Lead Creative Producer - remote job

Ruby Labs is hiring a Lead Creative Producer - a lead role, which means responsibility for a team or a direction. The role sits in Design and is fully remote. The company hires candidates based in Europe.

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About Us

Gemstone Studios is a dynamic tech company specializing in the development and operation of innovative consumer products. We offer a wide range of opportunities across health, education, and entertainment industries. Our innovative teams are shaping the future of consumer-led products, and we're always seeking passionate individuals to join us. For more information on our journey, visit: https://gemstonestudios.com/about/

About the Role

We are seeking an exceptional Lead Creative Producer to oversee and lead the entire creative production process for one of our rapidly expanding consumer products. This is a producing lead (player-coach) role, where you will not only produce winning ad creatives but also manage the production operation. This position is not about writing briefs or coordinating; it focuses on conversion, control, standards, and consistency at scale, with your own creatives setting the benchmark for the team.

You will be responsible for the end-to-end creative production process, from ideation to launch. You will own the creative production process, from how concepts are generated and refined to the final approval before testing or launch. You will collaborate closely with user acquisition managers and oversee a team of creative producers and designers, ensuring all assets meet brand and visual standards, platform-specific best practices, and compliance requirements.

Core Mission

Deliver a consistent stream of high-performing ad creatives by focusing on proven successful angles, while maintaining a disciplined, fully traceable, and compliant production operation from ideation to launch.

Key Responsibilities

Creative Production Leadership

- Personally create ad creatives, from concept to finished assets, while leading the team. - Own the end-to-end creative production for all formats, including static, video, user-generated content, motion, and AI-generated creatives. - Serve as the final approval authority for all creatives before they reach testing or launch. - Ensure all creatives meet the following criteria: - Brand and visual standards - Pixel-perfect design - Platform-specific best practices and compliance for Meta, Snapchat, and Google - Clear UI/visual hierarchy - Performance-oriented execution

Creative Process Management & Monitoring

- Design, enforce, and continuously improve the creative production workflow. - Monitor creative work during production and address any risks, quality drops, or bottlenecks immediately. - Maintain consistent production speed without sacrificing quality. - Keep all production traceable in a single tracking system.

Creative Quality Assurance & Feedback Ownership

- Provide ongoing, clear, specific, and actionable feedback to producers and designers throughout the production process. - Ensure feedback is constructive and helps prevent rework and quality regressions. - Uphold a high creative standard across all outputs.

Creative Development & Ideation & Control

- Lead the ideation and conceptualization of new ad creatives. - Translate strategic direction and performance insights into creative briefs. - Stay updated on AI-driven creative tools, formats, and industry trends. - Collaborate closely with user acquisition managers to understand creative performance signals. - Incorporate performance feedback into creative improvements and future concepts. - Support testing strategies by delivering clear, test-ready creative variations.

Market & Competitor Creative Intelligence

- Continuously research competitor creatives in the consumer tech space. - Benchmark creative quality, formats, hooks, and execution approaches. - Apply relevant insights to elevate internal creative standards.

Cross-Team Coordination

- Serve as the execution bridge between producers, designers, and user acquisition managers. - Ensure alignment, clarity of expectations, and smooth handoffs across teams.

Reporting & Accountability

- Provide regular updates to management on the creative pipeline status, production velocity, and quality consistency. - Take ownership of creative execution outcomes and continuously raise standards.

Qualifications

Experience

- 3+ years of experience with OSINT (Open-Source Intelligence) products, understanding what drives people to search for information about others and themselves, and translating that into creative angles. - Proven hands-on experience producing ad creatives for Meta, Snapchat, and Google campaigns. - Proven experience managing multi-format, high-volume creative pipelines. - Strong portfolio of performance-driven digital ads with performance metrics attached (spend, CPA, ROI). - Experience in restricted or compliance-sensitive ad categories is a strong plus.

Technical & AI Skills

- Deep understanding of Meta and Google advertising policies and compliance, including restricted content categories, misleading ad design rules, and personal-attributes limitations. - Ability to predict and ensure platform reviews are passed, redesigning concepts that won't without losing their conversion power. - Solid understanding of paid advertising platforms and creative performance metrics (CPA, ROI, CTR, spend concentration). - Hands-on daily use of AI tools across the production stack, including image and video generation, avatars/UGC, and scripting. - Ability to evaluate creative quality objectively against data, not subjectively against taste.

Personal Profile

- Exceptional attention to detail and high personal standards for quality and execution. - Clear, direct communicator who acts on feedback within days, not months. - Comfortable enforcing structure, compliance, and creative discipline. - Thrives in fast-moving, high-expectation environments.

Location

Gemstone Studios operates within the CET (Central European Time) zone. Applicants from any country are welcome to apply for the position as long as they are located within approximately ± 4 hours of CET to ensure optimal collaboration and communication during working hours.

Benefits

Join our vibrant team and enjoy these perks:

- Remote Work Environment: Embrace the freedom to work from anywhere, anytime, promoting a healthy work-life balance. - Unlimited PTO: Enjoy unlimited paid time off to recharge and prioritize your well-being, without counting days. - Paid National Holidays: Celebrate and relax on national holidays with paid time off to unwind and recharge. - Company-provided MacBook: Experience seamless productivity with top-notch Apple MacBooks provided to all employees who need them. - Flexible Independent Contractor Agreement: Unlock the benefits of flexibility, autonomy, and entrepreneurial opportunities. Benefit from tax advantages, networking opportunities, reduced employment obligations, and the freedom to work from anywhere. Read more about it here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nkrN76JlZkbKj9WSOhlT1_mni_CZeDkHdwfIjPXVwvk/preview?tab=t.0#heading=h.ndsdl4wapxtt

Be part of our fast-growing team and seize this excellent opportunity for personal and professional growth!

Interview Process

After submitting your application, we conduct a thorough review which typically takes 3 to 5 days, but may occasionally take longer due to the volume of applications received. If we see a potential fit, we proceed with the following steps:

- Recruiter Screening (40 minutes) - Take-home Assignment - Technical Interview (60 minutes) - Final Interview (60 minutes)

Life at Gemstone Studios

At Gemstone Studios, we move fast, aim high, and expect the same from our team. We’re not here to play small—we’re here to build, grow, and win. That means we look for people who are ambitious, driven, and ready to give their best every single day.