LTTV Production Technician

Sylvania; Illinois; On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Sylvania in Illinois is seeking a Production Technician with a Bachelor's degree in video, film, television or related communications field and 2–3 years of industry experience. The role includes operating and engineering production trucks, setting up shoots, and coordinating multi-camera studio or field productions.

Candidates should be able to drive and park a production truck, handle lighting setup, audio levels, and non-linear editing with DaVinci Resolve or Adobe Premiere; familiarity with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in video, film, television or related communications field.
• 2–3 years of industry experience.
• Experience with production truck and studio operation and engineering.

Responsibilities

• Inventorying, maintenance, and clean up of equipment, truck, and facilities.
• Inventorying, maintenance, and clean up of tape archives.
• Assistance on productions or projects in studio, with truck, or in the field.

Skills

Production truck operation

Field production coordination

Multi-camera direction

Studio lighting setup

Audio level management

Single-camera shoots

B-roll shooting

Video engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in video/film/television or related communications

Tools

DaVinci Resolve

Adobe Premiere

AVID

Final Cut Pro / After Effects

Job description

Production Technicians candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in video, film, television or related communications field, 2-3 years of work experience in the industry, and some experience with production truck and studio operation and engineering.

Required Production Truck and Field Production Competencies

• Must be able to drive and park production truck
• Must be able to set up production truck (all physical tasks associated with truck shoot)
• Must be able to engineer production: use of scopes for phasing cameras, white balance, adjust iris during shoot, synchronizing audio board to record deck, announcer headsets and microphones, operation of CG, set up of additional cameras or video sources, and troubleshooting any potential problems.
• Must be able to direct a multi-camera production truck shoot
• Must be able to set up field lighting when necessary
• Must be able to independently set up a single camera shoot (tripod, power supply, lighting, audio) and engineer for said shoot (filter, iris, white balance, audio levels)
• Must know how to effectively cover events with a single camera
• Must know how to shoot b-roll footage
• Must know how to use multiple audio sources with a single camera

Required Studio Competencies

• Must be able to engineer production (see above)
• Must know how to create effective studio lighting (3-point lighting)
• Must know how to set appropriate audio levels
• Must be able to direct a multi-camera studio shoot
• Must know all floor director commands and signals
• Must be able to assume any crew position for studio shoots

Required Editing Competencies

• Must be able to do effective and efficient non-linear editing
• Must have proficiency with one of the following: DaVinci Resolve or Adobe Premiere
• Must be able to complete projects in a timely fashion (approximate ratio: length of raw footage multiplied times 4 = the amount of hours it should take to complete project)
• Must be able to troubleshoot use of the above non-linear editing systems
• Should have additional proficiency with a non-linear editing system or an accessory system: AVID, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, After Effects, PhotoShop

General Tasks

• Inventorying, maintenance, and clean up of equipment, truck, and facilities
• Inventorying, maintenance, and clean up of tape archives
• Assistance on productions or projects in studio, with truck, or in the field