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Executive Producer, Audio & Video


Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: Not provided by the employer
Posted: 14 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 11 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

The Role
Were looking for a Supervising Producer to lead media production across the Countdown team.
This is a senior creative and operational role for a producer with great storytelling skills who can
navigate the full landscape of modern digital media from short-form video to long-form
documentary to audio. Youll be the connective tissue between our internal team and the
external producers filmmakers and creators we work with ensuring everything we make is
sharp purposeful and built for the moment.


What Youll Do
Youll serve as the main point of contact for all media production across the Countdown team
coordinating with internal stakeholders and external partners to keep projects on track and on
vision. Youll lead creative development for films videos off-stage content and audio from
the earliest concept stage through final delivery. Youll hire and manage third-party producers
and production companies owning those relationships end to end. Youll also manage creator-
led media partnerships for Countdown supporting collaborations with individual creators and
production partners to expand our reach across platforms.

What Were Looking For
Youre an experienced producer video journalist or non-fiction filmmaker with a strong editorial
eye and a track record of telling complex stories clearly and compellingly. You understand how
content travels across platforms YouTube Instagram podcast feeds editorial sites and
you know how to shape a story for each. You have enough fluency with climate and
environmental topics to move quickly in the space and enough creative ambition to imagine
stories that havent been told yet. You are open- minded and curious - and keen to learn from
people with different perspectives.

Youre also a strong collaborator and a capable manager who can give and receive good notes
hire the right people and keep a production moving without losing the creative thread.


Qualifications :

712 years of experience in video journalism documentary production or digital media
Demonstrated experience leading or supervising production across multiple formats
Strong editorial and storytelling instincts with a portfolio to back them up
Experience managing external production partners and freelance talent
Familiarity with climate environment or science journalism either through direct
coverage or adjacent work
Experience working across digital platforms and understanding of how content performs
in each
We are headquartered in New York but open to remote or hybrid approaches travel to
events and shoots will be required either way.


Remote Work :

No


Employment Type :

Contract


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