Studio Director, NewWorld Studios

NewWorld Inc.; New York (NY); Remote; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Job summary

NewWorld Inc. is seeking a Production/Program Manager to oversee multiple shows, providing a single, current view of schedule, milestones, and dependencies across the slate.

You will collaborate with producers, showrunners, and executives to keep development through production on track and visible to leadership. You will run the studio rhythm—slate reviews, status reports, calendars, and trackers—resolving conflicts, trade-offs, and resource allocation.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in program or production management, ideally across several productions or projects at once in media, entertainment, or digital content
• A track record of keeping several productions on schedule simultaneously
• Strong command of schedules, budgets, dependencies, and reporting
• Experience collaborating with producers, creative leads, and executives
• Fluency with project management and collaboration tools
• Comfort spotting risks early and raising them clearly
• Knowledge of how shows are launched and promoted on social platforms and how platform performance is measured
• Excellent organization and multi-project management

Responsibilities

• Maintain a single, current view of every show’s schedule, milestones, and status
• Identify risks and conflicts across shows early, and present options to the Executive Producer
• Track budgets and resources across the slate with the Executive Producer, Studios
• Keep the Chief Creative Officer informed on creative milestones, reviews, and approvals across every show
• Track launch milestones with production to keep dates, assets, and promotion on the calendar
• Schedule regular performance check-ins for each show after release and track agreed changes
• Work with each Producer to set and hold production calendars and deliverables
• Ensure smooth handoffs between development, production, and post
• Ensure each show has what it needs before each stage begins
• Maintain schedules for casting, branding, and promotional assets from first call to final files
• Prepare slate reviews and weekly status reporting for studio leadership
• Turn the studio’s greenlight processes into trackers and calendars
• Capture lessons learned from post-mortems to improve future shows
• Improve studio workflows as the slate grows

Skills

Schedule management

Budget tracking

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Executive communication

Production coordination

Showrunner liaison

PM tools

Tools

PM tools

Job description

Keeping every NewWorld show on track, so the whole slate moves forward together.

• Location: Remote and US-based, with the option to work from our New York office
• Type: Full-time
• Salary: $140,000–$170,000
• Travel: Occasional, aligned with productions

About the role

NewWorld studios runs several original shows at once, each with its own Producer and team. You're the person who sees all of them at once, giving the studio one clear, current view of where every show stands and what it needs next.

You track every show on the slate, from development through production, release, and reporting. You keep schedules, milestones, and dependencies current, spot problems early, and make sure the right people know in time to act. When shows compete for the same people, budget, or time, you lay out the trade-off and the options, and the Executive Producer, Studios makes the call.

You also run the studio’s rhythm: slate review prep, status reporting, production calendars, and the trackers every show works from. You work hand in hand with the Executive Producer, who owns budgets, Producers, and production decisions. You keep the Head of Studio and the Chief Creative Officer close to where every show stands, creatively and operationally, and you work day to day with each show’s Producer and Showrunner.

What you bring

Across the slate

• Keep a single, current view of every show’s schedule, milestones, and status
• Spot risks and conflicts across shows early, and bring them to the Executive Producer with options
• Track budgets and resources across the slate alongside the Executive Producer, Studios
• Keep the Chief Creative Officer informed on creative milestones, reviews, and approvals across every show
• Track every show’s launch milestones alongside production, so launch dates, marketing assets, and promotion deliverables stay on the calendar
• Schedule regular performance check-ins for each show after release, and track what the team agreed to change

With each show

• Work with each Producer to set and hold production calendars and deliverables
• Keep handoffs between development, production, and post clean and on time
• Make sure every show has what it needs before each stage begins
• Keep casting, branding, and promotional asset deliverables on schedule, from first call to final files

Studio operations

• Prepare slate reviews and run weekly status reporting for studio leadership
• Turn the studio’s greenlight process and workflows into the trackers and calendars every show runs on
• Capture what we learn in each post-mortem and build it into the next show’s plan
• Improve how the studio works as the slate grows

What you bring

• 8+ years in program or production management, ideally across several productions or projects at once in media, entertainment, or digital content
• A record of keeping several productions or projects on schedule at the same time
• Strong command of schedules, budgets, dependencies, and reporting
• Experience working closely with producers, creative leads, and executives
• Fluency with project management and collaboration tools
• Comfort spotting risks early and raising them clearly
• Familiarity with how shows are launched and promoted on social, and how platform performance is measured
• Excellent organization, holding many threads at once and dropping none of them
• Familiarity with how short- and long-form video gets made for social platforms
• Experience in an early-stage or fast-moving studio or media company

Who you are

• You keep track of where every show stands
• You stay calm and clear when several shows need attention at once
• You flag schedule problems as soon as you see them
• You make Producers’ work easier
• You like building processes people actually use
• You want to help build a studio for audiences most media ignores

Compensation and benefits

The salary range is $140,000—$170,000 and is set by experience. Compensation is competitive with current market rates for comparable roles in media and communications. The role includes full benefits, with health coverage and paid time off. It is remote, with a strong preference for candidates based in New York, Toronto, or Los Angeles, and the option to work from our New York office.