Post Production Manager

Dragonfruit is a creative agency helping creators and brands grow organic audiences on YouTube. The Post-Production Manager owns creative quality during the edit and review stages, giving actionable feedback to improve videos’ clarity, engagement, retention, and readiness for client review or upload.

Responsibilities:

• Review all videos versions to make sure each video meets a high creative standard
• Assess videos based on hook strength, pacing, retention, story clarity, branding, viewer experience, and overall polish
• Review videos through a YouTube performance lens
• Identify sections where the video feels slow, unclear, repetitive, off-brand, weak, or unlikely to keep viewers watching
• Give clear, specific, timestamped, and actionable creative feedback to editors
• Explain what needs to change, why it matters, and how the editor should improve it
• Review B-roll, archival footage, graphics, motion design, music, sound design, text, and visual references
• Make sure every creative element supports the story and viewer experience
• Protect the creator’s voice, brand identity, and audience expectations
• Help define and raise the creative quality bar across the post-production team
• Make sure videos feel premium, YouTube-native, and built for retention
• Work closely with Creative Directors, editors, producers, and leadership

Requirements:

• Strong background in YouTube, digital video, creative direction, editorial review, or post-production quality control
• Proven experience reviewing videos for an established creator, brand, agency, or YouTube channel
• Ability to point to specific channels, videos, brands, or projects you helped improve
• Strong understanding of what makes YouTube videos perform: retention, pacing, hooks, storytelling, branding, viewer engagement, and audience payoff
• Ability to review an edit and diagnose exactly what is not working
• Ability to give clear feedback that improves the final video
• Strong editorial taste and creative judgment
• Understanding of post-production workflows, Premiere Pro, After Effects, motion graphics, sound design, and visual storytelling
• Strong attention to detail and excellent written and verbal communication
• Ability to maintain a high-quality standard under fast deadlines
• Someone without strong long-form YouTube or digital video judgment
• High-level video editing background
• Experience mentoring, reviewing, or improving editors
• Experience with YouTube analytics, retention curves, CTR, watch time, or performance data
• Experience with documentary, explainer, educational, or premium talking-head content
• Experience using Frame.io, ClickUp, Notion, Slack, Google Drive, or similar tools