Director, Global Video Post-Production Ops

The New York Times Company; New York (NY); On-site; USD 170,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Restricted stock

Medical, dental and vision benefits

Company-matching 401(k)

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid vacation

Paid sick days

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Job summary

The New York Times seeks a Director of Post Production Operations and Support to oversee video post-production workflows, systems, and technical support for newsroom video journalism at scale. This role sits within the Media Operations team, partners with senior newsroom leaders, and leads a global team of post production and technical specialists.

This on-site position is based in New York with four days in the office each week, reporting to the Head of Media Operations and partnering with

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in video post-production operations.
• 5+ years of management experience.
• Experience supporting both studio and field production.
• Proven knowledge of production and post-production systems, MAM, cloud workflows, networking and digital publishing.
• Proven ability to build and improve scalable systems under deadline pressure.
• Experience leading technical teams in fast-moving newsroom or media environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead global post production operations and support for newsroom shows and video journalism.
• Design and optimize end-to-end post-production workflows across ingest, cloud assets, captioning, graphics, and publishing.
• Transition to cloud and automated workflows to reduce friction in studio and remote production.
• Manage and grow the global post production team, including career development and training.
• Partner with Studios, IT, Networking, Audio, and Editorial to align workflows and resources.
• Oversee vendor relationships and lifecycle planning for post-production tools.
• Maintain documentation and onboarding for producers, editors, journalists, engineers.
• Establish incident-response protocols for breaking news and after-hours support.

Skills

Video post-production

Management experience

Studio production

Field production

Post-production systems

Media asset management

Cloud workflows

Budget & vendor management

Leadership

Tools

MAM software

Job description

The New York Times seeks a Director of Post Production Operations and Support to oversee video post-production workflows, systems, and technical support for newsroom video journalism at scale. This role sits within the Media Operations team, partners with senior newsroom leaders, and leads a global team of post production and technical specialists.

This on-site position is based in New York with four days in the office each week, reporting to the Head of Media Operations and partnering with