Director of Technical Production Job at Highland Park United Methodist Church in
Highland Park United Methodist Church, Dallas, TX, US, 75215
Director of Production | Executive Producer
This is a full time position that provides a salary commensurate with experience and outstanding benefits in a truth and grace filled work environment.
The primary purpose of this role is to provide pastoral leadership, discipleship, and management of the staff and volunteer production teams to create systems and processes that create excellent technical experiences at HPUMC. This position leads production staff and volunteers and works closely with band and worship leaders, events staff, and other ministries within and outside HPUMC. This person is a team player who is excited to take full ownership of production and lead the team to execute at a high level.
The Director of Production will lead the production team of staff, contractors and volunteers for HPUMC, Tolleson Family Activity Center, Wesley House. He/she will be responsible for providing production and technical support and oversight in audio/video/lighting/production for HPUMC. He/she will be responsible for supervising and improving production for both in-person and online experiences. He/She will have experience with installation and logistics for audio, lighting, and video and feel comfortable working on multiple long- and short-term projects. He/She will be able to assign tasks based on talent and event needs and work well both autonomously and in a team environment.
The most successful Director of Production will be:
Ministerial Exemption: No
FLSA Status: Exempt
Campus: Mockingbird
Working Hours: This is a full-time position, working at least 36 hours per week.
Anticipated Schedule: Monday-Thursday 9 am - 5 pm (includes a 30 min unpaid lunch); Sunday 7 am - 1 pm
Event support hours vary greatly and the ability to work nights and weekends is required. During certain times of the year, additional hours may be necessary to meet the job's demands. All church staff will be asked to support and serve for religious holidays and worship services, including Christmas Eve and Easter.
Job Responsibilities and Duties:
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Desired Skills:
Experience in the following would be ideal:
Physical Demands:
☒ Sitting ☒ Standing ☒ Walking ☒ Seeing ☒ Hearing
☒ Speaking ☒ Lifting/carrying up to 50 pounds ☒ Fine Motor Skills
Other Qualifications: Must be a committed Christian, with a church home, who is comfortable working in a United Methodist Church. All employees are called to lead a life that becomes the gospel, and we expect them to exhibit appropriate demeanor both on and off the job.
This is a full time position that provides a salary commensurate with experience and outstanding benefits in a truth and grace filled work environment.
The primary purpose of this role is to provide pastoral leadership, discipleship, and management of the staff and volunteer production teams to create systems and processes that create excellent technical experiences at HPUMC. This position leads production staff and volunteers and works closely with band and worship leaders, events staff, and other ministries within and outside HPUMC. This person is a team player who is excited to take full ownership of production and lead the team to execute at a high level.
The Director of Production will lead the production team of staff, contractors and volunteers for HPUMC, Tolleson Family Activity Center, Wesley House. He/she will be responsible for providing production and technical support and oversight in audio/video/lighting/production for HPUMC. He/she will be responsible for supervising and improving production for both in-person and online experiences. He/She will have experience with installation and logistics for audio, lighting, and video and feel comfortable working on multiple long- and short-term projects. He/She will be able to assign tasks based on talent and event needs and work well both autonomously and in a team environment.
The most successful Director of Production will be:
- A Self-starter who has a continued pursuit of excellence without being told what to do and is excited to say yes first and has a great attitude.
- A Servant Leader with the culture of being a servant and serving other leaders.
- An entrepreneurial minded person.
- Able to translate vision into creating a seamless online and in-person experience from tech/production.
- Possess the strong ability to find solutions in high-stress situations.
- Able to keep within project deadlines and budget.
- Extremely detail-oriented and glad to be part of a team.
- Passionate: Hands-on leader who can get into the details with passion and motivation.
- Teachable: Being open-handed to learning how things are done in different ways.
- Proven leadership: Has experience with the ability to recruit, train, build, and lead large volunteer and staff teams.
- Organized, reliable, and demonstrate great work ethic and integrity.
Ministerial Exemption: No
FLSA Status: Exempt
Campus: Mockingbird
Working Hours: This is a full-time position, working at least 36 hours per week.
