VP Production

Job description

**About On Board Experiential (OBE)** OBE is a global marketing agency that brings brands to life through culture-shaping experiences. For more than 30 years, we've partnered with iconic brands — including Nike, the NFL, JPMorganChase, Meta, Sephora, Starbucks, and Converse — to build community, create cultural relevance, and drive measurable business impact. With offices in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and London, we activate globally. OBE is also a founding member of The ADD Collective, extending our reach and resources while staying true to our core capabilities. We've been recognized by Event Marketer as one of the best places to work in events — and we couldn't agree more. The most important part of our business is our people. They are hardworking, imaginative, and make genuinely remarkable things happen. But behind every great activation is a human who deserves rest, connection, and a life outside of work. That's why we invest in recovery days, company offsites, happy hours, and the kind of friendly-but-competitive fitness challenges that bond teams for life. We show up for each other — in open conversations that heal, inspire, and bring us closer. We want to hear about your lived experiences, your unconventional ideas, and the perspectives only you can bring. Being unapologetically yourself isn't just welcome here. It's part of the job. **Summary of Position** The VP Production is charged with establishing and driving a performance-based culture with clear expectations, the highest standards, accountabilities, and measurements that allow continuous improvement and development across the department and the company. Furthermore, this person is expected to model excellence in the execution and management of all OBE work. In partnership with the Chief Production Officer, and the Sr VP Production, this role is responsible for the management and administration of the Production Department, starting with ensuring the highest levels of execution across all OBE work. The VP Production is also responsible for establishing and implementing a strategic plan for the department, which includes standards of excellence, execution, producer performance, staffing and resource planning, and training and development. VP Production has various responsibilities from hiring talent, development and teaching of in-house production employees, as well as the highest levels of execution and operation of each project. Other responsibilities include day to day management of producers reporting directly to the VP and the continuous development and implementation of best practices and standard operating procedures that will ensure the highest level of performance for all producers. **Essential Job Functions** - Work with the business development team in determining the feasibility of projects and making GNG decisions. - Join RFP (“pitch”) teams and engage in the development and delivery of responses. - On assigned projects, serve as primary Production Lead throughout all phases of the project process with internal and external cross-functional teams. This will include building, implementing, managing, and executing, the most detailed overall project plans. - Work very closely with internal and external cross-functional teams to ensure the highest standards and smooth operation of all production-related deliverables. - Develop, implement, maintain and enhance OBE standard operating procedures and best practices that meet project specific and companywide goals and objectives. Included in this is regularly reviewing current procedures and best practices for potential - Identify potential risks and challenges that may impact current production processes and develop solutions to mitigate risks and ensure project success. - Develop, implement, and oversee required plans (and planning) across the department, for staffing procedures, budget tracking, project processes, critical workflows, meetings, redundancies and contingencies. - Coordinate with all departments and personnel to ensure smooth workflow and effective communication. - Identify, build, and maintain relationships with outside vendors. Establish criteria for developing and maintaining such relationships, creating bidding process, reviewing bids, and negotiating contracts. Monitor performance of vendors. - Keep Chief Production Officer, Sr. VP of Production, OBE Leadership, and specific project teams, informed on a regular basis regarding personnel, project and department financials related priorities. **MANAGEMENT/LEADERSHIP** - Manage, oversee and direct production team members on project, departmental, OBE-wide, and individual career path related matters. - Lead and manage a designated team of OBE producers. - Take a leading role in the allocation of internal and external production resources in an effort to optimize department efficiency while identifying and addressing any resource constraints or challenges that may arise. - Exhibit and model consistent and superior leadership, coaching/teaching and management skills, as well as interpersonal communication skills. - Lead, manage, coach, teach, mentor and motivate production staff and other FT OBE employees consistently. - Actively contribute to OBE’s ongoing retention and recruiting efforts. In other words, help make OBE a consistently better place to work. - Consistently track industry-based talent and build appropriate relationships to support OBE’s ongoing goals and objectives. - Perform staff review and evaluations after each project as well as for the annual review of staff performance. Discuss evaluations with each staff member. **Desired Skills and Experience**