Post-Production Supervisor

Role Summary

Pfizer’s mission is to deliver breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Pfizer Studio produces high-quality video and audio content for colleagues across the enterprise. The Post Production Supervisor leads all post-production workflows, hands-on editing, and the overall quality and consistency of Studio deliverables. They own media management and the Digital Asset Management (DAM) system, ensuring a secure, searchable content library aligned with enterprise best practices. They collaborate with Producers, Studio leadership, and external partners to maintain efficient pipelines and deliver polished content on time and on brief.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute all phases of post-production: ingest, organization, editing, graphics, color balancing, audio cleanup, versioning, and delivery.
• Serve as the Studio’s primary editor, producing a wide range of content types across business units.
• Own media management systems, folder structures, project templates, and naming conventions.
• Maintain and evolve the Digital Asset Management (DAM) system, including taxonomy, metadata, tagging, audits, and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with IT and Studio leadership to ensure data security, storage, and retention alignment.
• Establish and uphold technical standards for codecs, frame rates, aspect ratios, color, audio levels, and Pfizer brand compliance.
• Perform QC checks prior to distribution to ensure accuracy and consistency.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for external agencies and freelance editors.
• Assign work, provide briefs, review outputs, and ensure consistency across contributors.
• Provide backup support to the Senior Producer (story shaping, stakeholder calls, project intake).
• Partner with Visual Production and Audio/Tech roles to ensure smooth handoffs and integrated workflows.
• Stay current with AI and emerging technologies to improve editing speed, searchability, and asset handling.

Qualifications

• Required: 8+ years of professional experience in post-production, editing, or multimedia creation within corporate, agency, broadcast, or editorial settings.
• Required: Mastery of Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, Audition, and Media Encoder, including advanced color correction, audio cleanup, motion graphics fundamentals, and workflow optimization.
• Required: Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable postproduction workflows for multi-project environments.
• Required: Deep understanding of codecs, frame rates, color profiles, LUTs, aspect ratios, and audio mixing standards.
• Required: Experience managing large-scale media archives, metadata structures, and Digital Asset Management systems.
• Required: Strong quality control skills, including the ability to identify technical issues related to sync, color, graphics, audio levels, and rendering artifacts.
• Required: Proven ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining accuracy under tight deadlines.
• Required: Experience coordinating with IT teams on storage, permissions, data security, and file retention policies.
• Required: Familiarity with AI-enabled or automated post-production tools for rough cuts, metadata tagging, transcription, and searchability.
• Required: Strong communication skills with the ability to guide non-technical stakeholders through technical concepts.
• Required: Experience reviewing, supervising, or providing feedback to editors, freelancers, or agency partners.
• Required: Ability to create and manage postproduction budgets.
• Preferred: Experience leading or mentoring teams of editors or media specialists.
• Preferred: Experience with collaborative video platforms (Frame.io, Wipster, Dalet, CatDV, Iconik).
• Preferred: Knowledge and experience of scientific and patient storytelling.
• Preferred: Experience in pharma, healthcare, or other highly regulated environments with strict compliance and review cycles.
• Preferred: Understanding of accessibility standards (captioning, audio description, transcription QC).

Additional Requirements

• Location: Hybrid; on-site 2-3x/week or as needed by the business.
• Physical Demands: Ability to move/light equipment up to 50 lbs.
• Travel: Ability to travel up to 10%.
• Schedule: Occasional evenings and weekends to accommodate filming schedules.