Group Director, Content Production

Group Director, Content Production

At Chanel, we are focused on creating an inclusive culture that nurtures personal growth, contributing to collective progress. We believe the uniqueness of each individual increases the diversity, complementarity and effectiveness of our teams. We strongly encourage your application, as we value the perspective, experience and potential you could bring to CHANEL.

About the role:

Within CHANEL’s Artistic Direction, the Group Director, Content Producer is responsible for leading and elevating content production across the U.S. and selected global projects. This role ensures that creative ambition is translated into high-quality, impactful executions across photography, film, and integrated content. Reporting to the Head of Content and Creative Operations, the position plays a key role in structuring and evolving how content is produced, bringing clarity, operational discipline, and consistency across increasingly complex, multi-platform ecosystems. Operating at the intersection of creativity and production, the Group Director drives projects end-to-end, aligning stakeholders, setting direction, and ensuring that every execution meets CHANEL’s standards of excellence.

What impact you can create at CHANEL:

Project Ownership

• Own end-to-end content production, from initial brief through final delivery, ensuring each project embodies CHANEL’s standards of beauty, craft, and creative excellence.
• Translate creative intent into clear, actionable production strategies, bringing structure, precision, and clarity across timelines, budgets, and deliverables.
• Anticipate challenges and proactively drive solution-oriented approaches, maintaining momentum across all phases of execution.
• Ensure production decisions are made with a deep understanding of the broader content ecosystem, how and where assets will live, and how they contribute to CHANEL’s storytelling and brand impact.
• Bring a strong sensitivity to narrative, aesthetics, and visual expression, ensuring every production reinforces the House’s distinctive identity.

Production Leadership & Delivery

• Lead the full production lifecycle (from pre-production through post-production and final delivery) ensuring excellence at every stage.
• Oversee all production elements including casting, locations, scheduling, vendor coordination, and on-set execution, acting as a key decision-maker to ensure quality and efficiency in real time.
• Manage post-production processes (editing, retouching, sound, delivery), ensuring all assets are fully validated, rights-cleared, and optimized for their intended platforms and audiences.
• Manage and elevate a network of external production and creative partners, setting clear expectations and ensuring consistently high standards of performance and delivery.

Cross-Functional & Global Collaboration

• Lead alignment across teams ensuring clarity of objectives and consistency of execution.
• Orchestrate validation and approval processes with rigor, ensuring the right decisions are made at the right time while maintaining project flow.
• Navigate complex stakeholder environments with strong emotional intelligence, fostering trust, accountability, and constructive collaboration across all partners.

Production Operations & Governance

• Oversee production budgets with rigor and transparency, ensuring strong financial discipline across all projects.
• Manage contracts, purchase orders, invoicing, and cost tracking, in close partnership with Finance and Legal to ensure compliance and operational integrity.
• Establish and maintain clear production tracking tools and dashboards, ensuring visibility across priorities, timelines, and resources.
• Ensure content is systematically archived and organized, enabling accessibility, consistency, and long-term value creation across the organization.
• Identify opportunities to optimize workflows and production processes, driving continuous improvement and sharing best practices with senior leadership.

Innovation & Evolving Production Models

• Stay closely attuned to emerging production technologies, including AI-enabled tools, digital twins, and new content creation models.
• Thoughtfully integrate innovation into production workflows to enhance efficiency, scalability, and creative possibilities, while preserving CHANEL’s distinctive standards and craftsmanship.

 You are energized by:

• Thriving in highly collaborative environments, building strong partnerships across teams and disciplines
• Bringing rigor and discipline to all aspects of produc