Senior Production Manager

About the role

KAYALI, a fragrance brand founded in 2018, is looking for a Senior Production Manager to lead its in-house Production Team. The role covers day-to-day operations and people management, delivering social, brand, market, e-commerce/PDP and retailer content in a fast-moving, founder-led business. It also acts as the production point of contact for outsourced campaign production and coordinates in-house cutdowns and retouching.

Key responsibilities

• Manage direct reports, including hiring, onboarding, one-to-ones, performance reviews, development and addressing performance concerns
• Receive approved briefs from the Traffic Controller and confirm requirements are complete before scheduling
• Own production and post-production schedules, assignments, team capacity and deadlines across concurrent projects
• Control the department budget, including production budgets, freelance crew, vendors and external editor bookings
• Oversee the outsourced campaign producer's milestones, deliverables and asset handovers, and track assets through editing, retouching, review, approval and final delivery
• Consolidate feedback, resolve conflicting instructions, assign revisions and coordinate review rounds with the Traffic Controller
• Flag changes outside the approved brief and their implications for timing, resources and cost
• Maintain production trackers, delivery records and clear processes for file organisation, backups and archiving
• Identify bottlenecks and improve workflows as the department grows

Required profile

• Substantial production experience, including sustained management of a permanent, multidisciplinary production team
• Demonstrated experience hiring, developing and managing employee performance
• Proven ability to balance high volumes of work, competing priorities and multiple stakeholders
• Experience in a growing brand, busy content studio or comparable production environment; beauty, luxury or retail experience is advantageous

Required skills

• Resource planning, production budgets, vendor management and post-production scheduling
• Understanding of video, photography, editing, retouching and asset delivery workflows
• Calm judgement, clear communication and strong organisational skills

What we offer

• Premium medical, dental and vision coverage
• Volunteer day and birthday leave
• Egg freezing benefits
• Employee discounts on all Kayali products and quarterly product gifting