Post Production Lead

Dentsu Amp; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Dentsu AMP, based in Mumbai, seeks a seasoned Post Production Lead to drive end-to-end post-production across video editing, animation & motion graphics, and graphic design. You will lead Editors, Animators, Motion Designers, and Designers, balancing creative excellence with operational efficiency.

The role requires strong leadership, project management, and a hands-on ability to review and optimize content for storytelling, social-first formats, and brand consistency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in film, mass communication, animation, or graphic design.
• 10–12+ years of post-production experience.
• Experience managing a multidisciplinary post-production team.
• Strong portfolio/showreel demonstrating post-production work across formats.

Responsibilities

• Take overall ownership of post-production across Edit, Animation/Motion Graphics, and Graphic Design.
• Lead the post-production team and establish clear creative, technical, and delivery standards.
• Oversee multiple projects across social media, branded content, digital campaigns, films, and other video-led formats.
• Ensure every project moves from offline edit to animation, graphics, sound, colour, finishing, and final delivery.
• Establish efficient post-production workflows that enable timely high-quality output.
• Mentor Editors, Animators/Motion Designers, Graphic Designers, and other post-production specialists.
• Build and maintain a strong freelance/vendor network to support capacity during peak periods.
• Ensure the team is adequately staffed and equipped to meet business requirements.

Skills

Video Editing

Animation/Motion Graphics

Graphic Design

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree/Diploma in Film, Mass Communication, Animation, Graphic Design, Visual Communication

Job description

Dentsu AMP is a content-focused creative agency and integrated production house, built to deliver high-impact, culture-led storytelling for brands in the digital and social ecosystem. Part of the dentsu India network, AMP brings together strategy, creativity, and on-ground execution under one roof enabling faster, sharper, and more relevant content solutions. With a strong pulse on pop culture, digital trends, and real-time content creation, the agency thrives at the intersection of creativity and production. Headquartered in Mumbai, Dentsu AMP operates as a high-energy, hands-on environment that values craft, cultural awareness, physical well-being, and disciplined work ethics, making it a space for ambitious creative talent to grow and do meaningful, visible work.

Role Overview

We are looking for an experienced and highly skilled Post Production Lead to lead and manage Dentsu AMP’s end-to-end post-production function across Video Editing, Animation & Motion Graphics, and Graphic Design.

The role will be responsible for managing a full-fledged post-production team comprising Editors, Animators/Motion Designers, and Graphic Designers, while ensuring that all creative output meets the highest standards of storytelling, craft, design, and execution.

This is a hands-on leadership role that requires someone who can balance creative excellence with operational efficiency, from understanding a brief and setting the right post-production approach to allocating teams, managing workflows, reviewing work, solving execution challenges, and ensuring timely delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• Take overall ownership of the post-production function across Edit, Animation/Motion Graphics, and Graphic Design.
• Lead the post-production team and establish clear creative, technical, and delivery standards.
• Oversee multiple projects simultaneously across social media, branded content, digital campaigns, films, and other video-led formats.
• Ensure every project moves seamlessly from offline edit to animation, graphics, sound, colour, finishing, and final delivery.
• Establish efficient post-production workflows that enable the team to deliver high-quality work within tight timelines.
• Act as the final point of escalation for complex post-production and execution challenges.
• Manage and mentor a multidisciplinary team of Editors, Animators, Motion Designers, Graphic Designers, and other post-production specialists.
• Allocate resources based on project requirements, skill sets, timelines, and workload.
• Build a strong culture of creative collaboration, ownership, accountability, and continuous learning.
• Identify capability gaps within the team and support training and skill development.
• Conduct regular reviews and provide constructive feedback to improve individual and team performance.
• Build and maintain a strong freelance/vendor network to support additional capacity during high-volume periods.
• Ensure the team is adequately staffed and equipped to manage business requirements.

