Apple

Sr. Manager, Technical Production

Apple$130K — $180K *
Media
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in live/event production and hybrid environments; proven leadership for high-visibility events
  • Deep expertise in live and cinematic production workflows and technologies
  • Strong understanding of film set operations and departmental roles
  • Advanced knowledge of video codecs, formats, and recording systems
  • Expertise in film/live lighting design and modern LED systems
  • 5+ years with LED display systems including scaling and content mapping
  • Proven experience in high-pressure, no-fail production scenarios

Responsibilities

  • Lead strategy and execution of diverse non-theater productions
  • Oversee development of integrated production workflows across multiple formats
  • Establish technical production standards for audio, video, lighting, and recording
  • Collaborate with Technical Operations and Stage Production teams
  • Build and scale a high-performing production team under executive standards
  • Design power distribution and redundancy strategies for productions
  • Manage location scouting and production planning for various environments

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work on high-impact and innovative production projects
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams
  • Chance to influence production standards and strategies
  • Access to advanced production technologies and tools
  • Potential for professional growth in a rapidly evolving industry
Full Job Description
Description

The Senior Manager, Technical Production will lead the strategy and execution of all non-theater productions, spanning live remote presentations, concerts, corporate events, media briefings, film-based productions including iPhone capture workflows, and much more. This role is responsible for delivering best-in-class production across a wide range of environments, from large-scale, high-visibility live events to agile, lightweight remote productions.

You will oversee the development of production workflows that seamlessly integrate live broadcast, cinematic capture, and post-production pipelines. This includes ownership of technical production standards across video, audio, lighting, LED systems, and recording workflows. You will partner closely with Technical Operations and Stage Production teams to ensure alignment across infrastructure, signal flow, and execution strategy.

This role requires deep technical expertise, strong leadership, and the ability to operate in no-fail scenarios with executive stakeholders, while building and scaling a high-performing production team.

Minimum Qualifications

10+ years of experience in live event production, film production, or hybrid production environments, with demonstrated leadership across large-scale, high-visibility events.

Deep expertise in both live production and cinematic production workflows, including camera systems, recording pipelines, and post-production processes.

Strong understanding of film production set operations, including roles and responsibilities across departments such as directing, camera, grip, electric, sound, and video village.

Advanced knowledge of widely used and leading-edge video codecs, formats, and recording systems.

Strong understanding of color pipelines, LUT workflows, HDR formats (PQ, HLG), and color grading processes using tools such as Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve.

Expertise in lighting design for both film and live environments, including hands-on experience with modern LED lighting systems and lighting control protocols.

5+ years of experience with LED display systems with deep knowledge of scaling, pixel pitch, image processing, production switchers, and content mapping.

5+ years of experience in live and recorded audio production, including large-format console operation, RF coordination, microphone techniques, and multi-channel audio formats.

Working knowledge of live streaming and broadcast infrastructure, including encoding workflows, signal transport (SDI, ST 2110), and delivery systems.

Experience designing and executing power distribution and redundancy strategies for live production environments.

Proven experience leading productions in high-pressure, executive-facing environments with no-fail expectations.

Experience with location scouting and production planning across diverse environments including corporate venues, outdoor locations, and remote setups.

Strong understanding of production storage systems, media management workflows, and data integrity practices.

Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience leading production for global keynote events, concerts, or large-scale corporate productions.

Familiarity with advanced mobile production workflows, including iPhone-based capture and emerging tools such as Final Cut Camera.

Experience with immersive and spatial audio formats, including Dolby Atmos.

Strong understanding of emerging production technologies, including advancements in LED, virtual production, and next-generation capture workflows.

Experience working in highly confidential environments with strict security and quality standards.

Exceptional written and verbal communication skills with a strong ability to influence and align stakeholders across disciplines.

Comfort operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments while maintaining exceptional attention to detail and production quality.

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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154,000 employees
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Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
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+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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