Manager - Media Production

Requisition : 63815 Title: Manager - Media Production Division: Arthrex, Inc. (US01) Location: Naples, FL

Arthrex, Inc. is a global medical device company and a leader in new product development and medical education in orthopedics. We are actively searching for a Manager of Media Production to provide strategic and operational leadership for Media Production, uniting cinematography, photography, and virtual production into a high-performing team. This position will own all camera and stage-related workflows, to ensure the creation of best-in-class visual content.

They will bridge creative vision and technical execution by overseeing large-scale virtual production environments, managing immersive technologies, and ensuring seamless integration of virtual and physical elements. The ideal candidate will drive innovation, develop talent, and foster collaboration to deliver consistent, on-brand storytelling across all media. Join our talented team at a global medical device company focused on Helping Surgeons Treat Their Patients Better.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Leadership and Talent Development

• Build, coach, and inspire a multidisciplinary team of cinematographers, photographers, and virtual production specialists.
• Conduct performance reviews, set development plans, and resolve conflicts.
• Create a culture of continuous learning, safety, and creative excellence.
• Provide coaching on visual storytelling, camera theory, lighting, virtual production workflows, and emerging technology.
• Champion diversity of thought and empower team members to take creative risks while meeting business objectives.

Strategic and Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Partner with organizational leaders to align creative vision, timelines, and prioritization of resources.
• Act as the key liaison between directors, art departments, and technical teams to ensure creative and technical alignment across productions.
• Translate strategic objectives into clear plans, budgets, KPIs, and project roadmaps.
• Collaborate with internal operations and integrations teams, IT, and external vendors to secure and implement state-of-the-art virtual production technologies.
• Communicate progress and risks to stakeholders.

Creative and Technical Direction

• Oversee the creative and technical execution of all studio, field, live, and virtual productions.
• Evaluate and advise on shot lists, lighting plots, camera packages, media-handling protocols, virtual production environments, and final imagery for accuracy, brand alignment, and narrative impact.
• Bridge creative intent and technical workflows by translating directors’ and designers’ visions into executable actions for the crew.
• Ensure seamless integration of LED wall content, camera tracking, and real-time rendering pipelines into the production process.
• Guide the development of virtual assets and environments with Creative Producers and Designers, ensuring both creative fidelity and technical optimization for real-time playback.
• Innovate by introducing emerging virtual production techniques and advising studio leadership on how immersive technologies can elevate visual storytelling.
• Ensure adoption of industry best practices for composition, exposure, color science, and data integrity.

Operational Excellence

• Establish and refine standardized workflows for equipment checkout, data offload, asset naming, in tandem with the DAM and MAM systems.
• Oversee large-scale virtual production projects, including visual breakdowns of scripts, previsualization, and staging.
• Forecast, procure, and maintain camera, lens, audio, and lighting inventories.
• Manage setup, calibration, and operation of LED walls, motion tracking, and real-time rendering infrastructure to ensure daily reliability and consistency.
• Manage vendor relationships and rental logistics.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues on set, providing contingency solutions that safeguard production timelines.
• Develop and manage the departmental budget, staffing, gear, maintenance, training, and contingency.
• Track and analyze productivity, utilization, and quality metrics, using data to drive process improvements and optimize resource allocation.
• Ensure all productions…