3. Editing & Storytelling

• Provide creative direction and supervision across video editing projects.
• Review edits for storytelling, pacing, structure, transitions, performance, visual continuity, and overall impact.
• Work closely with Directors, Creative Directors, Writers, Content Teams, and Producers to translate creative intent into the final film.
• Guide editors on different storytelling approaches depending on the platform, audience, and objective.
• Ensure social-first content has strong hooks, pacing, narrative flow, and platform relevance.
• Review and approve multiple cut-downs, aspect ratios, versions, and adaptations where required.

4. Animation & Motion Graphics

• Oversee the development of animation, motion graphics, title treatments, transitions, kinetic typography, and other motion-led content.
• Guide Animators and Motion Designers on visual language, movement, pacing, and execution.
• Review animation work and ensure it is aligned with the overall creative direction and brand guidelines.
• Ensure consistency between live-action footage, animation, VFX, graphics, and other visual elements.
• Explore innovative motion techniques and emerging tools to improve the quality and efficiency of content production.

5. Graphic Design & Visual Communication

• Oversee graphic design requirements across social media, campaigns, presentations, digital assets, and video content.
• Review design output for layout, typography, composition, visual hierarchy, brand consistency, and overall aesthetic quality.
• Work closely with Creative and Content teams to translate concepts into compelling visual assets.
• Ensure graphic design and motion outputs work cohesively as part of the overall campaign identity.
• Push the team to develop fresh and visually distinctive approaches rather than relying on repetitive templates.

6. Creative Quality Control

• Establish and maintain a high creative quality bar across all post-production deliverables.
• Conduct regular creative and technical reviews before content is shared with clients or released.
• Ensure final output is free of technical errors, inconsistencies, formatting issues, and brand deviations.
• Review content across different formats, platforms, aspect ratios, resolutions, and specifications.
• Ensure final films and assets are polished across edit, sound, graphics, animation, colour, and finishing.
• Work closely with Directors, DOPs, Creative Directors, Content Heads, Producers, Account Teams, and Strategists throughout the production lifecycle.
• Participate in pre-production discussions to understand how post-production requirements should be planned into shoots.
• Advise production and creative teams on what can be achieved during post and flag potential challenges early.
• Ensure the creative vision established during pre-production and production is carried through into the final output.
• Collaborate with external post-production partners, studios, freelancers, and specialists when required.

8. Project Planning & Workflow Management

• Review briefs and estimate post-production requirements, timelines, resources, and dependencies.
• Create realistic post-production schedules in collaboration with Production and Project Management teams.
• Track project progress across multiple teams and ensure deadlines are met.
• Identify bottlenecks early and proactively reallocate resources where required.
• Maintain visibility on the overall post-production pipeline and upcoming workload.
• Establish efficient systems for project handovers, file management, version control, feedback, and final delivery.

9. Client & Stakeholder Management

• Participate in client reviews and presentations when required.
• Explain post-production approaches and creative decisions clearly to clients and internal stakeholders.
• Understand client feedback and translate it into actionable direction for the post team.
• Manage expectations around timelines, revisions, feasibility, and technical requirements.
• Maintain a high level of professionalism while handling feedback, escalations, and last-minute changes.
• Strong expertise across Video Editing, Animation/Motion Graphics, and Graphic Design.
• Deep understanding of end-to-end post-production workflows.
• Strong storytelling and visual communication skills.
• Excellent creative judgement and attention to detail.
• Strong understanding of social-first and digital video formats.
• Ability to lead multidisciplinary creative teams.
• Strong project and resource management capabilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities.
• Commercial awareness and understanding of post-production budgets and resource utilization.
• High ownership, accountability, and quality consciousness.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree/Diploma in Film, Mass Communication, Animation, Graphic Design, Visual Communication, or a related field.
• 10–12+ years of experience in post-production, video production, creative agencies, advertising, content studios, or production houses.
• Prior experience managing a multidisciplinary post-production team is strongly preferred.
• Experience handling Editors, Animators/Motion Designers, and Graphic Designers is highly desirable.
• Experience working on branded content, digital campaigns, social media content, commercials, or films.
• Strong portfolio/showreel demonstrating high-quality post-production work across multiple formats.