Job Description

The purpose of the Director, Visual Production (DVP) is to provide pastoral and organizational oversight to all visual production staff, contractors, and serving team (volunteer) members. The DVP will work collaboratively with the Director of Audio Management (DAM) to oversee the financial, strategic, and ministry plans for all media operations at all Christ Church campuses. Together, the DVP and DAM will help bring clarity and organizational structure to the overall vision, target goals, growth stages, and other leadership areas. The DVP and DAM, along with the support of the Associate Director of Media (ADM), will seek to support the vision of the Church set forth by the Lead Pastor, Presbytery, and Executive Team in the production of innovative, creative, and culturally relevant multimedia products that communicate the power and ongoing significance of the gospel of Jesus Christ in our culture.

• The DVP will have oversight of 5-6 direct reports, with total management responsibility of an additional 10-15 people, in order to help drive the operational effectiveness of all visual production that includes broadcast (in-person campuses), livestream (online campus), and video promos (special events).

• Determine the suitability of agency and vendor relationships and the best-case financial execution of these relationships.

• Responsible for ensuring technical expertise and requirements are met for all visual production staff, including video editors, broadcast engineers, technical directors, lighting technicians, and camera operators.

• Provide leadership to all visual production serving team members, including organizational structure, recruitment strategy, training, and on-going continuing education.

Achieve Ministry Performance

• Regularly interface with the media department leads such as video lead, broadcast/technical lead, creative/administrative lead, DAM, and ADM to ensure efficient coverage and scheduling of all media department assets for all in-person and online special events and services.

• Drive and direct the development of comprehensive Departmental Assessment, which includes vision, mission, execution, and implementation of strategies to ensure alignment to our mission and strategic plan.

• Collaborate with the DAM to improve all media ministry operations by reviewing all financial spending and its matrix to the needs of the Church in line with the departmental budgets. Work in concert with the DAM and ADM to establish metrics that inform a monthly dashboard used to provide a comprehensive report to the Chief Operating Officer (COO).

• Determine creative ways to build operational capacity in order to support the ever-growing needs of the Church, and protect the health and work-life balance of your team.

• Develop a departmental organizational chart, including roles and responsibilities for all staff members, contractors and serving team members. Define which roles are to be filled by each category and then seek to recruit, train, and staff all open positions accordingly.

• Collaborate with the DAM and ADM to create monthly, quarterly, and yearly schedules for all production elements needed to support weekend services and special events. These include the development of scripts, promotional videos, and compelling stories (testimonials).

• Research, procure (according to approved budget), and implement all new technologies needed to maintain and further develop the technological nature of the Churchxe2x80x99s goals.

In-Person Campuses

• Collaborate with the DAM and ADM to ensure adequate staffing of all media positions at all campuses, including your direct oversight of video directors, camera operators, computer graphics operator, lighting technician, and service producers.

• Engage in weekly dialogue with campus and teaching pastors, reporting on all integral media positions in order to ascertain proper points of contacts. This includes indicating times for slide run-throughs, sound-checks, and other necessary service preparations.

• Collaborate with the Creative and Worship Team in overseeing the design of the stage including LED screens, lighting scenes, and proper placements of musicians.

• In collaboration with service producers, DAM, and ADM, schedule weekly technical run-throughs and systems checks. These should include a service debrief to ensure all equipment, sermon slides, announcement videos, lower-thirds, service slides and all other needed service elements are prepared in advance for the weekend.

• Collaborate with service producers to ensure all media stations have an operational checklist for all facets of their job functions. This includes the arrival and turn-on of equipment, proper service operations, and equipment shutdown protocols.

Online Campus (CC Online)

• Utilize your relevant leads and delegate all aspects of CC Online and perform proper quality control checks before implementation. This includes scheduling the live event, proper setup of livestream computers, loading pre-service slides, live hosting segments, worship (first and second segments), creating the Life at Christ Church video for announcements, editing and loading the offering video, and editing the message on the same day.

• Ensure proper training for all livestream operators that includes technical checklists for weekend services.

• Schedule relevant team members to post and edit videos to YouTube including Spanish translation, sermons, and rebroadcast services for Saturday night.

Special Events

• Liaise with creative and video leads to ensure all promotional and teaser videos for major events and initiatives are created in advance. Depending on the event, these promotional videos should be planned with a minimum lead time of 3 to 6 months.

• Collaborate with service producers, DAM, and ADM to schedule load-in and load-out teams for any special equipment needs and setups.

• Liaise with event producers to ascertain the media needs of the event, including breakout sessions, overflow rooms, and other technical requirements. These factors will help to determine the total staffing needs for the event.

• Create a yearly schedule for all major events, quarterly schedule for mid-size events, and monthly schedule for minor events in order to anticipate needs and avoid scheduling issues.

• Schedule a media run-through and rehearsal, which should include all technical service elements for all major events, a minimum of one week prior to the event.

EDUCATION, SKILLS, AND/OR EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

• Bachelorxe2x80x99s degree in Communications, Audio/Video Technology, Technical Production.

• 7-10 years of Media Team Management

• 7-10 years of experience in field of project development

• 7-10 years of experience in the field of Broadcast Management

• 5-7 years of ministry/nonprofit and collaborative leadership experience

SKILLS REQUIRED

• A strategist who can direct long term and understand all the moving parts of an organizational infrastructure both now and in the future

• Ability to take initiative, think it through and determine best path forward without much leading or direction

• A strategic and focused thinker

• Excellent organizational, interpersonal, writing, and proofreading skills

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA)

• In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the CARE Center of New Jersey is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.
• If you require an accommodation to perform the essential functions of your job, please notify the Human Resources Department as soon as possible.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO)

• The CARE Center of New Jersey is an equal opportunity employer.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• 403b retirement plan with company match
• Company paid basic life insurance and personal accidental insurance
• Paid time off
• A host of fringe benefits
• A fun and welcoming work environment

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