruit, onboard, mentor, and develop production and creative talent
Build and maintain a national network of producers, vendors, fabricators, technical specialists, venues, creatives, and freelancers
Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and operational excellence
Serve as a senior client-facing leader across key accounts and strategic initiatives
Build and maintain client relationships that drive retention and recurring business
Lead production-related client communication throughout the project lifecycle
Support pitch development, proposal creation, budgeting, and execution planning for new business opportunities
Identify prospective clients, partnerships, and revenue opportunities
Represent the agency’s production expertise internally and externally
Own and improve production workflows, SOPs, templates, tools, and operational systems
Maintain visibility across project health, staffing allocations, budgets, and departmental performance
Improve cross-functional communication between production, creative, strategy, partnerships, and operations teams
Manage relationships with production vendors, venues, fabrication partners, and technical providers
Develop scalable systems that support growth while maintaining execution quality