We are seeking a visionary Vice President, Head of Integrated Production. Your mandate is to redefine how INNOCEAN brings ideas to life, setting a new standard for craft, speed and innovation across the agency. This is a rare opportunity to build the future-state production model inside a globally connected agency by combining creativity, technology, and operational rigor in new ways.
You will join INNOCEAN’s executive team, reporting directly to the Chief Operating Officer, and head the studio and production function. This is a team of approximately 25 staff producing everything from mobile apps to broadcast television, working across all clients at the agency. Your mission is to elevate the creative craft of everything we produce, while modernizing how we work. This will require a balance of strategic thinking and hands-on problem solving – building smarter systems, embracing new technologies, and empowering teams to deliver exceptional work with greater speed and impact.
Ultimately, you are accountable for the quality, consistency, and evolution of INNOCEAN’s creative output, ensuring our work is world-class, efficient to produce, and future ready.
Your Key Duties & Responsibilities:
Lead, mentor, and inspire the production team across all disciplines spanning Toronto & Montreal (video, content, digital, experiential, design, and post-production).
Collaborate with other agency leaders, from account heads to creative and media leads, to drive innovation by identifying and integrating new technologies, tools, and AI-driven workflows to improve creative quality and efficiency.
Own production budgets, schedules, and resourcing to ensure projects are delivered on time, on brand, and on budget.
Partner with creative, strategy, and client leadership to turn ambitious ideas into world‑class executions, removing barriers and enabling teams to do their best work.
Champion best‑in‑class production practices and scalable processes across platforms – Evaluate and build partnerships with external vendors, production companies, and tech platforms.
Evaluate and build partnerships with external vendors, production companies, and tech platforms.
Cultivate a culture of experimentation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Qualifications You Bring:
15+ years of experience in production environments, with experience leading complex, multi‑channel campaigns.
Formal education or training in production, creative technologies, design, or business is valued, but relevant work experience is equally meaningful.
Experience operating at the executive leadership table, contributing to executive decision‑making, driving agency growth, or operational transformation.
A proven leader of multidisciplinary teams, known for building trust, developing talent, and fostering collaboration across functions and senior stakeholders.
Strong financial and operational acumen, with the ability to balance craft, speed, and budget, while connecting production excellence to profitability, client satisfaction, as well as agency reputation/business development.
Deep understanding of creative production processes across multiple channels, with hands‑on experience leveraging AI, automation, and emerging tech in creative production.
Experience leading large teams through transformation such as new workflows, AI adoption, restructuring, growth phases, etc., and collaborating with other department heads to accomplish those shifts enterprise wide.
Experience scaling teams or systems across geographies, including Quebec; INNOCEAN is national and part of a global network, so familiarity working across regions and cultures is a definite asset.
A genuine passion for creativity, innovation, and craftsmanship, and crafting great work with great people.
And the ‘nice to haves’:
We would love to hear about any industry awards, speaking engagements, thought leadership, or juror experience that reflect your contribution to creative craft and the broader industry.
WHAT YOU’LL LOVE about working at INNOCEAN Canada:
People‑first and inclusive: We’re proud to be recognized by ‘Great Places to Work’ FIVE years in a row and counting. Our team has been recognized by GPTW overall but also as a Best Place to Work for women, youth and from an inclusion standpoint.
Hybrid 3‑day per week work schedule that sees all staff in the office together three days per week at our awesome office on King Street West.
Generous time off plus an end of year winter break equals time well taken.
Our team’s wellbeing is all‑important. Our comprehensive plan covers insurance must‑haves and nice to haves, from full benefits coverage and a flex spending account for extras to a generous RRSP‑matching program, as well as confidential individual counselling, and paid personal days for you to take care of you.
An active and connected workplace: We have quarterly town halls for business updates and monthly all staff get together to connect, big summer and winter holiday events as well as fun and diverse little holiday celebrations throughout the year, guest speakers, employee awards, special initiatives and extra‑curricular working groups to participate more broadly and expand your connections, etc. As an executive leader you will also have a budget for department engagements you design yourself throughout the year.
Additional information:
This is an active, approved role, with dedicated executive sponsorship.
Our recruitment team may use AI‑assisted tools to help identify and review candidate applications based on job‑related requirements and qualifications. All hiring decisions are made by humans.
INNOCEAN Canada is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity, inclusion, and teamwork. We encourage all qualified applicants to inquire below. Any disability‑related needs will be accommodated throughout the recruitment process.
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