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Athens Life Fellowship is hiring: Technical Director in Athens

Athens Life Fellowship · Athens, IL, USA ·

Job type:
Full Time

Overview


Job Title: Technical Director


Employee Status: Full-time


Job Department: Ministry/Production


Job Supervisor: Blake Austin


The Technical Director will manage all aspects of technical production (Audio, Visual, Lights) at the Life Campus in order to accomplish the vision of Life Fellowship.


Job Activities



  • Manage day to day operations of production equipment including directing staff who support administrative, service, event, maintenance and other production functions

  • Provide strong leadership under pressure, including troubleshooting and rapid decision-making

  • Run team meetings that casts vision & communicates culture in a fun, uplifting and empowering environment

  • Oversee production of live and online weekend worship services at multiple campuses, LK’s weekend experiences and weekly Life Youth services.

  • Oversee technical/production needs of various meetings/groups throughout the week.

  • Manage all production staff.

  • Clearly and regularly communicate department vision to campus production staff and dream team

  • Manage budgets for production departments

  • Maintain, repair, purchase AVL equipment as needed

  • Participating in training opportunities and constantly finding new ways to improve skills

  • Other essential functions and responsibilities.


Qualifications and Skills


Audio Systems



  • Yamaha Rivage, Yamaha DM7 systems

  • Dante and MADI protocols

  • Waves plugins/hardware, Meyer Sound processors

  • Microphone placement, RF systems (hardware/software), and gain structure

  • DAW proficiency (ProTools, Logic X), live recording experience


Lighting Systems



  • Vista and GrandMA3 systems

  • DMX and ANet protocols

  • Stage and lighting operation, including color balance and temperature


Video Systems



  • RED/Panasonic and Ross (cameras and Ross switchers).

  • LED walls, NovaStar processors, Teredak wireless video systems.

  • Resi encoders, SDI/Ethernet/DMX fiber conversion.

  • ProPresenter, Resolume, V-CAN, NDI configuration.


Creative & Technical Development:



  • Translate vision into high-quality production elements for services and events.

  • Work closely with Creative and Worship teams on openers, transitions, and storytelling moments.

  • Innovate with new tools, software, and approaches to create dynamic experiences.


Strongly Desired:



  • Bachelor’s degree in Live Production or Music. (Preferred)

  • 4+ years of experience in live production, or worship.

  • Advanced mixing, rigging, and power distribution experience.

  • SketchUp proficiency for stage design.

  • Experience with Smaart, MAPP 3D, GrandMA offline, Streamdeck.

  • Music or recording studio experience.

  • Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Premiere Pro, After Effects).


Required to Learn After Hire:



  • Internal onboarding systems and protocols.

  • Production closet/inventory management.

  • Core team structure and Trello project management software.

  • Planning Center for team roster and service flow.


Status: Full-time, exempt


Schedule: Sunday-Thursday


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