Vice President Director, Executive Producer

Digitas North America; Birmingham (MI); On-site; USD 129,485 - 177,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental and vision

401K

Flexible time off

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Digitas North America is seeking a leader in integrated productions for automotive marketing initiatives in Birmingham, Michigan. This role requires managing campaigns, developing production strategies, and mentoring producers while ensuring legal and compliance requirements are met.

Ideal candidates will have 10-12 years of integrated production experience, creativity, and strong leadership skills, particularly in vehicle launch campaigns. A competitive compensation package inclusive of benefits is offered.

Qualifications

• 10-12 years integrated production experience.
• Demonstrated experience with vehicle launch campaigns.
• Must have reel and examples of work.

Responsibilities

• Lead integrated productions across automotive marketing initiatives.
• Develop production approaches balancing ambition and budget.
• Mentor and develop producers on their team.

Skills

Integrated production experience

Creativity and problem-solving

Leadership and confidence

Client facing skills

Experience in pitch work

Managing cross disciplinary teams

Education

Four-year degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Company Description

Digitas is the Networked Experience Agency, built on the vision that we create magnetic experiences that earn the right for brands to exist in human networks. Today, and tomorrow. We deliver Networked Experiences by leveraging comprehensive data, technology, creative, media and strategy capabilities. Digitas delivers ambitious outcomes via unique solutions that include Creative Experiences, Integrated Media, Addressable Relationships, Social Marketing and Total Commerce. Celebrated by AdAge as Data and Insights Agency of the Year, U.S Campaign’s Brand Experience Agency of the Year, Media Network of the Year and celebrated by Forrester and Gartner, Digitas serves the world’s leading brands through a global network comprised of more than 5,500 employees across over 65 offices in 43 countries.

Responsibilities

• 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

• 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.
• Demonstrate leadership, confidence and a positive attitude at all times.
• Senior client facing skills integral to position.
• Listening, mediating, and issue resolution skills.
• Ability to handle multiple responsibilities and diverse talents.
• Experience in pitch work – in building a pitch, developing audio/video assets, and participating in client meetings and presentations.
• Advanced skills in managing and growing a cross disciplinary 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.

Additional Information

Our Publicis Groupe motto “Viva La Différence” means we’re better together, and we believe that our differences make us stronger. It means we honor and celebrate all identities, across all facets of intersectionality, and it underpins all that we do as an organization. We are focused on fostering belonging and creating equitable & inclusive experiences for all talent.

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, 401K, 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.

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

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. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on the skills, qualifications, and experience of the applicant along with the requirements of the position, and the Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. Temporary roles may be eligible to participate in our freelancer/temporary employee medical plan through a third-party benefits administration system once certain criteria have been met. Temporary roles may also qualify for participation in our 401(k) plan after eligibility criteria have been met. For regular roles, the Company will offer medical coverage, dental, vision, disability, 401k, and paid time off. The Company anticipates the application deadline for this job posting will be 1/1/2027.