Director – Brand Creative Operations & Production

Director – Brand Creative Operations & Production

Requirements

• Deep knowledge and passion for creativity, sports and culture.
• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Marketing or related field; or equivalent combination of education, experience, or training.
• Proven experience working within a creative agency or other in-house creative teams.
• Deep experience working across a breadth of creative roles – studio management, project management, production & design.
• Skilled in working and leading complex studio resourcing and planning.
• Ability to drive innovation and implement new ways of working within a creative team.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the abilities to be a strong team player and collaborator.
• Exceptional written and verbal communicator, as well as a strategic thinker that can simplify complex information.
• Experience managing complex timelines, budgets and deliverables.
• Ability to thrive in a highly matrixed environment with multiple business functions and senior stakeholders, cutting through the noise to challenge business priorities and deliver the best creative.
• Proven experience leading producers with the ability to inspire and motivate teams to achieve common goals.
• Confidence in driving and leading difficult conversations and negotiations.
• Skilled people manager.
• Travel 10% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Managing and coaching a team of Producers & Operational leaders.
• Creating a thriving team culture grounded in the Nike Maxims and Leadership Defined behaviors.
• Driving consistent conversations focused on each direct report’s own personal and career development.
• Supporting your team through development opportunities and sharing feedback along the way.
• Defining process and cadence for pipeline planning and project intake that ensures we actively manage the capacity of our team and the Brand Creative team.
• Ensuring we balance business and creative priorities throughout.
• Overseeing all resourcing for current projects.
• Guiding and supporting the team through changes and unforeseen obstacles.
• Maintaining close connection with Global and Geo counterparts to gain and provide visibility over priorities, the creative pipeline, and ways of working.
• Partnering with our Brand Creative VP and their leadership team to drive clear prioritization across all studios.
• Securing funding and managing large functional and cross functional retainers / budgets.
• Overseeing a team responsible for multiple creative productions from briefing to final asset executions.
• Making key creative and financial decisions to ensure we deliver the best work when needed.
• Supporting your team in managing conversations with senior relationships, both within and outside of Nike.
• Overseeing a team driving contract negotiations with talent, crew, and vendors.
• Reinforcing best practices to ensure consistency and quality output.
• Continuously evolving the tools and processes we use to find new efficiencies for our team.
• Identifying new areas to expand while providing clear learning agendas and opportunities for our team.
• Supporting in driving and building a true center of excellence within Brand Creative Production & Operations.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.