Creative Builder / Production Designer

ProductionHUB; Stewartstown (PA); On-site; USD 21,000 - 39,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Shared bedroom in a shared creative a

Lodging + Utilities + meals included

Profit participation in projects

Substantial room for growth

A portion of cash wages

Job summary

ProductionHUB is seeking a Creative Builder / Production Designer for Video Village in Shrewsbury, PA. This live-in, in-person role involves transforming the residence and designing sets for a slate of film and TV projects, with collaboration across the art department.

The position offers 25 hours/week, a two-month trial (Sept. 20 – Nov. 20) followed by ongoing engagement, and compensation including lodging, meals, and profit participation.

Qualifications

• Ideal candidate loves working with their hands, improving spaces, and bringing ambitious visions to life.
• Experience with carpentry, construction, design, and lighting projects.
• Ability to collaborate with filmmakers and contribute to the art department.

Responsibilities

• Transform the Video Village property through carpentry, construction, design, and lighting projects.
• Collaborate with filmmakers to establish the visual style for various Video Village film and TV projects.
• Serve as a key member of the Art Department on Video Village film and TV projects.
• Build sets, props, and practical elements for film and television productions.
• Source materials for Video Village and film set build outs.

Job description

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

What if your housemates were also your crewmates? That's the idea behind Video Village, a creative residency where filmmakers live together and produce a film and TV slate, starting with the dystopian thriller, Brain Rot OS1. That's right, we're applying the tech startup model to indie filmmaking. Oh, and members don't have to worry about meals or rent, just making movies. Video Village, founded by professor and award-winning filmmaker, Michael Rohrbaugh, aims to build a 'filmmaker tribe' united around two parallel goals.

GOAL 1

Many of the world's most successful tech companies were built by small teams living and working closely together. Video Village brings that same model to independent filmmaking.

Video Village will serve as part production company / part creative residency, where collaborators can live and work together in a scenic, communal setting. With their meals and lodging provided, residents can focus on working together to produce an ambitious slate of scripted films and shows, starting with the techno-dystopian thriller, Brain Rot OS 1, which has Devil Wears Prada director, David Frankel, attached as an official advisor.

This isn't just about making one film. It's about building a resilient pipeline that can support ongoing production, one where the team members receive profit participation and share in the financial upside.

GOAL 2

The Video Village Founding Team will kick off their work together by producing and releasing Brain Rot OS 1, the first film in a sci-fi trilogy that explores themes around tech addiction and artificial intelligence. The script was written by Rohrbaugh, who will also direct the films. The first film focuses on a feisty group of tech-addicted twenty-somethings invited to ride out a new pandemic at a young tech mogul’s wealthy estate. Soon, they agree to beta test the mogul’s new A.I. powered platform, and become guinea pigs in his mad science experiment.

Brain Rot will serve as the proving ground and the first project produced inside the Video Village model - a live test of the pipeline that will serve as a roadmap for the other projects to follow. The making of Brain Rot isn't separate from the Video Village vision - it's the vision in action. Brain Rot enters pre-production this fall and will likely shoot in the surrounding area.

This is more than a job. It's an opportunity to work on a series of film projects, while helping forge a new model of creative communal living.

EMPLOYMENT TERMS

This is a W2 'at will' position. Housing, meals, profit participation, and cash wages are all part of the compensation package.

POSITION DETAILS

The Creative Builder / Production Designer will help shape the physical world of Video Village and its slate—from transforming the residence itself to designing / constructing film sets. You'll help imagine and build spaces that inspire creativity while conceiving of new projects that make the village stronger. This is an ideal opportunity for someone who loves working with their hands, improving spaces, and bringing ambitious visions to life.

Type of Work: Live-In / In-Person

Location: Shrewsbury, PA

(20 min to York, 45 min to Baltimore, 2 hrs to DC, 2.5 hrs to NYC)

Schedule: ~25 hours/week (part-time, flexible)

Term: approximate two month trial period (Sept. 20 - Nov. 20) followed by an ongoing engagement

Responsibilities

• Transform the Video Village property through carpentry, construction, design, and lighting projects.
• Collaborate with filmmakers to establish the visual style for various Video Village film and T.V. projects.
• Serve as a key member of the Art Department on Video Village film and T.V. projects.
• Build sets, props, and practical elements for film and television productions.
• Source materials for Video Village and film set build outs.

Compensation / Benefits

• Shared bedroom in a shared creative home
• Access to beautiful property & close-knit creative community
• Lodging + Utilities + meals included
• Profit participation in the projects produced
• Substantial room for growth
• a portion of compensation in cash wages

RECRUITMENT TIMELINE

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, so early submissions are encouraged.

Application Deadline: August 20

Remote Interviews: August 20-25

Final Decisions Announced: August 30

Move-In / Residency Begins: Sept 20