Head of Production (Adtech)

TL;DR

Head of Production (Adtech): Leading end-to-end creative production delivery across EMEA and APAC, ensuring quality and operational excellence for large-scale campaigns. Focus on regional planning, resourcing, client management, and evolving production processes for scalability and efficiency.

Location: Hybrid, based in Berlin, Germany. Requires working from the office three days a week.

Company

Smartly is an AI-powered advertising technology company transforming ad experiences for brands globally, managing creative and media for 700+ brands worldwide.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end creative production delivery across EMEA and APAC, ensuring consistent quality.
• Lead regional planning, resourcing, and execution for large-scale, performance-driven creative campaigns.
• Work directly with clients and senior stakeholders to set expectations and build partnerships.
• Act as the regional point of accountability for timelines, scope, budgets, and delivery outcomes.
• Lead, develop, and directly manage members of the SparkWorks Creative production team.
• Own and evolve regional production processes, tooling adoption, and delivery models.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in creative production, operations, or delivery leadership.
• Proven leader of multi-market teams, with strong experience in people leadership and development.
• Proactive and highly organized, with a background in high-volume creative production.
• Comfortable working directly with clients and senior stakeholders.
• Strong commercial understanding of scoping, pricing, and delivery models.
• Systems-oriented, with a focus on scalability, efficiency, and process improvement.
• Ability and willingness to work from our office three days a week in Berlin.

Culture & Benefits

• Inclusive culture with 60+ nationalities across 24 locations.
• Be part of a company making a global impact on customers and business growth.
• Generous healthcare packages, mental health services, and healthy work-life balance.
• Equity options, performance-based rewards, and competitive compensation.
• Hybrid workplace model with the option to work abroad for up to 30 days.