Anticipated Schedule: Monday-Thursday 9 am - 5 pm (includes a 30 min unpaid lunch); Sunday 7 am - 1 pm
Event support hours vary greatly and the ability to work nights and weekends is required. During certain times of the year, additional hours may be necessary to meet the job's demands. All church staff will be asked to support and serve for religious holidays and worship services, including Christmas Eve and Easter.
Job Responsibilities and Duties:
- LEAD the production teams at HPUMC and manage production to maintain a high-level experience within a distraction-free environment.
- BUILD volunteer core teams by cultivating community and helping build relationships.
- EQUIP production and volunteer teams.
- DEVELOP current AVL systems at HPUMC to maintain and improve in-person and online experiences.
- Oversee the production teams and systems that execute Sunday gatherings and other HPUMC events.
- Build and support a highly functioning team of staff, contractors, and production volunteers.
- Help plan elements and flow of worship service each week in relation to creative elements.
- Ensure that all production equipment is working properly and receives regular maintenance.
- Support production for each Sunday gathering and float between various environments as needed.
- Facilitate production meetings to decide how the production will work at events and gatherings.
- Innovate and create new ways to implement technology in supporting the mission and vision of HPUMC.
- Support all campus environments including online services and experiences.
- Integrate with the IT team as needed to implement support infrastructures for AVL systems and deployments.
- Help troubleshoot production and equipment needs for HPUMC worship venues. Each venue has varying technical equipment and varying technical needs for both in-person and online, so the highest quality must be ensured.
- Work with the Director of Communications and Director of Information Technology to evaluate and oversee the maintenance of the current equipment/wiring, as well as future equipment needs for both growth and technological advances for both in-person and online delivery.
- Supervise the ordering and installation of equipment/wiring, ensuring quality work is done safely and efficiently.
- Responsible for planning maintenance, upgrade, and inventory of all equipment needed by the department, including but not limited to microphones, cabling, mixers, cameras, computers, switching gear, lighting console, lighting equipment, and various media.
- Diagnose problems in the production space, providing recommendations and training to staff.
- Help during worship services, events, meetings, and classes when needed in any aspect of production.
- Propose a budget for repairs, upgrades, installation, etc. for HPUMC venues while anticipating and addressing unusual financial needs.
- Obtain and direct contract workers for special needs; recruit, train and assign volunteer helpers.
- Help oversee the big picture production vision and execution for HPUMC bigger events including, but not limited to, Christmas, Easter, VBS, Back to School/Fall Kickoff, and other outdoor events.
- Other duties as assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Desired Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in production engineering or media required.
- 10+ years' experience in production engineering.
- Experience in church worship production.
- Knowledge of video, audio, lighting, electrical, and production.
- Strong problem-solving and relationship-building skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills are required, and the ability to work successfully in a team environment.
- Strong attention to detail and ability to prioritize competing projects
- Ability to strategically think through projects and their relationship to the big picture.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Capable of summarizing chunks of information for clarity and understanding.
- Organized and able to manage multiple projects with high levels of detail.
- Desire to strive for continuous improvement.
- Experience in teaching others to develop technical skills.
- Experience or willingness to learn production/technical skills that are not yet acquired.
Experience in the following would be ideal:
- High-level broadcast video systems
- Large-scale PA systems
- Lighting networking and infrastructure
- Large-scale networking
- AVL system integration
- Multisite Church production a plus
- Multicamera Livestream setups and video venue experience
- Stage design experience and directing is a plus
- CTS certifications is highly desired
- Knowledge of Yamaha, Allen & Heath, Digico & Waves Based or Integrated Consoles
- Experience in RF Management
- Broadcast Online Live Streaming Experience
- Pro-Presenter 7
- Ross Video Systems
- Video and photo editing software knowledge is a plus
- Microsoft Office Suite
- G Suite (Google, Gmail, Calendar, etc.)
- Asana or other project management system is a plus
Physical Demands:
☒ Sitting ☒ Standing ☒ Walking ☒ Seeing ☒ Hearing
☒ Speaking ☒ Lifting/carrying up to 50 pounds ☒ Fine Motor Skills
Other Qualifications: Must be a committed Christian, with a church home, who is comfortable working in a United Methodist Church. All employees are called to lead a life that becomes the gospel, and we expect them to exhibit appropriate demeanor both on and off the job.