Regional Production Lead — AI-Driven Campaigns

OLIVER Agency - North America; Cape Town; Hybrid; ZAR 600,000 - 900,000; Full time

Job summary

OLIVER Agency - North America in Cape Town, South Africa, seeks a Producer to lead regional delivery for a major global brand. You will manage a team of IPMs, set timelines, track delivery, and coordinate with channel and studio leads across markets.

You’ll drive production quality, risk mitigation, and capacity planning while managing budgets and working with freelancers to maintain cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Broad production experience across digital, print and motion.
• Track record delivering high-volume, multi-market campaigns.
• Experience leading production teams onsite and offshore.
• Strong project management & risk assessment.
• Forecasting, resource planning and burn-rate tracking.
• Experience with Gen AI tools to improve workflows.
• Ability to guide AI tool use and evaluate outputs.

Responsibilities

• Own regional production delivery and ensure assets align with client goals and brand.
• Build and maintain campaign timelines to SLA and forecast demand.
• Brief IPMs on campaign specifics, timings and scope.
• Track pre-production tasks including translations and approvals.
• Serve as primary client contact for timeline and delivery queries.
• Lead daily studio stand-ups and manage IPM escalation.
• Line manage Integrated Project Managers and develop talent.
• Build relationships with Sales Market clients and media agencies.
• Oversee campaigns across owned and bought media in multiple languages.
• Review briefs and forecast data for production capacity.
• Support monthly reporting, invoicing and scoping requests.

Skills

Production management

Multi-market campaigns

Team leadership

Project management

Forecasting

Resource planning

AI in production

Budget management

PO management

Tools

Gen AI tools

Job description

OLIVER Agency - North America in Cape Town, South Africa, seeks a Producer to lead regional delivery for a major global brand. You will manage a team of IPMs, set timelines, track delivery, and coordinate with channel and studio leads across markets.

You’ll drive production quality, risk mitigation, and capacity planning while managing budgets and working with freelancers to maintain cost efficiency.