Studio Lighting Operator for Live & Taped TV

Versant Media, LLC; Englewood Cliffs, Northern (NJ, KY); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free employee parking

EV charging stations

On-site fitness center

Shuttle service

Job summary

Versant Media is seeking a Lighting Operator to support studio and on-site productions at our Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey facility. Reporting to the Supervising Lighting Designer, this role handles day-to-day execution, maintenance, and support of studio lighting systems across live and taped programming.

This hands-on production position requires collaboration with production crews, directors, editorial partners, engineering, facilities, and other technical teams to deliver high-quality visual

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience supporting studio, broadcast, live-event, or comparable production lighting environments.
• Drafting experience with Vectorworks.
• Working knowledge of lighting consoles, fixtures, networks, cue execution, and studio lighting workflows.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced production environment and collaborate across technical, creative, and editorial teams.
• Ability and willingness to work full-time on-site in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Responsibilities

• Execute lighting cues for live and taped programming, helping ensure consistent, high-quality visual presentation.
• Partner with video shading, directors, production crews, editorial teams, and leadership on show blocking and lighting needs for talent and guests.
• Support lighting design for Englewood Cliffs facility studios and on-site productions.
• Manage lighting console interfaces and maintain accurate documentation of studio positions, cues, and related production information.
• Maintain lighting consoles, racks, networks, the lighting shop, and lighting room, while managing fixture and expendable inventory.

Skills

Studio lighting

Team collaboration

Fast-paced environment

Problem solving

Tools

Vectorworks

Lighting consoles

Lighting fixtures

Job description

Versant Media is seeking a Lighting Operator to support studio and on-site productions at our Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey facility. Reporting to the Supervising Lighting Designer, this role handles day-to-day execution, maintenance, and support of studio lighting systems across live and taped programming.

This hands-on production position requires collaboration with production crews, directors, editorial partners, engineering, facilities, and other technical teams to deliver high-quality visual