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title: 'Entertainment Producer at Colossal Biosciences'
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# Entertainment Producer at Colossal Biosciences

- **Company:** Colossal Biosciences
- **Location:** Dallas, TX
- **Posted:** 2026-08-28
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-13
- **Apply:** https://colossal.com/careers/?gh_jid=6161266004

## Job description

Colossal is seeking an experienced Entertainment Producer to turn ambitious creative concepts and unfolding real-world stories into high-impact documentary and original productions, from initial planning through final delivery. This role is ideal for a resourceful producer who thrives in unpredictable laboratory and field environments, can manage crews, scientists, logistics, and shifting circumstances without losing the creative vision, and is excited to build the production infrastructure for a rapidly growing entertainment team.

This position is based on-site full time in Dallas, TX. Relocation assistance is available.

Responsibilities:

End-to-End Production

- Lead full-cycle production from pre-production through final delivery
- Translate approved concepts into production plans, schedules, and budgets
- Oversee all shoot logistics including crew, equipment, locations, and permits
- Drive efficient execution while maintaining high production value

Budgeting & Resource Management

- Build and manage project budgets, tracking costs across all phases
- Allocate resources across multiple productions
- Identify cost efficiencies without compromising output
- Partner with the Head of Production (Marketing) to forecast and scale production needs

On-Set & Field Execution

- Lead productions on set and in the field under real-world conditions
- Manage crews, vendors, and talent during production
- Troubleshoot issues in real time
- Ensure safety, compliance, and operational standards are met

Post-Production & Delivery

- Oversee post-production workflows, timelines, and deliverables
- Coordinate post-production teams and vendors, including color and sound mix
- Track versions, feedback, and approvals

Pipeline & Vendor Management

- Establish and manage a scalable production pipeline for entertainment projects
- Coordinate resources across marketing and entertainment workflows
- Source and manage freelance crew, vendors, and production partners
- Negotiate contracts and maintain production standards

Preferred Qualifications:

- Experience producing and managing productions in documentary, unscripted, or series content with real-world and field-based production demands
- Background working with small teams building content pipelines or production systems from the ground up
- Experience scaling multiple concurrent productions while maintaining quality and efficiency
- Familiarity with post-production workflows, including managing external vendors (edit, color, sound) through delivery
- Experience sourcing and managing freelance crews and production partners across different regions
- Comfort working cross-functionally with creative, scientific, and operational teams
- Interest in science, technology, and de-extinction

What Colossal Offers Full-Time Employees:

- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Excellent paid time off and company holidays so you can rest and recharge
- Flexible spending accounts (FSA)
- Company matched 401k retirement plan
- Paid parental leave at 100% salary for up to 12 weeks
- Education reimbursement
- An opportunity to help us return the Earth to a healthier state

The team at Colossal is committed, colorful, passionate, intelligent, collaborative, creative, experienced, scientific and world-class. That sounds like a lot to fit into one building. That’s why we are spread out in several locations that include laboratories, test facilities, academic institutions, libraries and offices.

Through it all, however, we maintain a culture of positivity, hope, happiness and belief that we’re doing something big. Something Colossal.

Colossal is proud to be an equal employment opportunity workplace. We welcome people from all backgrounds as well as celebrate and support diversity. We are committed to providing an inclusive environment of mutual respect that is free from discrimination and harassment so everyone can thrive.

[EEO is the Law](https://www.eeoc.gov/after-june-27-2023-know-your-rights-workplace-discrimination-illegal)

Search Firm Representatives: Colossal does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms. No fees will be paid for a hired candidate where no pre-existing agreement is in place. We handle most recruitment in-house.

Colossal is proud to be named a Best Place to Work by BuiltIn for 4 years in a row across multiple categories in 2023, 2024, 2025, and 2026:

- #1 on the 50 Best Startups to Work For in Dallas in 2023!
- 100 Best Midsize Places to Work in Dallas in 2024 & 2025
- 100 Best Places to Work in Dallas, TX (All Size Employers) in 2024, 2025, and 2026.

[Built In 2026 Award Lists](https://builtin.com/awards/dallas/2026/best-places-to-work)

[Great Place to Work Certification Page](https://www.greatplacetowork.com/certified-company/7049203)

[Most Loved Workplace Certification Page](https://mostlovedworkplace.com/companies/colossal-biosciences/) - Proud to be certified as a most loved workplace including: most loved CEO, most loved workplaces for LGBTQ+, most loved workplaces for women, and most loved workplaces for young professionals.

[Newsweek's Most Loved Workplaces 2024 Award List](https://www.newsweek.com/rankings/most-loved-workplaces-2024?utm_campaign=dr_2024_oct_webinar_final&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8dglCEGpx_mr-HYudRKFhj4L6PhGDkf92pJJMpxovuNaX_Y7rdOFsgX6dEGZnNK9O_RP1gd54PPR7yib9CZjvG7FT4IA&_hsmi=328042950&utm_content=see_list&utm_source=newlsetter) - Excited to be amongst the winners of Newsweek's 2024 Most Loved Workplaces!

