Company Description

TED is on a mission to discover and spread ideas that spark imagination, embrace possibility, and catalyze impact. Our organization is devoted to curiosity, reason, wonder, and the pursuit of knowledge — without an agenda.

We seek:

• Curious learners: Individuals seeking meaning, growth, and understanding in a complex world
• Builders and creators: People developing ideas, culture, and communities that advance human progress
• Connectors and conveners: Leaders, educators, and community builders who bring others together around ideas.

Through talks, media, convenings, learning experiences, and industry-leading storytelling, TED influences how millions around the world think, learn, and engage.

About TED Countdown

Since 2020, TED Countdown has mobilized the world's boldest problem-solvers to accelerate the solutions, stories, and partnerships needed to build a cleaner, healthier and fairer world for all. We produce films, events, audio, and digital content that bring the world’s most valuable stories to both expert and broad audiences — combining the rigor of journalism with the accessibility, reach and transformative approach to ideas that TED is known for.

Job Description

The Role

We’re 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. You’ll 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 You’ll Do

You’ll 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. You’ll lead creative development for films, videos, off-stage content, and audio — from the earliest concept stage through final delivery. You’ll hire and manage third-party producers and production companies, owning those relationships end to end. You’ll also manage creator-led media partnerships for Countdown, supporting collaborations with individual creators and production partners to expand our reach across platforms.

What We’re Looking For

You’re 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 haven’t been told yet. You are open-minded and curious - and keen to learn from people with different perspectives.

You’re 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

• 7–12 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.

Department: Impact

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