Head of Production & Executive Producer

Kristin
McCarron

I build the production engine behind the brand — the systems, teams, and creative partnerships that turn ambitious ideas into world-class work.

KM
Base Los Angeles
Focus Production
Scale Global Campaigns
01

The Story

I'm a production leader with 15+ years building the creative infrastructure behind global brand campaigns — at in-house studios, global agencies, and high-growth companies.

At Circle, I built the global production function from the ground up: the team, the freelance roster, the workflows that now power every brand and product campaign the company makes. In six months, my team delivered 25 campaigns across film, digital, OOH, photography, and experiential — including the Arc platform launch, the USDC brand campaign, and the Beyond Borders documentary series.

I manage $15M+ annual production budgets and have never missed a launch. I build teams people want to be on, vendor relationships that hold under pressure, and processes that make good work easier to make. The creative vision is always someone else's. My job is to make sure nothing gets in the way of it.

15+
Years in Production
$15M+
Annual Budget Managed
25
Campaigns in 6 Months
02

What I Do

Production Leadership

Building and developing producer teams across creative disciplines — setting clear expectations, supporting growth, and creating production cultures where craft and speed aren't in competition.

Agency & Vendor Ecosystems

Evaluating, onboarding, and managing production partners that deliver consistently world-class work — building relationships that hold under pressure and flex with creative demand.

Creative Operations

Designing the intake systems, workflows, and playbooks that bring order to complex creative output — from prioritization and scheduling through QA and final delivery.

Budget & Resource Strategy

Owning $15M+ annual production budgets with disciplined forecasting, allocation, and reporting. Building contractor and freelance models that scale with output without sacrificing quality.

Integrated Campaign Production

Deep experience across every format — film, photography, digital, animation, print, OOH, and experiential — managing production end-to-end at brand and enterprise scale.

Cross-Functional Partnership

Partnering with creative, brand, marketing, comms, legal, and product teams to turn ambitious briefs into realistic plans — holding the line on quality without losing sight of timeline and budget.

03

The Philosophy

"The best production leaders are invisible in the final work — what you see is the creative vision fully realized. My job is to build the conditions, the systems, and the team that make that possible, every single time."

Selected Work

Campaigns that
moved culture

A curated selection of production work spanning brand campaigns, fintech, streaming, consumer brands, and live entertainment — built to show range, craft, and the standard I hold every project to.

Circle

Open Money

Watch on Vimeo

Circle — Brand Campaign

Circle's flagship brand campaign, built to establish the company's position in the global financial infrastructure conversation. Produced the full campaign suite — hero film through digital cutdowns — coordinating across internal creative, external partners, legal, and brand.

Current

Brand Campaign

Watch on Vimeo

Current — Integrated Campaign

Produced and managed broadcast, digital, and experiential productions for Current's major brand initiative. Led cross-functional teams through a complex, multi-timezone production — aligning creative vision, business requirements, and delivery realities at every stage.

Circle

Beyond Borders: USDC x Agroforestry

Watch on Vimeo

Circle — Documentary Series

A documentary series exploring how USDC is funding agroforestry projects in emerging markets. Managed production and distribution strategy end-to-end, navigating Circle's approval rights as a branded co-producer throughout the process.

Dollar Shave Club

Questions

Watch on Vimeo

Dollar Shave Club — Global Campaign

Part of a broader global content operation spanning DTC, retail, PR, social, and influencer across simultaneous workstreams. Produced as Global Director of Production, managing creative, production, and post teams across regions and channels.

Netflix

The List

Watch on Vimeo

Netflix — Integrated Campaign

Integrated campaign work produced during agency production — delivered as part of a larger brand and content program. Managed end-to-end production from pre-production through final delivery across multiple formats.

Netflix

The Cat

Watch on Vimeo

Netflix — Integrated Campaign

Part of the same Netflix brand campaign series — produced in parallel with tight timelines and coordinated delivery across agency and client teams.