Brand Studio Live Action & Photo Director

A&E Networks

New York (NY)

Hybrid

USD 146,000 - 171,000

Full time

9 days ago

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Job summary

A+E Global Media is seeking a Director, Brand Studio Live Action & Photo Production to lead day-to-day operations of live action and photo productions within Marketing Production. You will partner with the Sr.

Executive Producer to translate creative priorities into efficient, high-quality execution across Brand Studio and Storyground initiatives. This role requires deep production leadership, budgeting oversight, and cross-functional collaboration with teams including Legal, Finance, Talent,

Qualifications

At least 10 years of relevant production experience leading live action, video, and photo production within entertainment, media, creative services, marketing, or related industries.

Responsibilities

Oversee the day-to-day operation of the Brand Studio Live Action & Photo Production team, ensuring work is prioritized, resourced, budgeted, produced, delivered, and archived effectively.
Lead, coach, and develop team members through clear expectations, accountability, prioritization, feedback, and performance management; partner closely with Sr. EP to assess capacity, align production priorities, resolve operational issues, and accelerate risks or opportunities.
Oversee live action and photo production from creative brief through final delivery, ensuring each project has the right production approach, budget, schedule, staffing plan, vendor model, workflow, and asset-management path.
Lead production across talent, photo, marketing, social-first, digital and Storyground shoots, press/PR needs, behind-the-scenes capture, pickups, and broader organizational initiatives.
Serve as the primary operational production partner to cross-functional teams, translating creative ambition and business priorities into practical, executable production plans while protecting the creative goal and quality of the final output.
Establish communication mechanisms across teams so issues, questions, dependencies, and decisions are surfaced and resolved quickly, and elevate recommendations to the EP as needed.
Develop scalable and inclusive production models and maintain a trusted network of production partners, including freelance producers, line producers, photographers, directors, DPs, crews, production service companies, agencies, post partners, and specialty vendors. Ensure production models match the creative need, budget, timeline, platform, rights considerations, audience needs, and business priority.
Own live action and photo production budget oversight, including bids, estimates, actuals, cost tracking, vendor negotiations, and budget recommendations in partnership with Finance and Production Operations. Ensure resources are planned and used strategically, responsibly, and transparently.
Lead workflow optimization and asset-management practices across live action and photo production, including planning, approvals, documentation, asset handoffs, media transfers, transcripts, releases, post-production coordination, delivery, backup, and archive. Identify and implement workflow improvements that increase efficiency, scalability, visibility, and operational effectiveness.
Partner with Legal/Business Affairs, Risk, Finance, Talent, Standards & Practices, and other internal teams to ensure contracts, releases, insurance, vendor paperwork, compliance requirements, and production documentation are handled accurately and on time. Identify new partners, tools, workflows, and production models that improve creative quality, speed, efficiency, and flexibility while supporting A+E's commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and representation.