Senior Producer

Hearst•New York, NY

3d•$88,000 - $95,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Producer at HearstMade leads the production of branded-content social video and photography for major brands. The role oversees planning and execution across concurrent projects, translating creative concepts into practical production plans and maintaining creative quality, schedule, budget, logistics, and scope. It is based in New York City and requires working in the office four days per week.

Requirements

At least 5 years of production experience in branded content, advertising, publishing, digital media, a production company, or a related environment.
Significant hands-on experience producing video and photography from pre-production through shoot, wrap, and actualization.
Demonstrated ability to manage complex productions involving multiple deliverables, stakeholders, locations, talent, budgets, and timelines.
Strong working knowledge of production crews, equipment, studios, locations, permitting, insurance, releases, licensing, and production compliance.
Experience sourcing, negotiating with, and managing external vendors, freelancers, crews, and production partners.
Experience supervising, mentoring, or guiding production team members and providing clear direction and thoughtful support.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to collaborate with creative leadership, clients, internal partners, vendors, and crews.
Strong judgment, resourcefulness, attention to detail, and ability to identify production risks early, recommend solutions, and adapt as priorities change.
Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects while protecting creative quality, timelines, budgets, and agreed-upon scope.

Responsibilities

Lead production planning and execution across multiple branded video and photography projects, developing schedules, budgets, and resource plans.
Translate directors’ creative visions into executable plans, identifying budget, timing, logistics, and feasibility considerations and proposing solutions.
Build and manage production budgets from bidding through actualization; negotiate costs, track spending and variances, and maintain financial accountability.
Source and manage production personnel, freelancers, vendors, studios, locations, equipment, and other production partners.
Manage pre-production logistics, including locations and permits, travel, production vehicles, props, catering, insurance and COIs, releases, and call sheets.
Run on-set operations and keep schedules, budgets, logistics, safety, and deliverables on track while resolving challenges and maintaining a professional environment for cast and crew.
Coordinate handoffs to post-production, ensuring assets, schedules, specifications, and deliverable requirements are communicated clearly.
Guide and mentor production managers and coordinators, allocate work, and serve as an escalation point for complex projects.
Improve production workflows, templates, rate cards, tools, and partner networks.