Summary:
We are seeking a visionary Executive Producer to lead the development and production of high-quality live-action content. This role is ideal for an experienced producer with a strong creative and strategic vision, proven production management expertise, and a passion for compelling storytelling. As the Executive Producer, you will be working with an in-progress IP and oversee the entire production cycle—from concept development through post-production—while ensuring the project’s success, adherence to budget, and alignment with network, streaming and other standards.
Responsibilities:
- Guide projects from inception through delivery, overseeing creative development, production, and post-production stages.
- Collaborate with writers, directors, and key creative team members to shape the project’s creative direction, ensuring it aligns with the network or streaming service’s goals.
- Oversee project budgets and timelines, adjusting as needed to stay within financial constraints while meeting creative goals.
- Lead and inspire a team of producers, directors, writers, and crew, promoting a collaborative and inclusive work environment.
- Act as the primary liaison between network executives, production partners, and other stakeholders, providing regular updates on project progress and handling feedback effectively.
- Anticipate and mitigate potential production challenges, ensuring contingency plans are in place for unforeseen issues.
- Uphold high standards of production quality, conducting regular reviews of scripts, dailies, edits, and final cuts to ensure a polished final product.
- Stay informed on industry trends, audience preferences, and competitive programming, incorporating insights to enhance project relevancy and impact.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years in production with a minimum of 3-5 years in a senior or executive producing role, specifically in live-action television.
- Extensive knowledge of the end-to-end production process, including pre-production, on-set experience, and post-production.
- Strong creative instincts with a track record of delivering successful projects that resonate with audiences.
- Demonstrated experience managing multi-million dollar budgets and complex production schedules.
- Excellent interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to foster relationships across departments and with external partners.
- Ability to work effectively under pressure, adapt to changes, and solve problems quickly in a fast-paced production environment.
- Bachelor’s degree in Film, Television Production, or a related field; advanced degree or equivalent experience is a plus.
Description
- Full time job with benefits
- Role is on-site in Santa Monica, CA
- Office is located near downtown Santa Monica – near metro and freeways
The base pay range for this position is $175,000 to $220,000 per year. Actual compensation is based on market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. We also offer a competitive package of benefits including paid time off, sick time, company holidays, parental leave, medical/dental/vision insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, and 401(k) to regular full-time employees. Certain roles may also be eligible for bonus and equity.
About Absurd Ventures
Absurd Ventures is a media company creating new IP across all platforms and for all formats. Absurd Ventures is building narrative worlds, creating characters, and writing stories for a variety of genres, without regard to medium, to be produced for live-action and animation; video games and other interactive content; books, graphic novels, and scripted podcasts.
