Complex

Associate Director, Post Production

Complex • $95K — $100K *
New York, NY 10025In-Person
Media
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years of post-production experience in digital media or entertainment.
  • Proven leadership managing high-volume post teams across formats.
  • Advanced skills in editing, color correction, and sound mixing.
  • Success in building and scaling post workflows in fast-paced environments.
  • Hands-on experience with AI tools in editing processes.
  • Experience as Post Supervisor on premium or innovative projects.
  • Strong knowledge of emerging post-production technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee post production for various editorial video content.
  • Implement AI assisted editing workflows and technologies.
  • Advise and supervise post-production teams on editing techniques.
  • Define and implement post production workflows and standards.
  • Partner with production on scheduling and post production needs.
  • Track post production costs and manage budgets effectively.
  • Source and manage freelancers and post production schedules.

Benefits

  • Best in class health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Healthcare FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and Commuter Benefits FSA.
  • Short-term/long-term disability and life insurance.
  • Paid Parental leave and 401k with 4% match.
  • Pet Insurance and Legal/Identity Theft Plans.
  • Vacation time and sick days.
Full Job Description
  • 6+ years of post-production experience within a digital-first media, entertainment, or culture-driven content environment.
  • Proven leadership experience managing post-production teams, including full-time staff and freelance editors, across high-volume, multi-format outputs (originals, vertical, social, promo, branded).
  • Advanced hands-on expertise in editing, color correction, and sound mixing, with the ability to elevate creative standards and troubleshoot elaborate post challenges.
  • Demonstrated success building and scaling efficient post workflows, standards, and resourcing strategies in fast-paced production settings.
  • Hands-on experience and comfortable implementing and adopting AI tools in the editing process.
  • Experience serving as Post Supervisor on premium, original, or new-format projects from development through final delivery.
  • Strong knowledge of emerging post-production technologies, including AI-assisted editing tools and digital-first best practices.
  • Experience managing post-production budgets, vendor relationships, freelance onboarding, and third-party licensing libraries (photo, video, music).
  • Deep understanding of media management systems, archival strategy, and collaboration with IT on hybrid storage (on-prem + cloud) solutions.
  • Exceptional organizational, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to balance creative excellence, speed, and budget discipline.


What You'll Do

  • General Operations
  • Oversee post production across editorial video content for Complex, including originals, vertical video, promo, and potential branded and third party productions.
  • Research and implement AI assisted editing workflows and technologies.
  • Maintain and demonstrate proficiency in editing, color correction, and sound mixing techniques to advise and supervise post-production teams.
  • Strategize on post production resourcing and staffing to ensure the best possible product is delivered while considering overall video priorities.
  • Define post production workflows, standards and practices/processes, implement across all production groups including creative and production.
  • Partner with production to stay up to date on current shoot schedules, as well as advise on post production needs for developing projects.
  • Track post production costs including editor actuals, physical assets purchases, libraries, and subscriptions.
  • Keep up with emerging post production technology and tools as well as digital first formats and best practices.
  • Manage post operations team and full time editors.
  • Develop creative producers to nurture understanding of post production processes.
  • Maintain and manage relationships with third party party libraries, including photo, video, music.


  • Media Management
  • Oversee the intake of all media following shoots to guarantee adherence to post-production timelines.
  • Tracking all archival material and overseeing best practices for organization and retrieval of archived assets.
  • Collaborating with IT and business development to devise strategies for extracting and monetizing archival assets.
  • Collaborate with IT to oversee the balance between on-site server capacity and cloud storage solutions.


  • Post Supervising Responsibilities
  • Source and hire editors for each project. Supervise the onboarding freelancers and facilitate payments.
  • Oversee the creation and management of post production schedules per video product.
  • Act as post supervisor on Complex originals and new to world projects.
  • Maintain a robust roster of post production freelancers and vendors, including but not limited to editors, assistant editors, motion graphics designers, post mixers and sound designers, online/color editors, music supervisors.


What We Offer

  • Best in class health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Healthcare FSA
  • Dependent Care FSA
  • Commuter Benefits FSA
  • Short-term/long-term disability and life insurance
  • Paid Parental leave
  • 401k with 4% match
  • Pet Insurance
  • Legal and Identity Theft Plans
  • Vacation time and sick days


$95,000 - $100,000 a year

The Pay Range, which consists of salary and commission, for this position is listed. Actual pay will vary based on factors including, but not limited to location, experience, and performance. The range listed is just one component of Complex Total Rewards offerings for employees.

The above statements cover what are generally believed to be principal and essential functions of the job. Specific circumstances may allow or require some incumbents assigned to the job to perform a different combination of duties.

About Complex

Complex is a media and entertainment company that focuses on youth culture and the intersection of music, sports, fashion, and pop culture. The company was founded in 2002 and has since grown to become a leading digital publisher, producing content across multiple platforms including web, mobile, social media, and video. Complex's properties include Complex.com, First We Feast, Pigeons & Planes, and Sole Collector, among others. The company's content is known for its unique voice, deep cultural insights, and engaging storytelling, and has won numerous awards and accolades. Complex is committed to pushing the boundaries of media and entertainment, and has a strong track record of innovation and creativity.
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Size
200 employees
Industry
Media
Founded
2000
* Ladders Estimates

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