Senior Broadcast Audio Operations Director

The-Metropolitan-Opera; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 152,000; Full time

Job summary

The Metropolitan Opera seeks an Audio Operations Director in the Media Department to oversee broadcast engineering for live and recorded broadcasts, reporting to senior media leadership.

Responsibilities include technical planning of in-house facilities, setup for broadcasts, coordination with Music Producers, and managing a team of engineers across on-site and freelance staff while maintaining high-quality, error-free transmissions.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years professional engineering experience in broadcast, studio and remote recording.
• Experience supervising a team of engineers.
• Experience with operations planning, design and maintenance.
• Extensive classical music training and knowledge.
• Live recording and mixing with large-frame consoles (Studer Vista) and DAWs (ProTools, Pyramix).
• Post-production editing and mixing; ProTools fluency.
• Live on-air broadcast engineering; knowledge of broadcast standards.
• Experience with broadcast IP codecs and intercommunications systems (RTS, Clearcom, or Riedel).
• IP networking knowledge for broadcast infrastructure; asset management systems like Soundminer/Enco/Amazon Glacier.

Responsibilities

• Technical planning, design and maintenance of in-house broadcast facilities; equipment budgeting and purchases.
• Technical setup for all broadcast/recording scenarios; music mix, live announcer, interviews, and features.
• Coordinate with the Music Producers and broadcast team prior to rehearsals and broadcasts.
• Oversee Live in HD transmissions and transmission operations for a 200+ network of radio stations and streaming partners.
• Live broadcast mixing and recording; operate large frame consoles and trigger playback of prerecorded features.
• Record, edit, mix and underscore radio features, interviews, promos and trailers.

Skills

Broadcast engineering

Staff supervision

Broadcast planning

ProTools fluency

Pyramix experience

Studer Vista consoles

IP networking

Live recording

Asset management tools

RTS/Clearcom/Riedel

Tools

ProTools

Pyramix

Soundminer

Enco

Amazon Glacier

Studer Vista

Job description

The Metropolitan Opera seeks an Audio Operations Director in the Media Department to oversee broadcast engineering for live and recorded broadcasts, reporting to senior media leadership.

Responsibilities include technical planning of in-house facilities, setup for broadcasts, coordination with Music Producers, and managing a team of engineers across on-site and freelance staff while maintaining high-quality, error-free transmissions.