Senior Post-Production Supervisor & Lead Editor

LA 411; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading post-production company in Calabasas, CA is seeking a Senior Post-Production Supervisor & Lead Editor to own the entire editing pipeline for flagship content. Ideal candidates will have over 5 years of cinematic storytelling experience and mastery in DaVinci Resolve. Responsibilities include designing asset relay systems and managing a backlog of episodes. This role offers a competitive salary between $80,000 and $120,000 per year.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in professional post-production (Narrative, TV, or high-end Digital).
• Your reel must demonstrate mastery of tension, pacing, and emotional rhythm.
• Experience managing other editors or remote VFX/Sound contractors.

Responsibilities

• Lead the edit on flagship narrative content.
• Design and enforce a professional 'Asset Relay' system.
• Oversee the Content Manager for vertical shorts production.

Skills

Expert in DaVinci Resolve

Cinematic storytelling

Leadership in editing

Complex XML/AAF workflows

Pacing and emotional rhythm

Job description

Senior Post-Production Supervisor & Lead Editor

This is a Full Time position in the field of Post Production - Editing, Compositing, Motion Graphics, & Visual Effects , located in Calabasas, CA .

The position pays $80,000.00 — $120,000.00 per year.

The Role: You aren't just cutting film; you are building the factory and shaping its soul. You will own the entire pipeline from "Media Ingest" to "Locked Picture," coordinating technical handoffs between VFX and Sound to ensure a relentless weekly release schedule. More importantly, you will serve as the CEO’s creative proxy in the edit bay. You must possess the intuitive genius to look at a bin of raw footage, find the tension, manipulate the pacing, and deliver a cut that perfectly matches the CEO's taste and vision.Key Responsibilities:The Creative Mind-Meld: Lead the edit on flagship narrative content. You must instinctively understand thriller aesthetics, psychological tension, J/L cuts, and how to use silence and pacing to manipulate an audience's heart rate without needing shot-by-shot direction.Pipeline Command: Design and enforce a professional "Asset Relay" system that allows VFX (Sean) and Sound (Dominic) to work in parallel, not sequence.Backlog Destruction: Immediately take over the 20+ filmed episodes of BlackVeil, ingest the footage, and aggressively drive them to completion.Quality Control (QC): Act as the final gatekeeper. The CEO should only see a "Director’s Cut" that is 95% ready for air—both technically flawless and creatively gripping.Short-Form Engine: Oversee the Content Manager to ensure every long-form episode yields 10–18 high-impact vertical shorts (TikTok/Reels).

Experience

Experience: 5+ years in professional post-production (Narrative, TV, or high-end Digital). Your reel MUST demonstrate a mastery of tension, pacing, and emotional rhythm. We do not want standard corporate/vlog editors; we need cinematic storytellers.Technical Mastery: Expert in DaVinci Resolve. Ability to manage complex XML/AAF workflows, proxy generation, and server architecture.Leadership: Experience managing other editors or remote VFX/Sound contractors.Location: Must be able to work out of our Calabasas office daily. We believe the speed of local collaboration and "in-the-room" creative mind-melding is our greatest competitive advantage.

About New Power Studios

New Power Studios is a venture-backed narrative powerhouse scaling from a creator-led startup to a $100M media enterprise. We are the architects of BlackVeil, a premium narrative thriller/horror universe. We are looking for a rare hybrid: a high-velocity Senior Post-Production Supervisor with the elite creative intuition of a Lead Storyteller. Your mission is to dismantle our current editorial bottlenecks, manage a multi-department asset relay, and creatively mastermind a 20-episode backlog within your first 30 days.

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