Head of Lighting Design & Systems

Gateway Church; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Gateway Church is seeking a Central Lighting Manager to own lighting design, programming standards, and system health across campuses. You will personally program and operate lighting for services and events, oversee lighting operators, and coordinate stage designs for major ministry events.

You will manage budgets, maintain hardware and software, supervise networks and control systems, and mentor technicians to ensure exceptional weekend service and broadcast lighting.

Qualifications

• Five or more years of professional lighting experience.
• Associate degree or equivalent in a technical field.
• Experience programming lighting for live broadcast or multi-camera environments (preferred).
• Prior multisite church environment experience (preferred).

Responsibilities

• Owns lighting design, programming standards, and system health for Gateway Church.
• Owns lighting operations at the broadcast campus and lighting standard at all campuses.
• Personally programs and operates lighting for services and events as needed.
• Leads and develops the Lighting Operators and all Team Members.
• Oversees maintenance and management of lighting systems, including hardware, software, and firmware updates.

Skills

Lighting design

Programming lighting

Team leadership

Budget management

Live production

Troubleshooting

Microsoft Office

Communication

Education

Five or more years of professional lighting experience

Associate degree or equivalent in technical field

Experience programming lighting for live broadcast or multi-camera environments

Multisite church environment experience

Tools

Lighting consoles

Lighting networks

Control protocols

Job description

Gateway Church is seeking a Central Lighting Manager to own lighting design, programming standards, and system health across campuses. You will personally program and operate lighting for services and events, oversee lighting operators, and coordinate stage designs for major ministry events.

You will manage budgets, maintain hardware and software, supervise networks and control systems, and mentor technicians to ensure exceptional weekend service and broadcast lighting.