Location: Remote in Los Angeles, CA
Reports To: Director, Production
Travel: up to 40% as needed
Role Type: Contract role expected to run through February 2027
Liquid Death is a better for you beverage company that will murder your thirst with a wide range of low calorie beverages from water to iced tea to energy drinks. Our goal is to be the funniest beverage brand on earth and to make health and sustainability 50 times more fun.
About the Role
Liquid Death is looking for a Senior Video Producer who is ready to dive into a fast paced world and manage all things production - budgeting, accounting, administrative, crew management, scheduling, logistics.
You will be joining a small but mighty video production team and will spend your days bringing to life the craziest of crazy ideas as part of the Liquid Death marketing team. We don’t have big budgets, we don’t have big teams, but we sure do have a great time finding ways to make the seemingly impossible possible. Expect a dynamic job where you’ll be managing multiple video projects at a time and non-stop collaboration with our internal creative marketing team and external crew to find creative solutions to anything that comes up. Expect to be hands-on, from helping us manage hero cans and products, building props or setting off a squib and getting covered in fake blood. We’re shooting at least once a month, so you’ll be jumping from project to project with quick lead times and turnaround.
This person will report directly to and work closely with the Executive Producer and VP of Creative and is a contract position located in Los Angeles, CA.
Key Responsibilities:
Production Leadership
- Translate creative concepts into executable production plans
- Build comprehensive production schedules, timelines, budgets, and resource plans
- Identify production risks early and proactively develop mitigation strategies
- Foster collaborative relationships across creative teams
Production Operations
- Manage production logistics including:
- Location scouting
- Permits
- Crew scheduling
- Equipment rentals
- Talent coordination
- Travel logistics
- Call sheets
- Production insurance
- Deliverable tracking
- Oversee post-production timelines including editing, color, audio, motion graphics, and final asset delivery
Budget & Financial Management
- Maintaining accounting procedures across multiple projects
- Frequent and transparent budget reporting to the Executive Producer
- Partnering with the Finance department on accounting and payment procedures
- Creating and maintaining production protocols, processes, and best practices
- Monitoring short and long-term spending goals
- Track expenditures throughout production and maintain financial accountability
- Identify cost-saving opportunities while maintaining creative quality
- Reconcile project budgets upon completion
Project Management
- Staffing and supervising teams of freelancers per project as well as booking required locations and equipment
- Handling project-related logistics and bridging communication between freelancers and internal marketing team
- Juggling multiple projects simultaneously while keeping cross-functional decks and documents updated
- Develop standardized production workflows and documentation
Relationship Management
- Maintaining long-term relationships with freelancers, vendors and suppliers for production related needs
- Managing client and external-facing relationships on brand partnership projects
- Build long-term strategic relationships with external partners
- Facilitate alignment between creative vision and production feasibility
- Lead production meetings and status updates
- Communicate project progress, risks, and key decisions to stakeholders
Creative Problem Solving
- Working within limited budgets and resources to come up with creative solutions alongside the internal creative team
- Collaborating with key crew members to create ways to make the undoable, doable
- Working collaboratively cross-functionally to optimize and improve on existing systems
Qualifications Requirements:
Education & Experience
- Bachelor's degree in Film Production, Marketing, Communications, Advertising, Media Production, Business, or related field preferred
- 8+ years of production experience with previous work experience as a Line Producer or Production Manager experience required
- 3 years as a Producer required
- In-house production company / agency experience preferred with familiarity of best accounting practices and budget handling
- Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously through the stages of pre-production to delivery
- Proven ability to operate effectively within budget constraints and established corporate processes
- Proficiency in industry standard budgeting software (i.e. Hotbudget, Showbiz, Moviemagic)
- Proficiency in Asana and working knowledge of Adobe CC suite preferred
- Working knowledge of professional filmmaking equipment and camera systems
- Familiarity with local resources in the Los Angeles market required, familiarity with other resource options in national/ international markets preferred
- An almost annoying attention to detail
- Deep comfort with joining a high growth start up environment that requires advanced problem solving capability and willingness to work with ambiguity and adaptability to flex to continuous improvement opportunities that present
- Self-starter who can operate with real autonomy in a fast-moving, lean environment
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) and Google Suite (Sheets, Docs, Slides) as well as Slack
- Willingness to travel up to 40% domestic travel required
Physical Work Conditions:
- Occasionally lift and carry production equipment and product weighing up to 50 lbs.
- Occasionally work evenings, weekends, and extended hours on production days
The typical salary range for this position is: $60.00 - $63.00 per hour
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At Liquid Death, we believe that killer benefits make all the difference. That’s why we offer Blue Shield medical plans with HMO (CA Only), PPO, and HDHP options (including an HSA), FSA and Dependent Care FSA, along with Guardian dental and vision coverage. Our UNUM packages include life insurance, AD&D, disability benefits, and employee-paid options like accident, hospitalization, and critical illness coverage. We match 100% of your Empower Retirement contributions up to 4% after just three months and even help crush your student debt while saving for retirement with our Student Loan Retirement Match. Our wellness perks, including Headspace, ClassPass memberships, and a robust EAP, help you keep your soul hydrated, while SNOO Bassinets give your little ones the VIP treatment. Pets are part of the crew too, so we offer Nationwide pet insurance to keep them happy and healthy. Add in 17 paid holidays, Flex PTO, and travel assistance, and you’ve got a benefits lineup as fierce as our mission to declare #DeathToPlastic
Ensure your Liquid Death job offer is legitimate and don't fall victim to fraud! Liquid Death never seeks payment from job applicants and will never request a meeting via Skype. Liquid Death recruiters will only reach out to candidates from an [email protected] email address. For added security, where possible, apply through our company website at www.liquiddeath.com/pages/careers.
