Studio & Equipment Cage Manager

Dartmouth College

Hanover (NH)

On-site

USD 57,000 - 71,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Dartmouth College in Hanover, NH, seeks a Production Space and Cage Manager to oversee the department’s equipment cage and production spaces, hire and train student staff, and provide hands-on technical support for courses in digital cinema and time-based media.

The role expands studio capabilities, develops safe workflows, and collaborates with campus partners on facilities and shared media resources. Strong skills in cameras, lighting, and post-production tools are essential.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in film, media production, television, broadcast, digital media, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
Minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in film/media production, studio operations, equipment management, or academic media services.
Demonstrated experience hiring, training, scheduling, supervising, and evaluating student employees.
Experience supporting studio and soundstage operations, set building, production safety, and larger team-based film productions.
Demonstrated experience managing an equipment checkout operation, including reservations, circulation, inventory control, preventative maintenance, and repair coordination.

Responsibilities

Manage equipment checkout and reservations, inventory control, equipment readiness, preventative maintenance, repair coordination, and student employee operations.
Manage and maintain departmental production spaces and studios, including equipment organization, studio infrastructure, production workflows, and development of additional production spaces as departmental needs evolve.
Support students and faculty from project planning through production, with particular emphasis on larger collaborative productions, digital cinema workflows, lighting, sound, grip, and studio-based work.
Develop and teach best practices for safe equipment use, studio operations, set construction, lighting and grip practices, and production-space safety; create documentation, procedures, and hands-on workshops supporting curricular needs.
Collaborate with Film & Media Studies faculty, technical staff, and campus partners on equipment planning, production systems, facilities, shared resources, and implementation of new production technologies.