Director, 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
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The Story

My job is to make sure the creative vision makes it to the screen exactly as intended, and that the people making it had what they needed to do their best work.

I've spent 15+ years doing that at agencies and in-house brand studios, making campaigns across film, photography, digital, OOH, and experiential. That work taught me how to challenge a brief, protect an idea, and keep a production moving when everything is trying to slow it down.

At Circle, I came in as the first dedicated executive producer and built the global creative production function from scratch: team, systems, freelance roster, vendor network, and playbooks. That function powered every brand and product campaign the company made.

What I care about most is the work being right. Everything else is in service of that.

15+
Years in Integrated Production
$15M+
Annual Budget Managed
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Problems Solved on Set
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What I Do

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Change Leadership

Modernizing tools and workflows without losing craft, leading teams through that change with clarity so new ways of working stick and the creative bar keeps rising.

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Integrated Campaign Production

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

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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.

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AI & Emerging Tools

Applying AI and emerging tools to the operational side of production: timelines, budgets, resourcing, and vendor logistics, while keeping creative decisions fully in human hands.

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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

Bored Room

Circle · Brand Campaign

An eight-hour livestream for the Arc Mainnet launch that became the year's most-watched fintech livestream, drawing 1.3M views and 11.4M+ impressions across Circle, USDC, and Arc. Delivered end-to-end, from concept through final cut, as one of the team's standout wins of the year.

Circle

Culture of Currency

Circle · Documentary Series

A docuseries produced in partnership with TIME Studios, featuring Wyclef Jean. Executive-produced the series end-to-end, coordinating a multi-country shoot and talent logistics across every episode.

USDC

Money Gets An Upgrade

Circle · Brand Campaign

A campaign repositioning USDC as the digital dollar for everyday money movement. Led end-to-end production across film, digital, and social, managing director relationships, post, and delivery across multiple asset formats and platforms.

Circle

Open Money

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

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

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.

Circle

Rajah Caruth

Circle · Brand Partnership

Circle's first-ever brand partnership content initiative, developed with NASCAR driver Rajah Caruth. Managed the creative development process and brought on a trusted production partner to execute the concept while preserving brand integrity through the storytelling.

Circle

NYSE Bull Installation

Circle · IPO Campaign

Directed production for Circle's NYSE IPO moment, delivering OOH, content capture, and two activations scheduled to the minute for launch day. OOH alone generated 222M+ impressions, and the NYSE asked to extend the installation due to its performance.

Dollar Shave Club

Questions

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

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

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.

American Express

Unstaged Series

American Express · Live & Digital Series

Production for American Express's Unstaged concert series, a multi-format program spanning live, digital, and broadcast. Managed the full production scope from pre-production through post and final delivery across all platforms.

American Express

Next Contenders

American Express · Integrated Campaign

Produced for American Express during my time at Momentum Worldwide, part of the agency's broader integrated production work for the brand.