CMU School of Drama


Saturday, June 21, 2008

J-o-b - TV

Studio Manager / Camera Operator / Production Support

Principal Duties:

SUPPORT all Studio, ENG, EFP and video-related activities and production involving multiple camera types, freelance and staff crews, tape stock, formats, support hardware, light and grip inventory and applications.

Maintain the studio operations which are not limited to NP Studio only but include location productions as well. NP productions may at times be scheduled seven days a week.

Liaison between freelance community and NPP.

Liaison between hardware vendors and NPP.

Ability to serve multiple production positions including but not limited to camera operator, audio, record, grip, teleprompter operator, etc.

Prep of gear and support hardware for next-day productions.

Management of production gear that may need picked up and or dropped off prior to and after productions.

Must work well with people, be a good communicator, have schedule flexibility and proficient with Microsoft Office applications. Operation of all production equipment including:

Basic working knowledge of NP production equipment, (new) and trusted video formats including lighting/grip equipment.

Camera systems including acquisition that is both tape-based and tapeless in workflow.

Audio recording systems applied to audio for ENG and EFP applications.

Prompter operation.

Basic lighting w/ in-house lighting packages as well as rented inventory when needed.

Studio lighting controls and applications. Accountability for all NP production equipment including:

Prep and Post-shoot needs for incoming and outgoing production packages.

Check-ins after usage and its proper storage.

Daily or end-of-day review of scheduled next day productions.

Communication with Account Personnel, Directors, Production Coordinator and Producers

Maintenance of all NPP equipment:

Basic maintenance of all NP equipment.

Reports for all equipment sent out of house for repair with mgmt approval.

Maintain production fleet including inspections, general regular service call, cleaning, fueling, weekly visual inspections and parking.

Maintain studio expendables inventories.

Maintain reasonable level of expendable resources for use in the studio and in the production vehicles.

Order expendables as needed using proper PO and management clearances. This will include the purchase of: Gels, diffusion, lamps. tape stock, labels, paint and production supplies, vehicle fuel, studio cleaning supplies, camera/lens cleaning supplies

General tasks to be done on open days will include the following:

General cleaning of front of building front walkways during winter season.

Support of in-house general maintenance around building: changing lamps, loading dock cleaning and organization.

Labeling all production tape stock with NP labels.

Supervise interns and log hours for reporting purposes.

Retrieve all freelancer reports approve or submit to producer, director or operations manager. Compensation Package:

Competitive salary commensurate with experience.

Must have a minimum of years established in the industry

Must have three professional references. College, internship and or personal references will not be considered. Resumes and brief cover letter should be sent to studiomanager@new-perspective.com

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