Manager, Studio Content

Position Summary:

The Manager, Studio Content leads video production, studio operations, editing, and motion content across Conair LLC brands, including Conair, BaBylissPRO, Cuisinart, and Waring. This hands-on role runs the in-house, digital-first content studio; manages editors, motion designers, and outside production partners; and turns creative ideas into high-quality video and motion content for social, ecommerce, retail, and brand campaigns. The role is accountable for maintaining quality while delivering content quickly and at scale.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own video production from brief and pre-production through shooting, post-production, and final delivery.
• Lead pre-production, including concepts, scripts, storyboards, shot lists, casting, locations, and scheduling.
• Direct and produce on-set shoots for product demonstrations, how-to content, lifestyle content, social-first content, and campaigns.
• Turn larger productions into social-ready cutdowns for TikTok, Reels, Shorts, Amazon, and retailer platforms.
• Run the in-house content studio day to day, including booking, set readiness, equipment, props, maintenance, and safety.
• Optimize studio capacity across Beauty and Culinary to improve throughput and value, and recommend equipment, upgrades, and workflow improvements.
• Oversee editing workflows for pacing, story, sound, color, and brand consistency; establish editing standards, templates, and version control.
• Ensure final assets are delivered to the correct specifications and tagged accurately in the DAM.
• Lead motion graphics and animation, including product animation, kinetic type, explainers, and social motion; partner with Creative Directors to establish a distinct motion language for each brand.
• Explore new tools, including AI-enabled production, to improve speed and expand creative range.
• Manage agencies, production companies, freelance crews, editors, animators, and talent; scope projects, negotiate rates, approve estimates, and hold partners accountable for on-brand, on-time delivery.
• Build and maintain a trusted bench of freelance and creator resources.
• Lead, coach, and develop video editors, motion designers, production assistants, and content creators; provide clear creative direction and feedback and set high craft standards.
• Support resource planning, hiring, and performance management.
• Own the video and studio production budget, including spend tracking, purchase order processing, and savings identification.
• Partner with Creative Operations on intake, prioritization, timelines, and workflow; report on output, turnaround times, and spend.
• Partner with Creative, Brand Marketing, Ecommerce, Social, PR, Product Development, and Legal to align content with launches, retail moments, and the content calendar.
• Drive higher video and motion output, faster turnaround, efficient studio utilization, consistent on-brand execution, on-time and on-budget delivery, controlled outside spend, a motivated team, and a reliable network of external partners.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of video production experience, including at least 3 years managing a studio or in-house content team.
• A strong reel demonstrating directing, producing, editing, and motion work.
• Advanced proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects.
• Hands-on knowledge of cameras, lighting, audio, and studio equipment.
• Proven experience managing agencies, freelancers, and production budgets.
• Strong understanding of social-first formats and platform trends.
• Highly organized, able to manage multiple productions simultaneously, and calm under pressure.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in consumer products, beauty, culinary, or lifestyle brands.
• Working knowledge of DaVinci Resolve, Cinema 4D, or similar tools.

Compensation:

Conair has established a good faith salary range for this position. The salary range reflects the Company's reasonable expectation for the role at the time of posting and is based on a variety of factors including business needs, market conditions, candidate qualifications, experience, skills, and internal equity. The anticipated base salary range for this position is $XXX to $XXX annually.

In addition to base salary, this position is eligible to participate in Conair's annual bonus program. Conair also offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental and vision coverage; short- and long-term disability insurance; paid parental leave; paid time off; 11 paid holidays; two paid volunteer days; employee product discounts; and a 401(k) plan with employer contributions. Eligibility for certain benefits may vary based on employment status and plan terms.

Environmental Factors:  

This role is performed in a professional office environment and requires prolonged periods of sitting, working on a computer, and using standard office equipment. The position follows Conair's hybrid work model, requiring on-site presence at the Stamford, CT office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely on Fridays.

About Conair: 

Conair is a leading international designer, manufacturer, and marketer of branded personal care and small kitchen appliances, cookware, hairbrushes & accessories, cosmetic bags, and travel accessories. 

Conair has always been driven by a passion for innovation; it’s part of the Company’s DNA. Trendsetting products have been invented by Conair since its inception in 1959, keeping the Company always a step ahead of the competition. The company's domestic and international divisions offer a diversified mix of consumer and professional products sold in over 120 countries. The Family of Conair brands includes CONAIR, Cuisinart, BabylissPRO, Scünci , TRAVELSMART by CONAIR, and Waring. 

Conair’s passion for innovation gets stronger with each decade, as evidenced by the over 1,000 patents the Company has obtained worldwide. Today, Conair and its brands are names known throughout the world. Conair continues to introduce its brands to new and emerging markets, year after year. By the 1990s, most households in America owned at least one Conair product. Today many have more than one, and the Company’s goal is to ensure that every household in the world eventually owns one of our products. 

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Are you passionate about this opportunity but worried that you don’t have 100% of the experience we’re looking for?  We still want to hear from you! Apply online and let us know why you would make a great addition to Conair!