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Why this role matters

This role plays a critical part in helping to build and lead a current 24/7 global production hub for video. The assistant director will drive operational excellence, establish efficient and scalable workflows, and foster a culture of collaboration, accountability and continuous improvement. They will be responsible for managing staff and resources, setting clear priorities, and ensuring timely video production while maintaining AP's high standards of integrity, accuracy and visual storytelling. They will line-manage a share of the global production team and be the senior production lead during Asia business hours. Based in Noida, India, this position reports to the Executive Producer, Global Video Production.





What you will do

In this senior editorial role, you will help build and lead a new 24/7 global production hub for video. This will include overseeing production workflows, establishing daily priorities and making swift decisions to adapt to changing demands in a fast-paced news environment. You will help optimize efficiency across the video production operation, ensuring timely content delivery that aligns with AP’s digital-first strategy, and maintaining high standards in scripts, edits and visual storytelling across all video formats.

You will also:

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Serve as the senior production leader during India business hours, providing operational and editorial oversight across the video production team and acting as a primary escalation point for production, workflow and staffing issues.

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Lead a team of video producers and editors to produce high-quality, engaging and accurate video content,

📌 Assistant Director, Global Video Production (Noida)
🏢 The Associated Press
📍 Noida