Production Studio Manager - Cape Cod Community College

Cape Cod Community College; Barnstable (MA); On-site; USD 40,977,000 - 58,362,000; Part time

Job summary

Cape Cod Community College is seeking a Production Studio Manager for the Fall 2026-Spring 2027 academic year, with the potential to extend the contract. This role supports the Makkay Broadcast Center, overseeing Open Production Sessions and providing students access to broadcast, podcasting, video production, and media facilities.

Among duties are coordinating equipment checkout, reviewing audio for quality, maintaining WKKL logs, and assisting with alumni and community features, while

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of Adobe Audition and PlayItLive automation software (including voice tracking, remote management, recording, and scheduling) and FCC-compliant radio operations.
• Three years' experience in college and commercial radio operations.
• Extensive knowledge of broadcast studios, media production equipment, and media production environments.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build positive working relationships with students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment while supporting student success and station operations.
• Equity- and inclusion-minded, with the ability to foster a welcoming environment that celebrates diverse backgrounds.
• Unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

• Maintain approximately six hours of weekly Open Production Sessions, providing students with supervised access to the Makkay Broadcast Center facilities while serving as a technical resource and completing assigned production, operational, and administrative responsibilities.
• Assist in the checkout and return of broadcast, podcasting, video, and remote production equipment during Open Production Sessions.
• Assist in reviewing audio productions for technical quality and broadcast readiness.
• Assist with weekly WKKL program logs and production content uploads.
• Assist in recording and producing alumni, CCCC, and community features.
• Provide operational support to the WKKL Operations Director by assisting with routine station operations, monitoring and restarting automation systems as needed, communicating with engineering support during technical issues, and providing station coverage during scheduled absences.

Skills

Adobe Audition

PlayItLive

FCC compliance

Broadcast equipment

Communication

Team collaboration

Equity & inclusion

US work authorization

Tools

PlayItLive

Broadcast equipment

Automation systems

Job description

Cape Cod Community College is a place of personal discovery, enrichment, and professional development for those just beginning the quest and for those at many points along the path of higher education throughout life. It is a caring, comprehensive institution that belongs to the people it serves and responds to their individual and community needs. Students attending Cape Cod Community College are striving for personal excellence, and are finding it, day after day. Graduates of the College can be found in all levels of private business, the professions, and public service, and they excel at what they do.

For students seeking to lay a foundation for further study, there is no better place to begin than at Cape Cod Community College. In today's highly competitive market place, the well prepared transfer student is the most aggressively recruited person in higher education. For many Cape Cod Community College graduates, that Associate Degree opens the door to institutions that were just not an option after high school. And, when you consider the savings in the overall cost of a four-year degree at either a public or a private university, starting at Cape Cod Community College becomes an incredible bargain that blends quality with unmatched value.

The students' education is the first priority at Cape Cod Community College. As a learning-centered community, we value the contributions of a diverse population, welcome open inquiry, and promote mutual respect. The College offers a strong educational foundation of critical and creative thinking, communication competency, and a global, multicultural perspective that prepares students for life and work in the 21st century. Our liberal arts, sciences, and career programs provide educational pathways that serve the varied social, economic, and demographic characteristics of our community with a distinctive focus on sustainability. We honor our past, celebrate our present and imagine our future.

Job Description:

GENERAL STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITIES:

Serve as the Production Studio Manager for the Fall 2026-Spring 2027 academic year, with the potential to extend the contract. The Production Studio Manager supports the operation of the Makkay Broadcast Center by overseeing scheduled Open Production Sessions while providing students with access to broadcast, podcasting, video production, and media facilities. During Open Production Sessions, the Production Studio Manager serves as a technical resource for students while completing assigned production, operational, and administrative responsibilities, including WKKL programming support and special projects.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES:

• Maintain approximately six hours of weekly Open Production Sessions, providing students with supervised access to the Makkay Broadcast Center facilities while serving as a technical resource and completing assigned production, operational, and administrative responsibilities.
• Assist in the checkout and return of broadcast, podcasting, video, and remote production equipment during Open Production Sessions.
• Assist in reviewing audio productions for technical quality and broadcast readiness.
• Assist with weekly WKKL program logs and production content uploads.
• Assist in recording and producing alumni, CCCC, and community features.
• Provide operational support to the WKKL Operations Director by assisting with routine station operations, monitoring and restarting automation systems as needed, communicating with engineering support during technical issues, and providing station coverage during scheduled absences.
• Perform other duties as assigned in support of the Makkay Broadcast Center and WKKL.

Requirements:

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Extensive knowledge of Adobe Audition and PlayItLive automation software (including voice tracking, remote management, recording, and scheduling) and FCC-compliant radio operations.
• Three years' experience in college and commercial radio operations.
• Extensive knowledge of broadcast studios, media production equipment, and media production environments.
• Ability to communicate effectively and build positive working relationships with students, alumni, faculty, staff, and community members.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment while supporting student success and station operations.
• Equity- and inclusion-minded, with the ability to foster a welcoming environment that celebrates the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, and racial and ethnic backgrounds represented within our college community.
• Unrestricted authorization to work in the United States.

Equivalency Statement

Applicants who do not meet the qualifications as noted above are encouraged to upload a separate statement to define precisely how their background and experience haveprepared them with the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience required for the responsibilities of this position.

Additional Information:

COMPENSATION: Anticipated starting pay rate of $36.55/hour (Interval 1).Part-time, non-benefited MCCC Unit position.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Immediate need; applications will be reviewed upon receipt.

Please visit our website at www.capecod.edu for information on Cape Cod Community College.

This appointment is subject to the FY2027budget appropriations.

Appointment subject to SORI (Sex Offender Registry Information), publicly accessible Massachusetts CORI (Criminal Offender Record Information) and national background checks.

The College cannot consider candidates who do not have unrestricted authorization to workin the United States .

Cape Cod Community College is an affirmative action/equal opportunityemployer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, religion, age, veteran status, genetic information, gender identity orsexual orientation inits programs and activities as required by Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and other applicable statutes andCollege policies. The College prohibits sexual harassment, including sexual violence. Inquiries or complaints concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation or sexual violence shall be referred to the College's Affiant Action/Title IX Coordinator, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission or the United States Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights.