Executive Producer, Audio & Video

TED Conferences, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 117,000 - 143,000; Full time

Job summary

TED Conferences, LLC is seeking a Supervising Producer to lead media production across the Countdown team. This senior role combines storytelling with operational leadership, guiding projects from concept to final delivery and coordinating with internal teams and external partners.

You’ll hire and manage third‑party producers, oversee creator‑led media partnerships, and shape stories for YouTube, podcasts, and editorial sites.

Qualifications

• 7–12 years of experience in video journalism, documentary production, or digital media.
• Demonstrated experience leading or supervising production across multiple formats.
• Strong editorial and storytelling instincts with a portfolio to back them up.
• Experience managing external production partners and freelance talent.
• Familiarity with climate, environment, or science journalism—either through direct coverage or adjacent work.
• Experience working across digital platforms and understanding how content performs in each.
• We are headquartered in New York but open to remote or hybrid approaches; travel to events and shoots will be required either way.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the main point of contact for all media production across the Countdown team, coordinating with internal stakeholders and external partners to keep projects on track and on vision.
• Lead creative development for films, videos, off‑stage content, and audio—from the earliest concept stage through final delivery.
• Hire and manage third‑party producers and production companies, owning those relationships end to end.
• Manage creator‑led media partnerships for Countdown, supporting collaborations with individual creators and production partners to expand our reach across platforms.

Skills

Video journalism

Documentary production

Digital media

Editorial storytelling

Project management

Collaboration & leadership

Climate/environment journalism

Job description

Job Description

The Role

We’re looking for a Supervising Producer to lead media production across the Countdown team. This is a senior creative and operational role for a producer with great storytelling skills who can navigate the full landscape of modern digital media—from short‑form video to long‑form documentary to audio. You’ll be the connective tissue between our internal team and the external producers, filmmakers, and creators we work with, ensuring everything we make is sharp, purposeful, and built for the moment.

What You’ll Do

You’ll serve as the main point of contact for all media production across the Countdown team, coordinating with internal stakeholders and external partners to keep projects on track and on vision. You’ll lead creative development for films, videos, off‑stage content, and audio—from the earliest concept stage through final delivery. You’ll hire and manage third‑party producers and production companies, owning those relationships end to end. You’ll also manage creator‑led media partnerships for Countdown, supporting collaborations with individual creators and production partners to expand our reach across platforms.

What We’re Looking For

You’re an experienced producer, video journalist or non‑fiction filmmaker with a strong editorial eye and a track record of telling complex stories clearly and compellingly. You understand how content travels across platforms—YouTube, Instagram, podcast feeds, editorial sites—and you know how to shape a story for each. You have enough fluency with climate and environmental topics to move quickly in the space, and enough creative ambition to imagine stories that haven’t been told yet. You are open‑minded and curious—and keen to learn from people with different perspectives. You’re also a strong collaborator and a capable manager who can give and receive good notes, hire the right people, and keep a production moving without losing the creative thread.

Qualifications

• 7–12 years of experience in video journalism, documentary production, or digital media
• Demonstrated experience leading or supervising production across multiple formats
• Strong editorial and storytelling instincts with a portfolio to back them up
• Experience managing external production partners and freelance talent
• Familiarity with climate, environment, or science journalism—either through direct coverage or adjacent work
• Experience working across digital platforms and understanding how content performs in each
• We are headquartered in New York but open to remote or hybrid approaches; travel to events and shoots will be required either way

Compensation

$130,000-$130,000 per year