Video Production Senior Manager (Fort Lee) Job at Willis Towers Watson, Fort Lee, NJ

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  • Willis Towers Watson
  • Fort Lee, NJ

Job Description

Description

TRANZACT is a leading direct-to-consumer insurance services business, specializing in the distribution of Medicare Advantage, Medicare Supplement and Life & Supplemental insurance policies. Our focus is on leveraging our highly skilled team of over 3,000 professionals to deliver innovative solutions for our insurance carrier partners and provide consumers with a best-in-class experience.

We work with some of America’s largest insurance brands to attract, educate and connect with consumers. Our diverse team of analysts, writers, engineers, designers, business leads, data scientists and sales professionals all work together to create thoughtful, data-driven and effective marketing, technology, sales and servicing strategies. These efforts have resulted in TRANZACT earning recognition and winning awards from some of the biggest names in the industry.

When you become part of TRANZACT, you join a team of passionate people who push for excellence, follow through on commitments, and love to succeed together. Our culture rests on a simple principle – “ Be Real” – that means being genuine, keeping your word, and having the courage to make tough decisions. Our “ Be Real” values resonate and are meaningful to us. We are entrepreneurial, fast paced and empower our people. We know how to make things happen and know that our people are always the source of our success.

The Senior Manager of Video Production will serve as the strategic and operational leader of TRANZACT’s video production pipeline, supporting branded and unbranded creative across CTV, DRTV, and other emerging creative or video formats. This role is responsible for leading day-to-day production, overseeing cross-functional alignment, and ensuring all outputs meet quality, compliance, and business expectations before reaching the Senior Director for final strategic oversight.

This position will act as the bridge between execution and strategic vision, ensuring the department operates efficiently at scale while also helping to advance creative innovation and best practices. The Senior Manager will also own forward-facing business operations including accounting, invoicing approvals, ensuring deliverables stay on track and aligned with business expectations.

This is a highly autonomous leadership position that requires proactive decision-making, cross-functional influence, and operational excellence.

Core Responsibilities:

  • Own and manage full production pipelines across DRTV, CTV, and emerging video platforms: Confirming alignment, quality, and timeliness across hundreds of assets annually, in collaboration with Senior and Marketing Coordinator positions.
  • Serve as the team’s lead ensuring projects meet quality and strategic standards outlined for business objectives.
  • Direct the development of scripts, storyboards, and creative assets, collaborating with the Senior Director and business leads to align on messaging and strategic objectives.
  • Oversee project and business operations , including production accounting, invoicing approvals, legal/SOW management, and budget adherence.
  • Review and approve talent background checks, ensuring all talent meets TRANZACT’s business standards, compliance requirements, and brand guidelines before productions.
  • Lead vendor management and external partner relationships, holding all parties accountable to timelines, deliverables, and budget expectations.
  • Act as the cross-functional executional lead, working closely with Content, Design, Media, Legal, Accounting, and Business teams to keep campaigns on track and blockers resolved quickly.
  • Proactively manage the production calendar, ensuring all campaigns have assets delivered on time and in compliance with industry and brand regulations.
  • Anticipate issues and adjust workflows on the fly, filling resource gaps, re-sequencing priorities, and driving process improvements that ensure agility.
  • Provide strategic recommendations for creative testing, drawing insights from performance data and competitors to inform future creative direction.
  • Champion compliance and best practices, ensuring creative pushes boundaries while adhering to legal and industry standards.
  • Act as the decision-maker on talent selection, wardrobe, set design, and production elements, collaborating with producers to ensure creative alignment and business expectations are met.

Compensation and Benefits

Base salary range and benefits information for this position are being included in accordance with requirements of various state/local pay transparency legislation. Please note that base salaries may vary for different individuals in the same role based on several factors, including but not limited to location of the role, individual competencies, education/professional certifications, qualifications/experience, performance in the role and potential for revenue generation.

Compensation

The base salary compensation range being offered for this role is $90,000 to $105,000 USD per year.

This role is also eligible to participate in the annual bonus program.

Company Benefits

TRANZACT provides a competitive benefit package which includes the following (eligibility requirements apply):

• Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Group Accident, Group Critical Illness, Life Insurance, AD&D, Group Legal, Identify Theft Protection, Wellbeing Program and Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program)
• Leave Benefits: Paid Holidays, Annual Paid Time Off (includes state/local paid leave where required), Short-Term Disability, Long-Term Disability, Other Leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, ADA, Jury Duty, Military Leave, and Parental and Adoption Leave)
• Retirement Benefits: Savings Plan with annual nonelective company contribution.

Qualifications

Requirements:

  • 7+ years of experience in video production, including DRTV, CTV, short form, and Social video.
  • Demonstrated experience managing large-scale production pipelines and cross-functional workflows.
  • Proven operational excellence in business-facing production management including accounting, invoicing, and legal processes.
  • Comfortable presenting creative concepts, production plans, and recommendations to business leads and cross-functional stakeholders articulating decisions, and recommendations.
  • This role requires travel to productions as needed to serve as on-site leadership, ensuring shoots are executed on time, on budget, and to compliance and strategic expectations.
  • Deep understanding of performance marketing and video optimization best practices.
  • Strong decision-making and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage projects independently and escalate only when needed.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven, and data-informed environment.
  • Expert in balancing speed, quality, compliance, and cost efficiencies.
  • Strong cross-functional communication and influence skills

TRANZACT is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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