Production Manager (Studio)

\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout us\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOur mission is to reinvent the way people learn, starting with language.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eLearning a language can change a life by opening doors to new cultures, careers, and communities. Two billion people around the world are actively trying to learn a language, but the best way to learn (one-on-one tutoring) is hard to access at scale and hasn’t been meaningfully improved in decades. Speak is building a human-level, AI-powered tutor in your pocket: a conversation-first experience that lets learners actually speak, get instant feedback, and progress through carefully designed lessons. The result is a complete path from beginner to confident speaker across multiple languages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eSpeak first launched in South Korea in 2019, where Speak has now become the number one language learning app, and we now serve learners across many markets and 15+ languages. Speak is one of the world’s leading AI companies, with over $150m raised in venture investment from OpenAI, Accel, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, and more, with a distributed team across San Francisco, Seoul, Tokyo, Taipei, and Ljubljana.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout this role\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eWe\'re seeking a \u003cstrong\u003eProduction Manager\u003c\/strong\u003e to lead Speak\'s LA video production studio. You\'ll establish a distinct visual standard across all video lessons while managing studio operations and team.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eYou\'ll implement a cohesive style through operational oversight, attend shoots to provide strategic direction, and document creative standards enabling team sustainability. You\'ll also pilot AI tools to improve post-production efficiency — understanding when AI enhances versus compromises quality. If you\'re energized by elevating production standards, building systems, and exploring AI workflows in media production, we\'d love to meet you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you\'ll be doing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOversee Execution of Creative Style\u003c\/strong\u003e — Implement and maintain a cohesive creative style through operational oversight, collaborating on studio, editing, and hiring changes that ensure quality control while documenting standards in a comprehensive style guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOversee Shoots with Production Management Expertise\u003c\/strong\u003e — Attend shoots to provide strategic oversight and creative direction, empowering the studio team on day-to-day tasks while intervening on critical decisions related to vision and on-screen quality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBuild a Repeatable Creative Playbook and Foster Team Growth\u003c\/strong\u003e — Document creative standards, workflows, and quality checklists to enable independent execution, building systems that increase output velocity and streamline collaboration while partnering with post-production to ensure edits, pacing, graphics, and sound align with creative vision.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduce AI-Enhanced Production Workflows\u003c\/strong\u003e — Identify and pilot AI tools that improve efficiency or creative output, focusing on post-production tools, video generation platforms, and AI-assisted editing while understanding when AI enhances versus compromises quality and documenting recommendations with tested tools and workflows.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat we\'re looking for\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMust-Haves\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduction Management:\u003c\/strong\u003e Working knowledge of the full production pipeline — pre-production planning, shoot-day logistics, and post-production oversight. Comfortable managing the operations of production, our team of editors or post-production work, and drive the production team to execute goals/ meet deadlines\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOwnership Without Bureaucracy:\u003c\/strong\u003e Takes full accountability for creative output quality. Operates with urgency and independence — doesn\u2019t wait for permission to fix what\u2019s broken. Designs efficient systems and workflows that enable faster collaboration between studio and learning designers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOn-Set Authority \u0026amp; Execution:\u003c\/strong\u003e Comfortable commanding a set, redirecting talent mid-take, and making fast creative decisions under time pressure. Has worked closely with directors, producers, and DP’s on set and can step in when needed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCreative Vision \u0026amp; Directing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Proven ability to define and execute a visual style across a body of video content. Deep understanding of what makes educational or digital-first video feel premium, can articulate \"what good looks like\" for overall tone and direction of the end product, and consistently delivers at that standard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAI \u0026amp; Emerging Tools Knowledge:\u003c\/strong\u003e Genuine enthusiasm for integrating AI into video production workflows. Familiarity with AI video generation, editing tools, or automated post-production techniques is strongly preferred.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003h2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNice-to-Haves\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eEdTech or language-learning content experience\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eFamiliarity with multi-language production (managing script supervisors, cultural nuance across language pairs\u003c/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy work at Speak\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003col style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoin a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time:\u003c\/strong\u00a0we\'re growing very quickly, we\'ve most recently raised our Series C from some of the top investors in the valley, and we\'ve achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. You\'d join at a magical time when a single person could significantly change the course of the company.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDo your life\'s work with people you’ll love working with:\u00a0we care strongly about our craft and want every person at Speak to feel like they\'re growing every day. We believe in the idea that working with people you both enjoy and have respect for makes everything better. We hire thoughtfully and only work with people we admire deeply.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGlobal in nature:\u003c\/strong\u003e We\'re live in over 40 countries and launching in a number of new markets soon. We have dedicated offices in San Francisco, Ljubljana, Seoul, and Tokyo, and you’ll have the opportunity to talk to users in each of these regions on a regular basis as well as travel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eImpact people\'s lives in a major way:\u003c\/strong\u003e Learning a language is one of the single most life-changing skills one can learn, and right now 99% of people never achieve their goal because the process is broken. We’re helping millions of people achieve their goals and improve their lives.\u003c/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ol\u003e\u003cp style=\"min-height:1.5em\"\u003eSpeak does not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.\u003c\/p\u003e