Noah Schwartz

Hi, I'm Noah

I'm a digital video product manager focused on OTT and CTV apps, content workflows, and the operational systems behind streaming video. My background spans motion graphics, post-production, file-based delivery operations, content moderation, and the OTT product work I do today. I tend to look at products from both sides: the viewer experience and the workflows that make it possible.

I like working in the messy middle of media technology, where content, platforms, vendors, support teams, and real people all have to come together. That's usually where the hardest product questions live, and where small decisions have the biggest impact.

The through-line

I've been working on the user-facing side of video and the operational systems behind it since 2007. My first job in college was moderating user-generated videos on Comcast's Ziddio platform. Fifteen years later, I was running the global content review pipeline at Firework. In between I did motion graphics at MTV, post-production and digital delivery at Deluxe and Adstream, the Journy AVOD launch at Ovation, and a Senior Manager role on the international OTT product operations team at Tennis Channel.

The arc is creative, then operations, then product. But I've never fully left any of those layers behind. I still write requirements, still review builds, still draw the diagrams. The diagram is often the deliverable.

Career timeline

1. Aug 2023 to present · Remote, LA Metro

   Product Manager, Digital Video

   Nexstar Media Group

   Front-end product on Nexstar's CTV apps and the TVE work on NewsNation. In 2025 I led and supported a rollout of 108 station CTV app launches across Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, and Samsung. I work on player and playback UX, navigation and discovery, multi-livestream experiences, EPG-based features, authentication, station onboarding, and the documentation that makes all of it supportable.

2. Mar 2022 to May 2023 · Remote, San Mateo

   Content Operations Manager

   Firework

   Led the team that handled end-to-end content operations for global brands. Built and ran a content moderation pipeline that combined automated AI scoring with country-specific manual review buckets. Partnered with CMS and Creative Cloud engineering, ran competitive research, and built the onboarding decision tree that turned messy sales conversations into a reproducible workflow.

3. Sep 2019 to Mar 2022 · Hybrid, Santa Monica

   Sr. Manager, OTT Product Operations

   Tennis Channel

   Senior ops on multi-region SVOD, three Samsung TV+ FAST channels, and the T2 launch. Led OTT International operations across the UK, Greece, Monaco, DACH, and the Netherlands. Coordinated cloud-master-control workflows for tournaments like Tennis Bundesliga and Dear Fans premiere events. Built the project management systems, metadata standards, and documentation behind it.

4. Jul 2017 to Aug 2019 · On-site, Marina del Rey

   Digital Content Manager

   Ovation TV

   Helped launch Journy, Ovation's AVOD app, across Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, mobile, and FAST partners including Xumo, Plex, VEWD, and Samsung TV+. Owned the digital asset workflow: CatDV and Akomi for the DAM side, a producer-editor (Preditor) SOP on the creative side, and the multi-destination publishing pipeline that fed YouTube, the social platforms, and OTT. Mentored by Elba Flamenco, who later referred me to Nexstar.

5. Jun 2012 to Jun 2017 · On-site, Burbank

   Sr. Digital Media Manager · Deluxe → Adstream

   Continuous role through the Adstream acquisition of Deluxe's AdServices division in 2016

   Designed and ran the workflows that processed, QCed, captioned, watermarked, and transcoded ads for domestic and international broadcast and web. Built the workstations, trained the team, and helped shape the file-based delivery transition that ultimately led to our division being acquired.

6. Oct 2009 to Jun 2012 · On-site, Upper West Side NYC

   Creative

   Apple

   One-on-one creative training for customers on Final Cut Pro, Aperture, iMovie, iPhoto, and GarageBand. Half teaching, half product support, all on top of the day-to-day rhythm of an Apple Store.

7. May 2007 to Dec 2008 · On-site, NYC

   Motion Graphic Designer / Video Editor

   MTV Networks / Viacom

   Titles, intros, lower thirds, and motion packages for a variety of MTV shows. First real media job after college.

8. Mar 2007 to Sep 2007 · Remote, Philadelphia

   Video Moderator

   Comcast · Ziddio

   Part-time while finishing college. Moderated user-generated videos on the Ziddio platform, picked standout clips for online and TV features, and contributed to the production of "Facebook Diaries." First UGC moderation experience. The same kind of work I'd do at scale 15 years later at Firework.

How I think about product

A digital video product looks simple when it works. Behind that simplicity is a CMS, a feed, metadata, an auth layer, analytics, support documentation, and a content team trying to publish on a deadline. My job is usually to bring clarity across all of that. Turn complicated workflows into something teams can actually use. Make sure the viewer never has to think about any of it.

Education

BFA in Multimedia from the University of the Arts (Philadelphia, 2004 to 2008). Certificate in Advanced Digital Editing from the New York Film Academy (2003 to 2004). Final Cut Pro certified through Apple.

A bit about me

Outside of work, I'm a girl dad to two amazing daughters and married to my favorite human. We live in the South Bay of Los Angeles, soaking up the beachy vibes, chasing sunshine, and sweeping sand out of the car.

Most weekends, you'll find me coaching youth sports, playing pickup, or trying to teach my kids how to hit a backhand. I'm into pretty much every sport with a ball: tennis, pickleball, ping pong, basketball, baseball, and golf are all in the rotation. I'm a diehard Knicks and Mets fan, which means I'm no stranger to heartbreak but forever loyal.

Let's connect

Want to talk digital video products, OTT and CTV apps, media workflows, or some weird media tech problem that needs untangling? Send me a note.