Mesias previously worked as production assistant on the romance The Four-Faced Liar (2010) and on the science fiction sequel G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2012, with Dwayne Johnson, Marcelo Tubert, Joe Chrest, Jim Palmer, and produced by David Ellison). Prior to his work for Paramount Pictures, Mesias was a development intern and floater for di Bonaventura Pictures between 2009 and 2011.