## About Colossal Biosciences

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Colossal Biosciences is a breakthrough bioscience and genetic engineering company using CRISPR and advanced genomics to de-extinct lost species and protect critically endangered ecosystems.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C‑II; total raised $567.72M)  
- **Headquarters**: Austin, Texas, United States (also with locations in Dallas)  
- **Founded**: 2021  
- **Founders**: Ben Lamm (CEO) and George Church, Ph.D. (co‑founder and lead genetics advisor)  

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: Biotechnology / Genetic Engineering / De‑extinction  
- **Target customers**: B2B and B2G – research institutions, conservation organizations, government and regulatory bodies, and future commercial partners for genomics tools  
- **Mission**: “Accept humanity’s duty to restore Earth to a healthier state, while solving for the future economies and biological necessities of the human condition through cutting‑edge science and technologies.”

## Products & Services
- **De‑Extinction Programs**: The company’s flagship effort is resurrecting the Woolly Mammoth, with additional programs for the Thylacine and other lost megafauna. Combines ancient DNA analysis, CRISPR‑based gene editing, and artificial womb technology.  
- **Genetic Rescue Technology**: Tools and techniques developed for resurrecting extinct species are applied to protect critically endangered species and repopulate healthy ecosystems.  
- **Colossal Foundation**: An extension that expands genetic rescue and de‑extinction programs across six continents, focusing on community engagement and global biodiversity.  
- **Software & Bioinformatics**: Custom software and bioinformatics platforms to support genome‑scale editing and data analysis (evidenced by patents and the Director of Bioinformatics role).  
- **Artificial Womb Technology**: A dedicated VP and R&D effort to create ex‑situ gestation systems, enabling species restoration independent of surrogate mothers.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed  
- **Key Metric**: Total disclosed funding – **$567.72M** (as of Series C‑II)  
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: Not explicitly listed in the provided data, but the company is recognized by the World Economic Forum and has received awards from Edison Awards, BioTech Breakthrough Awards, and others.  
- **Growth Signals**:  
  - Headcount grew from ~5 to **251 employees** in one year (+4,780% yearly growth)  
  - **5 patents** filed (multi‑genome editor constructs, biotechnology, developmental biology)  
  - Named **America’s Best Startup Employer (2024)** and **Most Loved Workplace Certified**  
  - New roles posted frequently (Research Associate, Scientist, Clinical Veterinarian, etc.)

## Competitive Advantages
- **First‑mover in de‑extinction**: The only company committed to using CRISPR to resurrect extinct species, with a scientific advisory board including pioneers like George Church and Prof. Beth Shapiro (Chief Science Officer).  
- **Integrated technology stack**: From ancient DNA extraction to multi‑genome editors and artificial wombs – a full pipeline no other organization has assembled.  
- **Ethical & regulatory framework**: A dedicated Head of Bioethics (Alta Charo) and Regulatory Affairs Lead (Aurelia Skipwith), ensuring responsible science and community engagement.  
- **Talent density**: Attracts world‑class scientists from Harvard, MIT, UC Santa Cruz, and industry, creating a unique interdisciplinary culture.

## Strategic Focus
- **De‑extinction milestones**: Deliver the first Woolly Mammoth calves via artificial womb technology, then expand to other species.  
- **Technology spin‑outs**: Commercialize the CRISPR tools, bioinformatics platforms, and artificial womb innovations for broader human health and conservation applications.  
- **Global conservation impact**: The Colossal Foundation aims to restore genetic diversity and ecosystem health across six continents.  
- **Regulatory & public trust**: Build transparent, community‑engaged processes to ensure societal acceptance and ethical governance.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Described as “committed, colorful, passionate, intelligent, collaborative, creative” – a workplace driven by “positivity, hope, happiness and belief.”  
- **Values**: Thoughtful Innovation, Excellence & Integrity, Responsible Science, Equity & Sustainability, Inclusiveness.  
- **Recognition**: Certified **Most Loved Workplace**; named **America’s Best Startup Employer (2024)**.  
- **Locations**: Main HQ in Austin, TX, with labs and offices in Dallas and other locations; hybrid/office policy not specified but likely science‑lab‑based.  
- **For job seekers**: Opportunity to work on “prehistory in real time” – cutting‑edge genetic engineering, artificial wombs, and bioinformatics. Open roles in genome engineering, developmental biology, construction project management, and veterinary medicine.

## Sources
1. [colossal.com – About Colossal](https://colossal.com/company/)  
2. [colossal.com – Careers](https://colossal.com/careers/)  
3. [colossal.com – Leadership](https://colossal.com/company/#leadership)  
4. [cbinsights.com – Colossal Biosciences](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/colossal)  
5. [linkedin.com – Colossal Biosciences](https://www.linkedin.com/company/colossal)

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