Executive Producer, Dubai
Role Overview
Senior production and delivery leader for Beautiful Destinations in the Middle East, based in Dubai.
Leads a year-round creator academy for the largest client, flagship campaigns, and productions for global hotel groups and travel brands in Dubai and the wider region.
Owns projects after sale, setting timing, scope, budget, and approach, and makes decisions on production spend, timing, and contracts.
Success is measured by client recommendations, effective cinematic and social content, strong commercial results, and effective use of process, technology, or AI.
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The role
Senior production and delivery leader for Beautiful Destinations in the Middle East, based in Dubai.
Leads a year-round creator academy for the largest client, flagship campaigns, and productions for global hotel groups and travel brands in Dubai and the wider region.
Owns projects after sale, setting timing, scope, budget, and approach, and makes decisions on production spend, timing, and contracts.
Success is measured by client recommendations, effective cinematic and social content, strong commercial results, and effective use of process, technology, or AI.
What you'll do
- Own delivery of the Middle East program, maintaining the year-round creator academy and overseeing two to three campaigns at a time.
- Turn sold projects into briefs, timing plans, scopes, budgets, and production approaches, then assign them to suitable producers.
- Lead, coach, and support Lead Producers and producers, stepping into delivery when needed.
- Serve as a trusted delivery partner to senior clients in calls, leadership meetings, and on shoot days.
- Manage program-wide budgets, develop longer-term supplier arrangements, and advise on team structure.
- Deliver high-quality work at strong margins and track budgets, actuals, and value-driving decisions.
- Work with Creative and Creators to select creators for briefs and guide the quality of the work.
- Manage regional feasibility, permitting, insurance, and compliance, anticipating risks before production travel.
- Lead initiatives to improve production workflows using AI and technology, including editor prompt packs, release-form automation, and footage storage and sharing.
What you'll bring
- Substantial production experience; around 10 years is a guide, but equivalent experience demonstrating strong achievements in fewer years is considered.
- Production background and knowledge of delivering high-quality work within budget.
- Ability to prepare reliable estimates, proposals, and timing plans and move projects through a business.
- Confidence presenting solutions to clients, understanding their concerns, and structuring useful feedback.
- Experience owning and commercially managing a program of work beyond individual productions.
- Experience leading and developing other producers.
- Ability to assess creator fit and provide a point of view on creative work.
- Experience making cinematic hero films and social-first, always-on content, and understanding their role across the traveler journey.
- Examples of using AI or technology to make production faster, better, or more cost-effective.
- Experience in production companies, creator-led studios, or social-first agencies.
- GCC production experience is advantageous; Saudi Arabia experience is an added advantage.
Location and work arrangement
- The position is based in Dubai, UAE, and the employer says the role holder should be in Dubai and present with clients and on set when needed.
- Full relocation support is offered.
About Beautiful Destinations
Beautiful Destinations is a travel marketing company combining travel, creator communities, and technology.
It works with tourism boards, hotel groups, and travel brands on content across the traveler journey, supported by an AI-enabled content platform and travel performance data.
The company reports a community of more than 50 million travelers and a network of more than 500 creators, filmmakers, and storytellers.
Employment
- The role is full-time and permanent.
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