Senior Director, Creative Production & Storytelling

Insider Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 160,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive medical, dental, and 401

Job summary

Business Insider, headquartered in New York, is seeking a Senior Director of Creative Production to lead BI Studios' creative production organization and elevate branded storytelling across formats. This player-coach role balances high-level leadership with hands-on editing, script review, and major client discussions.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience across editorial, video, and digital content, with a track record mentoring teams, managing budgets, and delivering award-winning

Qualifications

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across editorial, video, social, and digital content.
• Outstanding editorial judgment, storytelling instincts, and creative taste.
• Experience managing production budgets, resources, and complex creative workflows.
• A track record of mentoring and developing creative talent.
• Strong client-facing experience with the ability to confidently lead creative conversations.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Experience creating award-winning branded content or editorial storytelling.
• Experience using AI to enhance creative development, production workflows, or content strategy.
• Familiarity with emerging approaches to AI-powered content discovery, search, and audience behavior.

Responsibilities

• Oversee flagship campaigns and serve as BI Studios' most senior creative voice, elevating work through stronger storytelling, sharper narratives, and exceptional creative judgment.
• Mentor the team and contribute to the work as needed by editing assets, reviewing scripts and video cuts, strengthening narratives across the board.
• Establish and uphold BI Studios' creative standards, editorial voice, and storytelling principles.
• Develop new storytelling formats, products, and creative capabilities that keep BI Studios at the forefront of branded content.
• Stay ahead of trends across AI, audience behavior, media, and content discovery, translating them into new opportunities for BI Studios.
• Foster a culture of experimentation that produces award-winning work and continually raises the creative bar.
• Oversee production across articles, video, social, vodcasts, interactives, and emerging formats.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and at an exceptional creative standard.
• Lead production planning, resource allocation, freelancer management, and operational workflows.
• Build scalable systems and processes that support ambitious creative work while improving efficiency.
• Identify opportunities to thoughtfully integrate AI into creative and production workflows.

Skills

Editorial leadership

Storytelling instincts

Budget management

Mentoring talent

Client facing

Job description

Business Insider, headquartered in New York, is seeking a Senior Director of Creative Production to lead BI Studios' creative production organization and elevate branded storytelling across formats. This player-coach role balances high-level leadership with hands-on editing, script review, and major client discussions.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience across editorial, video, and digital content, with a track record mentoring teams, managing budgets, and delivering award-winning