: Head of Creative & Production – Microdrama

Company: The Headlines Studio (THS)

Location: Bangalore

Experience: 5–8+ years

Employment Type: Full-time

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced leader from the microdrama industry to own and scale our entire microdrama production vertical. The role involves creative leadership, end-to-end production, client management, team operations, and building scalable AI-powered workflows.

Key Responsibilities

Creative Quality: Conduct daily creative reviews and ensure all projects meet THS’s quality benchmarks across storytelling, visuals, editing, sound, and final delivery.

End-to-End Production: Own projects from pre-production to final delivery, ensuring timelines and quality standards are met.

Team Management: Lead a team of 30–40 people, manage performance, responsibilities, bandwidth, and resource allocation.

Operations & Processes: Build scalable systems, SOPs, workflows, trackers, and review mechanisms to manage large teams and multiple projects efficiently.

Client Management: Lead client conversations, creative discussions, feedback calls, escalations, and delivery alignment.

Stakeholder Coordination: Manage coordination across creative, pre-production, production, post-production, editing, and sound teams.

Performance Marketing: Understand promotional creatives, trailers, hooks, audience psychology, and performance-driven content.

AI & Automation: Understand AI filmmaking workflows, AI agents,



and automation opportunities to improve production quality, efficiency, and turnaround time.

Business Expansion: Take ownership of scaling the microdrama vertical, increasing production capacity, and improving operational efficiency.

Requirements

5–8+ years of experience in creative production or digital entertainment, preferably in microdrama/vertical drama.

Strong understanding of platforms like ReelShort, DramaBox, GoodShort, Kuku TV, and Pocket FM.

Proven experience managing large creative and production teams.

Solid creative judgement and filmmaking/storytelling background.

Experience handling clients, stakeholders, and multiple projects simultaneously.

Strong understanding of production operations, team management, and process building.

Knowledge of performance marketing and promotional content.

Familiarity with AI tools, workflows, AI agents, and automation.

Excellent leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Success Metrics

Consistent creative quality across projects.

On-time delivery and client satisfaction.

Team productivity and optimal bandwidth utilisation.

Efficient production systems and processes.

Improved turnaround time through AI and automation.

Successful scaling of the microdrama production vertical.

Ideal Candidate: Someone who combines the creative eye of a filmmaker, the operational mindset of a business leader, and the technical understanding of AI to independently lead and scale an entire production vertical.

📌 Head of Creative & Production – Microdrama (Bengaluru)
🏢 The Headlines Studio
📍 Bengaluru