Production Head

About Savvytree

- Savvytree is a dynamic marketing & communications agency growing brands through strategy-first creativity.
- With 100+ brand success stories across FMCG, luxury retail, consumer electronics, health & wellness, fashion, and agritech, we’ve delivered measurable impact through compelling storytelling and data-driven campaigns.
- Our portfolio includes brands such as Titan World, Helios - The Watch Store, Zandu Care - Emami Group, P N RAO, HCL Tech, Exicom, Yamaha Music, IFFCO Urban Gardens, Kaze Living, Big Small, Revive Homes, K2 India, Badshah Group, A E Living, Dressfolk, The First Feather, The Little Bunny, Pokonut, Bestech Cookware, Neminath Jewellery House, Crystalicious Dubai, Nooky, Analogy Beauty, Loca Boca, Megamorph, Highgene, Depth Filtrations, Care Clean, Akio Hospital, Dhariwal Ayurveda, Indo Meals, Vaidique, Simers, and Sheffy.

- Location : New Delhi
- Experience : 4-5 years
- Opportunity Type: Full time, Onsite
- Start Date : Immediate

About the Role

We are seeking a handson Production Head to lead the planning, execution, and delivery of high-quality video and visual content across campaigns, product stories, digital platforms, and brand communications.

This role requires both creative judgement and strong operational leadership: you will shape the visual direction of shoots, manage production teams and external partners, control budgets and timelines, and build reliable systems for content production at scale.

Key Responsibilities

1.Production Strategy & Planning

- Own the end-to-end production pipeline for video and visual content: briefing, concepting, pre-production, shoot execution, post-production, versioning, and delivery.
- Translate campaign briefs, creative directions, and brand objectives into practical production plans, schedules, budgets, and resource requirements.
- Develop scopes of work, production estimates, timelines, staffing plans, call sheets, and shoot schedules for projects of varying scale.
- Plan shoots to maximise asset output, ensuring each production supports campaign films, product videos, social-first content, website assets, and multi-format adaptations.
- Anticipate production risks, resolve on-set challenges quickly, and escalate issues with clear recommendations.

2.Creative & Cinematic Leadership





- Collaborate with the Creative Director and photography team to develop campaign concepts, treatments, moodboards, storyboards, shot lists, and visual references.
- Provide strong creative direction on visual storytelling, framing, composition, lighting, camera movement, styling interactions, and overall production aesthetic.
- Act as a senior creative and technical lead on set when required directing talent, camera crews, stylists, art directors, and production assistants.
- Ensure the visual language remains premium, cohesive, and aligned with the brand’s identity across every asset.
- Stay current with emerging formats, platform trends, music trends, production techniques, and competitor benchmarks to keep content relevant and distinctive.

3.Team, Vendor & Budget Management

- Lead, mentor, and coordinate internal videographers, editors, photographers, production assistants, and freelance crew.
- Build and manage a trusted roster of production partners, directors, DoPs, stylists, editors, colourists, sound designers, rental houses, and post-production vendors.
- Source, evaluate, negotiate with, and manage external vendors and agencies to ensure quality, cost efficiency, and timely delivery.
- Own project budgets, forecasts, cost tracking, vendor negotiations, contracts, invoices, equipment rentals, and resource allocation.
- Identify opportunities to improve cost efficiency without compromising creative quality or brand standards.

4.Shoot Execution & Quality Control

- Oversee studio and location shoots, including logistics, permits, equipment, crew coordination, talent requirements, styling needs, and safe working practices.
- Ensure cameras, lighting, grip, audio, and technical workflows are appropriate for each project’s creative and budgetary requirements.
- Review footage, rough cuts, edits, colour grades, sound mixes, and final masters to ensure technical quality, continuity, and brand consistency.
- Manage feedback loops with creative, design, styling, marketing,



and social teams; consolidate feedback and drive revisions efficiently.
- Maintain high standards across all deliverables, from cinematic campaign films to quick-turnaround social content.

5.Post-Production & Asset Management

- Oversee editing, colour grading, sound design, motion graphics, subtitles, versioning, and adaptations across formats and platforms.
- Build standardised post-production workflows, review processes, naming conventions, file structures, and delivery specifications.
- Manage the organisation, backup, archival, rights documentation, and reuse of footage and finished assets.
- Ensure timely delivery of final assets and adaptations across web, social, retail, paid media, and internal channels.

Qualifications & Skills

- 4–5 years of experience in video production, content production, agency production, or in-house brand creative teams.
- Proven experience leading shoots and managing multiple projects from brief to final delivery.
- Strong portfolio or production reel demonstrating campaign content, product videos, fashion/lifestyle work, social content, and high-quality visual storytelling.
- Hands-on proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and/or DaVinci Resolve; working knowledge of After Effects, Audition, Photoshop, and Lightroom is preferred.
- Solid understanding of camera systems, lenses, lighting, composition, colour grading, sound, and post-production workflows.
- Experience managing production budgets, vendor negotiations, crew bookings, equipment rentals, and project timelines.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to balance creative ambition, operational practicality, and commercial efficiency.
- Comfort leading teams while remaining hands-on during shoots and urgent content requirements.
- Willingness to travel for shoots, when required.
- Experience in fashion, luxury, lifestyle, beauty, retail, e-commerce, or craftsmanship led brands.
- Experience in planning and executing experiential events, brand activations, on-ground shoots, and live brand experiences, including production planning, vendor coordination, logistics, and on-site execution.

Equipment: Candidates must own a professional camera and lens kit, essential lighting and grip equipment, editing hardware, and storage/backup solutions.

📌 Production Head (New Delhi)
🏢 SavvyTree
📍 New Delhi