Senior Producer

Role Overview

• Lead production strategy for Nike programs, balancing creative ambition with operational feasibility.
• Develop comprehensive budgets ($1M+), staffing models, and logistical frameworks for simultaneous projects.
• Collaborate with Creative, Client Services, and Nike stakeholders to align scope with brand goals.
• Pressure-test creative concepts against operational realities to ensure flawless execution.
• Build and manage multi-million-dollar budgets with accuracy, transparency, and profitability.
• Anticipate changes, address scope shifts quickly, and maintain alignment with Nike’s evolving priorities.
• Create detailed production timelines with multiple overlapping workstreams, ensuring on-time delivery under compressed schedules.
• Act as lead producer for Nike’s highest-profile events and activations, managing large multi-disciplinary teams of producers, coordinators, and freelancers.
• Provide oversight and mentorship on mid-size projects, empowering direct reports to lead while ensuring quality control.
• Maintain visibility across programs, ensuring promises made during pitches are delivered in execution.
• Build, manage, and negotiate with Nike’s global vendor network across fabrication, AV, graphics, staffing, and logistics.
• Ensure vendor alignment with Nike’s standards for quality, innovation, and operational excellence.
• Partner with internal Experiential Operations to expand and refine preferred partner networks for global execution.
• Serve as a key production voice in high-level Nike meetings, representing feasibility and operational strategy.
• Partner seamlessly with Nike’s internal stakeholders, athletes, and brand teams, ensuring experiences are athlete-first, culturally sensitive, and aligned with Nike’s sports heritage.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration across Production, Creative, Client Services, and external partners.
• Help evolve Nike-specific systems, tools, and templates to improve speed, accuracy, and efficiency.
• Share learnings across the Production team to elevate executional consistency across Nike programs.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 6–10 years in experiential marketing and production, with direct leadership on $1M+ budgets and multiple simultaneous large-scale projects.
• Nike / Sports background preferred.
• Experience producing athlete-focused brand activations for Nike or comparable global sports brands.
• Proven ability to lead large producer teams on flagship projects while providing oversight and mentorship across smaller programs.
• Experience contributing to winning new work through pitches, RFPs, and client presentations.
• Strong background in budget building, vendor management, and resourcing strategy.
• Advanced Excel and fluency in deck-building platforms (Keynote, PowerPoint, Google Slides).
• Familiarity with Notion and Airtable is a plus.
• Skilled at presenting to executive-level clients and building trust through clear, strategic communication.
• Willingness to travel 25–35% and work evenings/weekends as required by high-profile event schedules.