Video Production Ops Lead

B&H Photo Video; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

B&H Photo Video is seeking an experienced Video Production Operations Manager to lead the day-to-day operations of the video production and post-production teams in New York. You will report to the Manager of Video Production and oversee a team of shooters and editors, driving projects from pre-production through delivery.

The ideal candidate blends production expertise with strong project management and people leadership, creating structured processes, clear communication, and a collaborative

Qualifications

• Proven professional experience across the full video production lifecycle.
• Experience managing video production teams.
• Strong knowledge of shooting, editing, post-production, and professional production workflows.
• Excellent project management, organizational, and prioritization skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple productions, deadlines, and stakeholders simultaneously.
• Experience managing team capacity, workloads, and production resources.

Responsibilities

• Oversee pre-production, scheduling, filming, post-production, revisions, and delivery.
• Translate creative briefs, scripts, and business needs into clear production plans, assignments, timelines, and deliverables.
• Anticipate production challenges and proactively develop solutions to keep projects moving.
• Ensure content consistently meets established creative, technical, and brand standards.
• Adapt production approaches to efficiently support everything from quick-turn social and product content to larger educational and editorial productions.
• Directly manage a team of video shooters and editors.
• Provide clear direction around assignments, priorities, deadlines, and expectations.
• Conduct regular check-ins to review workloads, progress, challenges, and professional development.
• Provide constructive feedback, coaching, and support that helps team members grow and succeed.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, communication, and ownership.
• Maintain visibility into team capacity, active projects, deadlines, and upcoming production needs.
• Assign and balance workloads based on availability, skill set, complexity, priority, and deadlines.
• Identify bottlenecks and improve workflows, handoffs, and processes to increase efficiency and turnaround times.
• Maintain visibility into project status and clearly communicate risks, delays, resource needs, and competing priorities.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve productivity and output while maintaining quality.

Skills

Project management

People leadership

Communication

Organization

Job description

B&H Photo Video is seeking an experienced Video Production Operations Manager to lead the day-to-day operations of the video production and post-production teams in New York. You will report to the Manager of Video Production and oversee a team of shooters and editors, driving projects from pre-production through delivery.

The ideal candidate blends production expertise with strong project management and people leadership, creating structured processes, clear communication, and a collaborative