Senior Producer

Senior Creative Producer

Reports to: Chief Operations Officer (COO) Location: San Diego, CA (onsite/hybrid)

Grizzly is an independent creative agency. We guide brands onward™ to challenge convention and impact culture. We work at the convergence of branding and advertising — blending strategy, design, and storytelling to build deeper connections between brands and people.

We partner with brands pioneering new futures. The trailblazers. The visionaries. The courageous. The businesses of tomorrow that believe in a better world and are hell-bent on building it. Adventurous Brands™ create and lead categories, secure the world's work, and change how we live. We put creativity to work for business because we believe the most innovative brands have the power to affect just about anything. They challenge convention, impact culture, and forge connections. We help them navigate an increasingly complex and challenging world. This is how we guide brands onward.

Position Summary

The Senior Creative Producer will lead complex, high-impact creative initiatives and oversee internal and external partner relationships, with full accountability for the production and delivery of exceptional creative work for Grizzly's clients. This role operates as a senior strategic and operational leader within the agency, partnering closely with Client Services, Creative, Strategy, and external vendors to drive excellence across all phases of production. The Senior Creative Producer sits in a client-facing role and brings a strong point of view, anticipates risk, and proactively solves creative, operational, and logistical challenges. Above all, this role ensures work is delivered on time, on budget, and at the highest creative standard, consistently exceeding client expectations.

Key Responsibilities

Project Planning & Maintaining

• Establish exceptional operational standards and employ best practices to ensure that creative efforts run smoothly for clients, partners, and the agency
• Lead the development, execution, and ongoing management of project scopes, timelines, budgets, and staffing plans from project inception through delivery
• Oversee multiple complex creative initiatives simultaneously, including integrated campaigns, website development, branding, naming, digital content, and video and/or photo production
• Establish and maintain detailed schedules and budgets, securing senior-level internal and external approvals and ensuring cross-functional alignment throughout the lifecycle of each project
• Identify risks early and implement mitigation strategies to protect scope, timeline, budget, and creative integrity
• Audit existing workstreams, optimize process where needed, remove barriers

Internal Lead Stakeholder

• Serve as a senior production leader and strategic partner to internal agency teams, ensuring the client's vision and business objectives are translated into executable, high-quality creative work
• Cultivate a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning within the cross-functional team at the agency
• Drive clear, consistent communication across internal teams and client stakeholders, setting expectations and ensuring accountability for deliverables and timelines
• Act as a key decision-maker in all post-sale project meetings, proactively anticipating production challenges and guiding teams toward effective, creative solutions
• Oversee and synthesize feedback across stakeholders, ensuring alignment and efficiency throughout concepting, production, and post-production
• Provide leadership during brainstorms and creative reviews to ensure ideas are strategically sound, executable, and aligned with client goals

Client Services

• Deliver world-class client service that strengthens relationships, drives trust, and supports organic growth opportunities as the day to day client lead
• Partner closely with Client Services leadership to establish realistic business goals, production approaches, and success metrics for clients
• Review, analyze, and evaluate creative output, media output, research, and client data to inform production strategies and continuous improvement
• Develop a deep understanding of each client's business objectives, challenges, industry dynamics, and competitive landscape
• Collaborate with agency leadership to develop innovative, differentiated products and services that drive client growth and agency value
• Oversee the development and execution of strategic plans, creative briefs, and production roadmaps
• Manage the creative resource needs, bandwidth, and delegation, and escalate any anticipated needs for additional support to COO
• Lead vendor engagement processes, including NDAs, contracts, scope changes, and invoice management, ensuring fiscal and legal diligence

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years experience in creative production and project management, preferably within a creative agency, advertising agency, or production company
• Strong track record of managing internal teams to deliver high-quality, client-focused outcomes
• Proven ability to operate as a senior, client-facing leader with strong executive presence and presentation skills
• Demonstrated expertise in managing large-scale, multi-disciplinary creative productions from concept through final delivery
• Deep understanding of creative production processes, with the ability to lead teams through complex workflows while maintaining high standards of quality and efficiency
• Strong financial acumen with the ability to build, manage, and protect project budgets across all phases of production
• Exceptional judgment and problem-solving skills, with a track record of proactively identifying risks and implementing effective solutions
• Ability to think strategically while remaining highly detail-oriented in execution
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence and align cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders
• Excellent organization, meeting facilitation, time management, and written and verbal communication skills
• Expert knowledge of agency functions, capabilities, and service offerings
• Broad understanding of industries, markets, and brands, and what it takes to produce standout work within them
• Proven proficiency in creative production tools and platforms used to manage end-to-end workflows, including Slack, Figma, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office 365, Google Workspace, Acrobat Pro, Teamwork, and Zoom.

Work Requirements

• Must be located within a one-hour drive of San Diego, CA
• Flexibility with schedule to meet client commitments
• Domestic and international travel may be required

Disclaimer

This job description outlines the general scope of responsibilities and is not exhaustive. Grizzly is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes candidates from all backgrounds. Employment remains at-will and may be modified in accordance with business needs and legal requirements.