Commercial Production Manager

The role

This person will lead a distributed team of 8–10 commercial producers to deliver high-quality video content. They will partner with local sales leadership to manage workflows, resources, and production processes across multiple markets.

What you will do

• Lead, coach, and develop a distributed team of approximately 8–10 commercial producers.
• Provide oversight and direction for commercial production from concept through final delivery.
• Build collaborative relationships with local sales leaders and sales teams.
• Develop, implement, and improve systems and processes between sales and production.
• Manage production capacity and priorities across multiple markets.
• Lead teams through evolving production processes, organizational changes, and new technologies.
• Identify opportunities to simplify workflows and improve turnaround times.
• Ensure production teams deliver a professional experience for clients.
• Establish and maintain creative and technical standards.
• Ensure effective production planning including scheduling, budgeting, and resource coordination.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Film Production, Media Studies, Communications, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of experience in commercial video production, production management, creative operations, or a related field.
• Extensive experience with the Adobe Creative Cloud suite, specifically Premiere and After Effects.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams.
• Strong understanding of video production workflows, including pre-production, shooting, post-production, and delivery.
• Proven ability to build strong partnerships with sales teams, business leaders, creative teams, and other cross-functional stakeholders.
• Experience leading teams through process, technology, or organizational change.
• Strong organizational and operational skills.
• A pragmatic, solutions-oriented mindset.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience managing production budgets and external vendors or contractors.
• Comfort working with evolving production technologies and tools, including AI-enabled creative and production capabilities.

Nice to have

• preferably including employees working across multiple locations or markets

Benefits

• Two medical plan options through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas
• Dental and eye care coverage
• Fertility, surrogacy and adoption assistance
• Disability and life insurance
• 401(k) program with 1% - 80% contribution options
• 100% match on the first 4% of pay, 100% vested from day one
• Nine free virtual doctor’s appointments through Teladoc
• 12 free annual therapy sessions through Spring Health
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Nine paid holidays per year

About the company

TEGNA Inc. helps people thrive in their local communities by providing trusted local news and services. They have 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets.