Post Production Enablement Supervisor

Role Overview

Supervisor, Post Production Enablement, based in the New York bureau and ready to work with teams across CNN’s global footprint. This key video production technology and workflow leadership role is responsible for deploying, supporting, and improving the tools and processes that power video content creation across CNN. Reporting to the Director of Post Production Operations, the position serves as a hands‑on subject‑matter expert in edit and post‑production workflows, media asset management, editing technologies, and cloud‑based environments.

The Supervisor will partner with production, editorial, and engineering teams to identify workflow challenges, test and validate new technologies, develop appropriately scaled solutions that further CNN’s video goals, and drive adoption through training, documentation, and user support.

• Serve as a subject‑matter expert for post‑production workflows, media asset management systems, and editing technologies deployed by CNN.
• Design, validate, document, and deploy new workflows and production tools and/or dial in established workflows for new teams to meet Production Ops objectives.
• Partner with editorial, production, and engineering stakeholders to take needs and turn them into solutions that work.
• Lead user acceptance testing and operational readiness efforts for new platforms, features, and workflow enhancements.
• Create and deliver training, documentation, and best practices to ensure successful adoption of workflows and technologies across teams.
• Troubleshoot issues with deployed MAM and edit systems, coordinating with vendors and internal stakeholders to get real data and timely resolutions.
• Support and optimize media asset management workflows including ingest, metadata, search, retrieval, archive, and content delivery.
• Champion workflow standards and continuous improvement initiatives across all users Production Operations partners with.

• 5+ years of experience in post production, media asset management, media workflow design, or production technology.
• Demonstrated expertise with Adobe Premiere Pro, including editing workflows, project management, media organization, troubleshooting, and collaborative edit environments.
• Hands‑on experience administering and supporting Iconik or similar enterprise Media Asset Management (MAM) platforms.
• Strong understanding of post‑production workflows including ingest of camera original media, metadata, proxy generation, edit, finishing, content delivery, and archive.
• Experience testing and deploying new production tools and technology solutions.
• Proven ability to develop workflow documentation, deliver end‑user training, and drive adoption of new technologies.
• Strong communication skills and ability to translate technical concepts into practical operational solutions.
• Technical knowledge of AWS or similar cloud storage platforms and hybrid cloud production is a plus.
• Experience evaluating, experimenting with, or implementing emerging production technologies, automation solutions, and AI‑enabled tools is a plus.
• Experience working in a fast‑paced news, sports, documentary, or digital content production environment.
• Ability to work nights and weekends as needed to support production operations.

Pay Range: $77,000.00 - $ salary per year. Other rewards may include annual bonuses, short‑ and long‑term incentives, and program‑specific awards. The company provides a variety of benefits, including health insurance coverage, an employee wellness program, life and disability insurance, a retirement savings plan, paid holidays, sick time, and vacation.

We are an equal‑opportunity employer and embrace the opportunity to build a workforce that reflects a wide array of perspectives, backgrounds and experiences. We consider qualified candidates on the basis of merit, without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by law.

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