Senior Producer

Be Part of What’s Next

Great creative work needs more than a strong idea—it needs exceptional production behind it. As a Senior Producer with HearstMade, you’ll lead the production engine that transforms ambitious branded-content concepts into compelling social video and photography for some of the world’s most recognizable brands.

About Hearst Magazines (Why Us?)

We create media that moves minds, products and ideas. Our portfolio of 30 iconic brands — including Cosmopolitan, Delish, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Men’s Health and Road & Track — reaches nearly 130 million people each month. Our teams combine trusted journalism and cultural storytelling with technology, data and commerce to create experiences that inform, inspire and entertain audiences across generations and around the globe. Our business also includes HearstMade, our branded content studio. And together, we are shaping what’s next.

Why HearstMade?

HearstMade is Hearst Magazines’ award-winning branded content studio. We partner with leading marketers to develop innovative, audience-first campaigns that deliver meaningful results while maintaining the editorial excellence our brands are known for.

Key Responsibilities (What You Are Doing)

• Lead production planning and execution across multiple concurrent branded video and photography projects, developing schedules, budgets, and resource plans that deliver against scope.
• Translate directors’ creative visions into executable production plans, identifying budget, timing, logistics, and feasibility considerations early and bringing solutions to the table.
• Build and manage production budgets from bidding through actualization, negotiating costs, tracking spend against estimates, monitoring variances, and maintaining financial accountability.
• Source and manage DPs, social content creators, photographers, stylists, crews, freelancers, vendors, studios, locations, equipment, and other production partners.
• Drive all aspects of pre-production, including locations and permits, travel, production vehicles, props, catering, insurance and COIs, releases, call sheets, and other shoot logistics.
• Run on-set operations, keeping schedules, budgets, logistics, safety, and deliverables on track while solving challenges in real time and creating a professional environment for cast and crew.
• Coordinate organized handoffs to post-production, ensuring assets, schedules, specifications, and deliverable requirements are communicated clearly and completely.
• Guide and mentor production managers and coordinators, allocate work effectively, serve as an escalation point for complex projects, and continuously improve production workflows, templates, rate cards, tools, and partner networks.

Qualifications (What We’re Looking For)

• 5+ years of production experience in branded content, advertising, publishing, digital media, a production company, or a related environment.
• Significant hands-on experience producing video and photography from pre-production through shoot, wrap, and actualization.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex productions involving multiple deliverables, stakeholders, locations, talent, budgets, and timelines.
• Strong working knowledge of production crews, equipment, studios, locations, permitting, insurance, releases, licensing, and production compliance.
• Experience sourcing, negotiating with, and managing external vendors, freelancers, crews, and production partners.
• Experience supervising, mentoring, or guiding production team members, with an ability to provide clear direction and thoughtful support.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with creative leadership, clients, internal partners, vendors, and crews.
• Strong judgment, resourcefulness, and attention to detail, with the ability to identify production risks early, recommend solutions, and remain effective as priorities change.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects while protecting creative quality, timelines, budgets, and agreed-upon scope.
• This role is based in New York City and requires working in the office four days per week.

Benefits (What We Offer)

• Work with the Best: Collaborate with top-tier professionals across media, advertising, tech, fashion, lifestyle and publishing, shaping the future of these dynamic industries.
• Grow Your Skills: Unlock your potential with access to innovative training programs, immersive workshops and exclusive industry events.
• Work-Life Harmony: Enjoy the flexibility of hybrid work, empowering you to balance professional success with personal priorities.
• Foster Connection & Belonging: Join our Employee Resource Groups and help create a welcoming workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered.
• Wellness First: Prioritize your well-being with a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision insurance from Day 1.
• Plan for Your Financial Future: Enjoy competitive financial benefits, including a 401(k) plan with a generous company match.

Base Salary Range: 88000 - 95000 USD