Post Production Producer

About the role

Please note: this role is full-time for a contract term till the end of 2026 and reports on-site 5 days a week to our client's office in Santa Monica, CA. Our client, a global digital media and technology company, is seeking a Post-Production Producer to join its in-house studio team in Santa Monica.

Responsibilities

• Drive the editorial development of video projects from transcript and paper edit through final delivery, maintaining creative ownership of story, pacing, structure, and clarity.
• Build paper edits, script outlines, creative treatments, and editorial frameworks that establish a clear narrative direction aligned with project goals.
• Work directly with editors to shape cuts from first assembly through A-roll, revisions, finishing, and handoff, serving as the creative lead throughout.
• Translate raw interviews, transcripts, and unstructured footage into compelling, well-structured stories with a social-first sensibility.
• Own day-to-day communication with editors and vendors once bookings and schedules are in place, ensuring creative direction is clearly understood and executed.
• Share cuts with clients and internal stakeholders, manage feedback intake, and drive the revision process through to final approval.
• Participate in kickoffs, editorial reviews, stakeholder screenings, and delivery sessions; capture next steps and keep project documentation current.
• Partner with the Post Production Supervisor on project status updates, flag creative or scheduling risks, and maintain visibility into edit progress and delivery milestones.
• Communicate with colorists, sound designers, motion graphics artists, assistant editors, online editors, and finishing vendors to convey creative intent and workflow requirements.
• Triage incoming post requests, assess scope, route work appropriately, and ensure organized follow-through.
• Maintain accurate project tracking across Jira and related project management platforms.

Required Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in post production, with a meaningful portion in a story-producing, editorial development, or post producing capacity.
• Demonstrated ability to build paper edits, script outlines, and editorial frameworks from raw transcripts, interviews, or unstructured footage.
• Hands-on experience guiding editors through the full editorial process from first assembly to picture lock, with a clear and consistent creative point of view.
• Experience supporting multiple concurrent video projects in a high-volume, deadline-driven post environment.
• Proficiency in Adobe Premiere Pro; working familiarity with After Effects and proxy-based editorial workflows.
• Comfort working across project management platforms such as Jira, Monday.com, Airtable, Smartsheet, or equivalent.

Preferred Qualifications

• Background producing video content for social media at scale, at a marketing agency, social content studio, production company, or in-house brand or marketing team with significant social output.
• Experience in a media production capacity at a digital media company, streaming platform, or technology company is a plus.
• Familiarity with Frame.io and shared storage or media management systems.
• Experience supporting color, sound, motion graphics, QC, and delivery workflows in a finishing or post house context.