Vice President Director, Executive Producer

Publicis Groupe ANZ; Birmingham (MI); On-site; USD 129,485 - 177,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental and vision insurance

401(k) plan

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible time off

Job summary

Publicis Groupe ANZ is seeking an experienced Executive Producer based in Birmingham, Michigan, to lead integrated productions for automotive marketing initiatives. This role requires deep industry expertise, managing vehicle launches, brand campaigns, and leveraging cutting-edge technologies.

The ideal candidate has 10-12 years of integrated production experience, strong leadership skills, and a creativity-driven approach. The compensation range is $129,485.00 – $177,200.00 annually, along with a robust benefits package including medical coverage and flexible time off.

Qualifications

• 10–12 years of integrated production experience, especially with automotive brands.
• Experience managing cross-discipline teams in production.
• Demonstrated leadership and positive attitude.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated productions across automotive marketing initiatives.
• Develop production approaches balancing creativity and budget.
• Identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies.

Skills

Creativity and innovative problem-solving

Strong client-facing skills

Experience in pitch work

Senior leadership and mentoring

Familiarity with generative AI tools

Education

Four-year degree or equivalent industry experience

Job description

Responsibilities

We are seeking an experienced Executive Producer with deep automotive industry expertise to lead integrated productions across national marketing initiatives. This role is responsible for guiding creative execution from concept through delivery across broadcast, digital, social, experiential, CRM, retail, and emerging platforms.

The ideal candidate has extensive experience working with automotive brands and understands the complexity of vehicle launches, dealer and retail marketing, connected vehicle ecosystems, experiential activations, and large‑scale content production.

Day‑to‑day role

• Lead integrated productions across automotive marketing initiatives, including vehicle launches, brand campaigns, CRM, retail, experiential, social, and content ecosystems while managing an account.
• Develop production approaches that balance creative ambition, efficiency, timing, and budget requirements.
• Lead bidding, scoping, staffing, contract negotiations, and production planning.
• Identify opportunities to leverage emerging technologies, including AI‑enabled workflows, virtual production, and content automation.
• Ensure legal, business affairs, union, talent, licensing, and compliance requirements are properly managed.
• Mentor and develop producers on their team.

Qualifications

We’re looking for strong, impactful work experience, which typically includes:

• Four‑year degree or equivalent industry experience.
• 10–12 years integrated production experience.
• Demonstrated experience with vehicle launch campaigns, retail marketing, B2B, and dealer communication.
• Creativity and innovative problem‑solving skills required.
• Deep experience managing cross‑discipline people in the production industry.
• Experience and full working knowledge of all disciplines of agency production.
• Demonstrated leadership, confidence, and a positive attitude at all times.
• Senior client‑facing skills integral to the position.
• Listening, mediating, and issue resolution skills.
• Ability to handle multiple responsibilities and diverse talents.
• Experience in pitch work – building a pitch, developing audio/video assets, and participating in client meetings and presentations.
• Advanced skills in managing and growing a cross‑disciplined team.
• Must have reel and examples of work.
• Candidate must be open to travel as needed.
• Familiarity with prompt‑based interaction and commonly used generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Google Gemini, DALL·E, Midjourney) is a plus, especially for tasks like ideation, research, or content generation.

Got the sparkle? Apply if you believe your unique skills are a fit.

Benefits

Publicis Groupe provides robust and inclusive benefit programs and policies to support the evolving and diverse needs of our talent and enable every person to grow and thrive. Our benefits package includes medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401(k), as well as parental and family care leave, family forming assistance, tuition reimbursement, and flexible time off.

If you require accommodation or assistance with the application or onboarding process specifically, please contact [e-mail].

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation

Compensation Range: USD $129,485.00 – USD $177,200.00 annually.

This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401(k), and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 1/1/2027.