Production House Coordinator

Point Park University; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Point Park University seeks a Production House Coordinator to manage the CMI Production House, its technology and studios, and to supervise student workers. The role involves developing budgets, coordinating with clients, and delivering professional production services for community and campus projects.

The position focuses on on-campus operations, team leadership, and expanding opportunities for student training and hands-on media production experience.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of media equipment such as cameras, audio and video production interfaces.
• Excellent production abilities for high-quality podcasts, videos and content.
• Ability to identify and develop a student workforce and train teams.
• Develop new production opportunities, cultivate professional relationships, and deliver client service.

Responsibilities

• Manage the CMI Production House and its technology, studios, and spaces.
• Supervise student production assistants; provide technical training and mentorship.
• Coordinate timelines, budgets, client communications, and deliverables to meet standards.
• Solicit and maintain relationships with commercial and internal clients for production services.
• Develop and oversee budgets to maintain positive cash flow and accountability.
• Collaborate with Center for Civic & Community Engagement and School of Communication on partnerships.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Media equipment knowledge

High-quality production

Team building and leadership

Business development

Budget oversight

Client service excellence

Job description

POSITION: Production House Coordinator

DEPARTMENT: Center for Media Innovation

REPORTS TO: Director, Center for Media Innovation

WORK SCHEDULE: Fully on campus

Primary Function

This employee helps run the CMI Production House, including oversight of the CMI's technology and studios, service management of external and internal clients, development of budgets, and supervision of student workers. The Production House serves commercial clients directly while also providing production expertise and technical support for community partnership projects coordinated through the Center for Civic & Community Engagement and the School of Communication.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of media equipment such as cameras, audio soundboards, video production boards, video chat interfaces, etc.;
• Excellent production abilities for creating high-quality podcasts, videos and other electronic content;
• Ability to identify and develop a team of student workers and lead group training sessions;
• Ability to develop new production opportunities, cultivate professional relationships, and deliver exceptional client service.;
• Organizational skills for maintaining equipment, schedules, contracts and billing, and overseeing the use of diverse spaces by tenants, members of the University and external clients;
• Ability to set and maintain budget oversight for revenues and expenses with positive cash flow.

Duties & Responsibilities

Manage the CMI Production House

• Technical expertise. Work with University staff to maintain CMI technology, equipment, and studio spaces. (25%)
• Team building. Supervise student production assistants assigned to the Production House and provide technical training, mentorship, and production oversight for students participating in CMI-supported projects. (20%)
• Project Management. Coordinate production timelines, client communication, scheduling, budgets, and deliverables to ensure projects are completed on time and meet professional quality standards. (20%)
• Client management. Ability to solicit and maintain relationships with commercial and internal university clients. Collaborate with the Center for Civic & Community Engagement and academic units to provide professional production services for community-engaged projects. Coordinate production services from project planning through final delivery. (15%)
• Financial oversight. Develop and maintain budgets for the Production House so that the operation maintains positive cash flow with funding from external clients and accountability to internal ones. (10%)
• University collaboration. Collaborate with the Center for Civic & Community Engagement, the School of Communication, and other academic units to support experiential learning, interdisciplinary projects, and community-engaged media production. Develop partnerships that expand opportunities for students while advancing the mission of the Production House. (10%)
• Other related duties as assigned.

WORKING ENVIRONMENT

Regular exposure to favorable conditions such as those found in a normal office setting.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Job requires repetitive lifting of light weight objects with frequent bending and stooping, or repetitively lift average weight objects where frequent bending or stooping alternates with lighter activities. Occasionally lifts heavy objects (over 50 lbs.)