Senior Production Manager - Brand Campaigns & Content

Kayali; Dubai; On-site; AED 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Coverage

Magic Days

Volunteer Day

Birthday Leave

Egg Freezing

Employee discounts

Product gifting

Job summary

Kayali in Dubai is seeking a Senior Production Manager to lead the in-house Production Team, directing delivery of social, brand, market, e-commerce/PDP and retailer content in a fast-paced, founder-led environment. You will own production and coordinate post-production and asset handovers.

The role requires substantial production leadership, budget control, cross-functional collaboration and a track record of managing multi-disciplinary teams in a high-volume studio.

Qualifications

• Substantial production experience, including sustained management of a permanent, multidisciplinary production team.
• Proven ability to balance high volumes of work, competing priorities and multiple stakeholders.
• Strong experience in resource planning, production budgets, vendor management and post-production scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Manage direct reports, including hiring, onboarding, one-to-ones, performance reviews, development and addressing performance concerns.
• Own production and post-production schedules, assignments, team capacity and deadlines across concurrent projects.
• Own and control the department budget, including production budgets, freelance crew, vendors and external editor bookings.
• Oversee the outsourced campaign producer’s agreed milestones, deliverables and asset handovers.
• Track assets through editing, retouching, review, approval and final delivery.
• Identify bottlenecks and improve workflows as the department grows.

Skills

People management

Budget management

Scheduling & planning

Vendor management

Workflow optimization

Job description

Kayali in Dubai is seeking a Senior Production Manager to lead the in-house Production Team, directing delivery of social, brand, market, e-commerce/PDP and retailer content in a fast-paced, founder-led environment. You will own production and coordinate post-production and asset handovers.

The role requires substantial production leadership, budget control, cross-functional collaboration and a track record of managing multi-disciplinary teams in a high-volume studio.