Head of Production, AI Systems

Our producers are the operating system of the studio. They run the seam where machine intelligence becomes brand work: translating what models can do into what clients actually ship, holding craft, feasibility, and commercial reality in the same hand. The Head of Production, AI Systems will lead Addition's production team and own how our work gets made: the delivery models, standards, and operating rhythms that carry agentic platforms, generative design systems, and AI-driven campaigns from model capability to marketing execution at brand scale.

Responsibilities

Lead and Develop the Production Team: Manage and grow a senior team of Executive Producers, Senior Producers, Producers, and Coordinators; Define Production Vision & Operating Standards: Define the long-term production vision and operational roadmaps, and set organization-wide delivery standards, workflow frameworks, and quality benchmarks; Resource Management & Talent Pipeline: Own project-wide resourcing and project-specific headcount planning; Cross-Disciplinary Partnership: Work closely with creative technologists, designers, engineers, and AI Solutions strategists to lead multidisciplinary teams; Scope, Scale & Client Escalation: Scope executions of any size, drive new business pitches, spot upsell opportunities, build long-term engagements, and serve as the ultimate delivery escalation point for complex portfolio risks and high-stakes client engagements

Requirements

12+ years of production experience across design and technology agencies, in-house brand teams, and/or digital production studios, with significant time leading production talent and working with interdisciplinary teams; High fluency with AI tooling reshaping production (notably AI Coding Agents, image generation, and video generation capabilities); Deep familiarity with agentic workflow architecture, model capabilities, and AI transformation; Proven track record of delivering novel AI solutions at brand scale, building delivery standards and resourcing models, scoping/pricing pitches, winning new business, and managing complex client engagements; Comfort operating with modern collaboration tools, AI capabilities, and hands-on coding with AI

Nice to have

Deep background spanning advertising agency, brand experience, and digital production studio environments; Proven capability to bridge technical engineering conversations (pipelines, evals) directly with CMO-level marketing execution strategies; Experience developing repeatable operational frameworks, pricing models, and resourcing structures for emergent AI technologies

Benefits

Shape the Future: Lead and innovate at an AI-powered studio at the forefront of applied AI innovation; High-Impact Work: Build and drive technological and creative solutions that redefine how global brands operate; Direct Leadership Access: Collaborate closely with the CEO, leadership team, and R/GA network to help define how the company scales