Moonbug Entertainment
Senior Post Production Manager
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About Moonbug Entertainment
Thank you for considering the Senior Post Production Manager role with Moonbug Entertainment. Moonbug is an award-winning global entertainment company inspiring kids everywhere to laugh, learn and grow. The company is behind some of the biggest kids' entertainment brands in the world including CoComelon and Blippi. Moonbug believes every child should have access to our entertaining and enriching content, which is why our shows are available on more than 150 video platforms globally including Netflix, Disney+, BBC iPlayer and YouTube Kids. Moonbug is also a global leader in pre-school music and audio experiences, available on 100+ audio platforms globally. Moonbug brands extend far beyond the screen to include streaming music, toys, games, books, live events, and even theme park exhibits.
Moonbug is part of Candle Media, an independent, creator-friendly home for cutting-edge, high-quality, category-defining brands and franchises. By bringing together elite talent operating at the intersection of content, community, and commerce, it helps to position leading entertainment businesses for accelerated, sustainable growth in the current market and beyond.
This role reports onsite in our London office.
📍London, Camden | Office based | Benefits including Free Private Healthcare, Enhanced Maternity and Paternity leave, matched 5% pension scheme, free yoga/fitness wellbeing classes, free weekly lunch and Friday drinks @ 4pm ✨
The Role
As a Senior Post Production Manager, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring our world-class animated and live-action content moves seamlessly from production to delivery. Managing a diverse slate of global projects, you will bridge the gap between creative teams, technical staff, and external partners, ensuring that our high-quality standards are maintained at scale.
This is not a passive coordination role; you will have genuine ownership over workflows, timelines, and delivery pipelines. You will collaborate cross-functionally with Producers, Editorial and Tech to optimize our post-production ecosystems. If you are an experienced post-production professional who thrives in a dynamic environment and loves building efficient, modern workflows, this role offers the space to make a tangible impact on globally recognized franchises.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Cross-Border Team Leadership: Lead and mentor the UK-based audio and video post-production teams while collaborating closely with the US team to ensure global alignment and creative cohesion.
- Resource & Schedule Tracking: Masterfully manage complex post-production schedules, resource allocation, and project management tracking systems (e.g., ShotGrid, Monday.com) to keep teams organized and accountable.
- End-to-End Pipeline Oversight: Oversee the entire post-production lifecycle across multiple concurrent audio and video content streams, ensuring all creative and technical milestones are met on time and within budget.
- Workflow Optimization: Continuously evaluate, design, and implement highly efficient workflows across editing, sound design, mixing, and color grading to maximize team output.
- Internal Stakeholder Management: Build strong relationships and work closely with cross-departmental stakeholders to align post-production capabilities with broader business objectives and delivery needs.
- External Talent & Vendor Management: Act as the primary point of contact for external facilities, freelancers, and platform delivery teams; source and negotiate with vendors, manage onboarding, and foster collaborative partnerships.
- Quality Control & Compliance: Guarantee that all final masters undergo thorough internal checks, meet multi-language delivery requirements, and strictly adhere to global broadcast and streaming technical standards before official QC submission.
- Proactive Troubleshooting: Anticipate and swiftly resolve technical bottlenecks, pipeline friction, or scheduling conflicts before they impact delivery timelines.
- Budget Management: Monitoring your team spend, with the support of finance teams internally. Internal recharging required for budgeting and tracking internal job costs, alongside finance.
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Requirements
- Industry Experience: Proven experience working as a Post Production Manager or Senior Coordinator within a fast-paced production company, studio, or post-house. Experience with kids' content, animation, or high-volume digital media is highly advantageous.
- Technical Compliance & Delivery: Serve as the final gatekeeper for all technical specifications, ensuring assets are properly mastered for global distribution, including correct wrapping, codec utilisation and audio mapping.
- Technical Literacy: Deep understanding of modern post-production pipelines, including offline/online editing, audio mixing, color workflows (HDR/SDR), codecs, frame rates, and multi-platform delivery specs.
- Software Familiarity: Proficiency with industry-standard project management tools (e.g., ShotGrid, Monday.com, Jira) and a strong working knowledge of Adobe Creative Cloud & DaVinci Resolve & Pro Tools workflows.
- Organizational Excellence: Exceptional organizational and time-management skills, with a proven track record of managing multiple complex schedules simultaneously without compromising on quality.
- Communication Skills: Strong, clear verbal and written communication style, with the ability to translate technical post-production concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Adaptable Mindset: A proactive problem-solver who remains calm under pressure and thrives in an evolving, digital-first environment.
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