The Manager, Post Production oversees all staff, operations, and planning in Post Production, including Video and Sound Editing, Sound Recording, Animation, and the school's theaters and screening rooms. The role is responsible for managing the Post Production department, supervising staff, and ensuring the highest level of workplace safety.
Requirements
- Typically, a Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience. M.F.A. is preferred.
- A minimum of seven years of varied and progressively more responsible duties in the post-production area of the entertainment industry.
- Strong track record as Post Production Supervisor in Film and Television
- Experience as an editor, assistant editor or sound editor
- Experience in project delivery (active/passive)
- Experience in virtual production
- Experience in Animation
- Proven track record in staff management required.
- Experience in a corporate environment is highly desirable including experience with HR processes, Record keeping, Inter-collegial and inter-departmental interactions, Professional communications
- Experience in a university setting is desirable.
- Experience in project management is strongly desired.
- Experience in the WorkDay platform highly desired.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Highly developed crisis/conflict management skills are required, specifically de-escalation.
- High degree of empathy, respect for and ability to connect with people from diverse backgrounds, ages and cultures required.
- Proven ability to work calmly and efficiently in a high-paced, high-volume environment.
- Understanding of, and ability to follow, organizational structure and defined processes.
- Ability to work both independently and follow direction.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- High level of discretion and judgement is required to handle confidential information within the academic environment.
- Keen understanding of the role of academic support staff in interaction with students is required.
- Ability to work flexible schedule to allow for evenings and some weekend work during production periods (~10 weeks/semester).
- Ability to travel at short notice, including for set visits out-of-town or trade shows.
- Demonstrated ability to supervise multiple reports expected.
- Direct working knowledge of all aspects of film and television production including production workflow, scheduling, budgeting, risk management and insurance, minor's work requirements, guild and union contracts, equipment, facilities and accounts.
- Ability to assist students in the development of professional attitudes and disciplines while performing work on class projects or working as TAs or Graduate Assistants.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the entertainment industry and practical experience in all aspects of the post-production process.
- In-depth understanding of post-production workflows from set capture to finishing for multiple storytelling forms (narrative, documentary, trans-media, virtual production).
- Strong technical proficiency in post-production hardware and software setups.
- Certification (or willingness to get certification) as an Avid ASCR and with other post-production software (such as Adobe products/ProTools/DaVinci Resolve, etc.) taught in SFTV classes.
- Ability to research, learn, and test updates and new software and hardware to support SFTV classes, work closely with LMU IT to resolve software and hardware issues, and adapt to changes in curricula and assist with implementation.
- Ability to write and edit narratives, prepare memos, reports, handbooks, and other documents independently and efficiently.
- Excellent computer skills and knowledge of industry standard software expected, including required MS365 suite, Word, Excel, Outlook, Slack, MM Budgeting, MM Scheduling, HotSheets, Premiere, After Effects, ProTools, Avid Media Composer.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Relocation Assistance
