Director, Creative, Executive Producer

What you’ll be responsible for:
Circle is looking for an experienced Executive Producer to join the Circle Creative Lab, in-house creative agency. You’ll be a member of the broader marketing organization, reporting to the VP of Creative. A stand-out candidate will be passionate about building teams, production processes and defining the production discipline, while working towards bringing the Circle brand vision to life.

What you’ll work on:

• Designing and building out the production discipline based on current needs and the future vision of Circle.
• Serving as the senior level connection point for the Production team between Creative, Brand Marketing, Product Marketing, Project Management and other XFN partners.
• Managing, mentoring and supporting the Production team as it scales to support the organization.
• Operational and Production excellence by proactively creating and constantly improving frameworks and processes. 
• Introducing and overseeing the roll out of tools to support the creative and production vision.
• Design processes and procedures to help operationalize workflow, prioritization, resourcing, and production on-boarding.
• Partnering with cross functional stakeholders and leadership to drive successful brand and marketing initiatives.
• Owning team-level roadmap, budget forecasting, actualization and spend allocations. Partner with Creative leadership on holistic vision and operational execution.
• Leading a team that can proactively define better ways to communicate, collaborate and ship products and systems, using state-of-the-art tools and at the highest quality standards.
• Leading and driving end-to-end creative workflows from creative development through delivery.
• Hiring, managing and growing top production talent.
• Building a strong bank of freelancers and creative production partners across all production disciplines such as animation, illustration, print, photography and film to tap into when needed.
• Ensuring resourcing plans meet larger skillset needs of project and cross-project contractor needs are identified and sourced.
• Learning curriculums for core team and cross-functional partners as it relates to production approaches.

What you’ll bring to Circle:

• An infectious passion for creative excellence on a daily basis and ensuring the work is produced in line with the higher standards of quality.
• Experience in building and leading production focused teams.
• Deep understanding of how to navigate ambiguous tech and start-up organizations.
• Clear and concise communication.
• Strategic and entrepreneurial thinking.
• History of producing world class creative projects for high profile brands.
• International perspective and extensive global experience.
• A passion for or knowledge of the web3/crypto space paired with a proactive eagerness to understand our customers, interview internal stakeholders, and learn on the fly.
• Strong communicator who can express ideas clearly — not just on the page (or screen) — but also in presentations and working sessions.

Minimum Qualifications

• 12 years of experience as a writing creative in a marketing, advertising, agency and/or in a corporate environment.
• 5 years of experience managing teams.