Overview
Metro Life Church is a growing multi-campus church in Miami, Florida, committed to helping people connect with God, connect with others, discover their purpose, and make a difference.
The Production Director provides strategic leadership and oversight for all production environments across Metro Life Church, including audio, video, lighting, presentation, livestreaming, podcast production, and production infrastructure. This role is responsible for building and developing volunteer teams, creating scalable systems, maintaining technical excellence, and ensuring distraction-free environments where people can encounter Jesus.
Responsibilities
- Lead and develop Audio, Video, Lighting, Presentation, Broadcast, and Online Production teams.
- Recruit, train, schedule, and coach volunteers and team leaders.
- Oversee production support for weekend services, conferences, special events, and online experiences.
- Maintain and optimize church-wide audio, video, lighting, and streaming systems.
- Lead production system upgrades, installations, and technology projects.
- Manage equipment inventories, maintenance schedules, and production budgets.
- Develop documentation, workflows, and operational standards.
- Partner with Worship, Creative, Campus Leadership, and Ministry Teams to support ministry objectives.
- Ensure production environments operate with excellence, professionalism, and reliability.
Qualifications
- Minimum 5 years of production leadership experience.
- Experience recruiting, leading, and developing volunteer teams.
- Strong project management and organizational skills.
- Experience with professional AVL systems and production environments.
- Previous church production leadership experience preferred.
Preferred Technical Experience
Strong working knowledge of:
- Allen & Heath dLive and SQ Series Consoles
- Dante Audio Networking
- Waves SoundGrid Systems
- Q-SYS DSP and Control Systems
- Netgear AV Line Switching Platforms
- GrandMA2 Lighting Systems
- Onyx Lighting Control Systems
- ProPresenter
- Ross Video Systems
- NDI Workflows
- PTZ Camera Systems
- IMAG and Broadcast Production
- Livestreaming Platforms
- Wireless Microphone Systems and RF Coordination
- Clear-Com and Production Communications Systems
SPIRITUAL EXPECTATIONS
- Demonstrates a growing and authentic relationship with Jesus Christ.
- Supports and models the mission, vision, and values of Metro Life Church.
- Maintains a lifestyle consistent with biblical leadership.
- Serves with humility, integrity, and excellence.
- Actively participates in the life and ministry of Metro Life Church.
- Understands that people are always more important than technology.
- Leads by example through servant-hearted ministry.
What We're Looking For
The ideal candidate is a servant leader who builds people, develops healthy team culture, creates sustainable systems, and thrives in a fast-paced ministry environment. They demonstrate a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and are passionate about creating environments where people can encounter God without distraction.
This position requires regular weekend availability and participation in worship services, conferences, and special ministry events. Please submit your resume along with at least three professional references who can speak to your leadership, technical expertise, and ministry experience.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Production Director exists to create excellent, distraction-free environments where people can encounter Jesus through worship, teaching, and ministry.
This role provides strategic leadership, vision, and oversight for all production environments across Metro Life Church, including audio, video, lighting, visual presentation, live and online streaming, podcast production, broadcast, and production infrastructure.
Working in conjunction with the Ministry Experience Director, Worship Pastor, and Worship Director, the Production Director leads production staff, contractors, team leaders, and volunteers to deliver exceptional worship experiences, conferences, ministry events, online broadcasts, and creative productions that reflect professionalism, technical excellence, and creative innovation.
The Production Director is responsible for developing people, building scalable systems, and ensuring that production technologies effectively support the mission and vision of Metro Life Church. This individual recruits, trains, develops, and empowers volunteers while creating sustainable processes that allow ministry to operate effectively and consistently across all campuses and ministry environments.
Success in this role is measured not by personally operating production positions, but by the health and growth of volunteer teams, the reliability of production systems, the consistency of execution, and the ability of Metro Life Church to create environments where people can connect with one another, hear God's Word, and respond to Jesus without distraction.
EDUCATION
Bachelor's Degree in Audio Engineering, Media Production, Information Technology, Communications, or a related field preferred.
Equivalent ministry and professional experience may be substituted for formal education.
Pay: $60,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- 401(k) matching
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
Application Question(s):
- Please provide three professional references who can speak to your leadership, technical production expertise, and ministry experience. For each, include their name, relationship to you, and phone number or email.
Work Location: In person
