Video Production Director, Global Brand Studio

Responsibilities

About Us
TikTok is the leading destination for short-form mobile video. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. TikTok's global headquarters are in Los Angeles and Singapore, and its offices include New York, London, Dublin, Paris, Berlin, Dubai, Jakarta, Seoul, and Tokyo.

Why Join Us
Creation is the core of TikTok's purpose. Our platform is built to help imaginations thrive. This is doubly true of the teams that make TikTok possible.
Together, we inspire creativity and bring joy - a mission we all believe in and aim towards achieving every day.
To us, every challenge, no matter how difficult, is an opportunity; to learn, to innovate, and to grow as one team. Status quo? Never. Courage? Always.
At TikTok, we create together and grow together. That's how we drive impact - for ourselves, our company, and the communities we serve.
Join us.

About the Team
The vision of the Global Business Marketing Team is to create a global brand that amplifies our mission and establishes TikTok as a unique and critical investment for the industry we serve. Fostering best in class creative work on our platform, inspiring the industry through storytelling and showcasing our unique business brand at scale is the core focus of our collective team. Our purpose is to inspire, educate and unlock the possibilities on TikTok for the marketing community and businesses of all sizes. 

TikTok's Global Brand Studio produces business entertainment that promotes TikTok-first thinking, servicing global business marketing teams and regional business marketing teams through a scalable approach. The studio is comprised of world-class production experts, designers, and events professionals dedicated to showing our agency partners and clients how best to show up on TikTok. We have a passion for, and deep knowledge of TikTok as a platform, and are full of ideas that will help propel the platform into the future.

This position reports to the Head of Global Brand Studio, with the goal of harnessing best-in-class production practices, resources and innovation to push boundaries and enhance TikTok's creative product.

Responsibilities
Production Operations & Team Management
- Manage, supervise and oversee the Production Department, including:
- Assigning production projects and managing the team’s workload
- Ability to think vertically for content production and campaigns. Examples of vertical work encouraged.
- Oversight of all production executions, growing and supporting individual team members
- Ensuring operational seamlessness for all production project needs
- Communicating project timeline, deliverables and resource expectations clearly and expediently to the assigned Production team
- Supervising the production team on creation of budgets, timelines and assumptions for all production projects
- Monitoring and managing production tools and workflows, including integrating vendors and partners
- Communicating production processes and best practices, while continually seeking improvements to drive efficiencies in production and budget
- Reviewing progress across production, ensuring projects are completed to highest standard achievable, on time and within budget
- Mentoring, supporting and training Production staff, including team of producers and editors
- Establishing department and individual direct reports’ mid and annual performance goals
- Ability to work on large scale, big-budget projects, and also execute with paper thin/no budgets when necessary

Bidding & Scoping on Production
- Identifying, briefing and managing third party partners that will help us deliver breakthrough work
- Overseeing production contracts, SOW's, terms of engagement in conjunction with Operations and Procurement
- Scoping and managing production projects to ensure effective use of all internal resources available, and helping to source and vet external production resources as needed
- Advising business and XFN teams during concept stage on production feasibility and execution options in order to deliver the highest quality work for the most efficient timeline and budget
- Partnering with Studio leadership to further develop and scale the Production department

Cross-Departmental Integration
- Collaborating with Global Brand Studios discipline leads across Creative Development, Design,Events, and Operations departments with a focus on production alignment and execution
- Fostering relationships with cross-functional departments to verify projects are delivering against asks while creating an environment that allows for innovation and feedback
- Communicating updates to Global Studio leadership and extended Business Marketing teams around production industry trends and best practices

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications
- Leadership experience in producing and leading teams across a variety of mediums including video, digital & event production
- Creative development background mandatory
- Comfortable directing talent for onset productions
- Logistical guru able to pivot and sort out any issues calmly
- Graphic and motion knowledge for sizzles, with the ability to work seamlessly with design
- Experience creating production plans, assigning budgets, managing external partners, and coordinating delivery for a variety of assets
- Excellent time management, budgeting, and negotiating skills
- Experience in project management and developing a hybrid production / project management team

Preferred Qualifications
- Background in B2B marketing is a huge plus
- Commitment to promoting a professional, creative, friendly, and supportive work environment
- Always Day 1 mentality
- Demonstrated familiarity with TikTok platform and Creators

TikTok is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills, experiences, and unique perspectives. Our platform connects people from across the globe and so does our workplace. At TikTok, our mission is to inspire creativity and bring joy. To achieve that goal, we are committed to celebrating our diverse voices and to creating an environment that reflects the many communities we reach. We are passionate about this and hope you are too.

TikTok is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our recruitment processes for candidates with disabilities, pregnancy, sincerely held religious beliefs or other reasons protected by applicable laws. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation, please reach out to us at https://shorturl.at/cdpT2 .

Job Information:

【For Pay Transparency】Compensation Description (annually)

The base salary range for this position in the selected city is $14100 - $230000 annually.​

Compensation may vary outside of this range depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location. Base pay is one part of the Total Package that is provided to compensate and recognize employees for their work, and this role may be eligible for additional discretionary bonuses/incentives, and restricted stock units.​

Our company benefits are designed to convey company culture and values, to create an efficient and inspiring work environment, and to support our employees to give their best in both work and life. We offer the following benefits to eligible employees: ​

We cover 100% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, approximately 75% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account(HSA) with a company match. As well as Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life and AD&D insurance plans. In addition to Flexible Spending Account(FSA) Options like Health Care, Limited Purpose and Dependent Care. ​

Our time off and leave plans are: 10 paid holidays per year plus 17 days of Paid Personal Time Off (PPTO) (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure) and 10 paid sick days per year as well as 12 weeks of paid Parental leave and 8 weeks of paid Supplemental Disability. ​

We also provide generous benefits like mental and emotional health benefits through our EAP and Lyra. A 401K company match, gym and cellphone service reimbursements. The Company reserves the right to modify or change these benefits programs at any time, with or without notice.​