Vice President of Production, Design & Visual Effects

This is a Full Time Job

VP Production, Design & Visual Effects (Operations Post-Production) (FX)

Location: Los Angeles, California, United States; Burbank, California, United States

Job Summary:

FX's Design & Visual Effects team is responsible for the creation of motion and content design, branding, and visual effects for FX original series and the FX global content brand.

As a leader on this team, the Vice President of Production, Design & Visual Effects, will be instrumental in the planning, creation, and delivery of thousands of creative assets across a wide range of platforms from social media to streaming, linear television, live events, and more. This role will oversee all production, operations, and primary business functions and assist the SVP with crafting the department's strategic operational goals, financial planning, resource allocation, and implementation of new technology.

This role requires a detail-oriented, motivated, empathetic leader with strong operational and organizational skills. They will utilize their extensive knowledge and experience in the management of creative teams to establish and oversee workflows crucial to the efficient and successful production of design, animation, and visual effects deliverables for FX's global brand and content marketing campaigns.

Responsibilities:
• Collaborate with SVP on planning and implementation of department organization, resource allocation, and strategy
• Financial planning and managing of all department budgets; Partnering with Finance team on financial projections and actuals
• Create business analysis reports to track production output, resources, costs, etc.
• Forecast and schedule all current and upcoming projects
• Partner with creative leads to establish project scope and requirements
• Oversee Production team and all communication, coordination, scheduling and prioritization of requests, assets, tasks, and deliveries both internally and externally.
• Communicate and negotiate on timeline and scope of all major campaign requests.
• Engage external vendors to negotiate budgets and establish SOW
• Collaborate with SVP in the development and implementation of organizational workflows to improve quality control, efficiencies, asset utilization, and deadlines.
• Work with SVP, department leaders, and engineering/IT in the development and deployment of organization, tracking, pipeline, and automation tools.
• Manage all daily business and financial transactions with external departments and vendors.

Qualifications:
• Minimum 10 years of experience in Entertainment and/or Advertising is required such as: Creative Production Operations, design, motion design, animation and/or visual effects production)
• Minimum 5 years' experience working as in Executive/Management level at a creative agency or vendor, Agency, within the Entertainment and/or Advertising industries required.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience managing creative teams of 5+ (direct reporting) required.
• Candidates should reside within a reasonable distance of both Century City and Burbank, CA. This position requires working in the office four days per week. (The office will relocate to Burbank, CA by 2026.)
• Experience managing P&L, budgeting, allocating time, resourcing, time management, required.
• Experience with Vendor Management, contract negotiations with a proven track record of success required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Cloud, and Mac OS
• Skills in Keynote, Airtable, Shotgrid (Autodesk Flow), and other Operations/Postproduction related software a plus.
• Excellent team management, organization, coordination, multi-tasking and prioritization skills and experience in establishing workflows.

Education:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.

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The hiring range for this position in Los Angeles, CA is $191,800 to $257,200 per year. The base pay actually offered will take into account internal equity and also may vary depending on the candidate's geographic region, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience among other factors. A bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package, in addition to the full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the level and position offered.
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