Execute events and broadcasts safely and with excellence. Coordinate equipment and crew, operate audio, video, lighting, and LED systems, and perform setup and teardown efficiently. Collaborate with Broadcast staff, provide technical training to students, and assume additional control-room or field responsibilities as necessary to optimize the overall Liberty event and production experience.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Tier 1
- Support productions by contributing to planning, set-up, and execution efforts across live and recorded environments.
- Perform assigned technical and operational functions in support of productions, adapting to a variety of production settings and requirements.
- Contribute to media and content workflows by assisting with processing, organization, editing, and delivery of production assets.
- Support student development initiatives by participating in training, mentoring, and collaborative work efforts while maintaining professional standards.
SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
Tier 1
- Student workers and CSER.
QUALIFICATIONS AND CREDENTIALS
High school diploma.
To obtain LU-approved driver certification, individuals must be 21 years of age or older, possess a valid driver’s license with a minimum of five (5) years of documented driving history, and maintain a clean driving record.
Tier 1
- 2+ years’ experience in professional and/or academic production work is required.
- Working knowledge of electricity.
- Working knowledge of audio and visual concepts, PowerPoint, and ProPresenter.
- Four-year college degree preferred.
Tier 1
- Detailed knowledge and thorough experience with audio console and speaker systems, video switchers, LED walls, or lighting consoles.
- Production, theatrical, and arena rigging experience.
ABILITIES AND COMPETENCIES ESSENTIAL TO THE FUNCTION OF THE JOB
Ability to effectively communicate both verbally and in writing to convey clear, well-articulated information.
Ability to understand, speak, and write English in order to convey messages and correspond in an articulate and professional manner.
- Possess public communication skills that allow professional representation of Liberty University.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Ability to work equally well with detail and abstraction.
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
- Ability to work with conflicting, delayed, or ambiguous information.
- Excellent oral, written, presentation, and negotiation skills.
- Intuitively able to reason, analyze information and events, and apply judgment in order to solve problems of both a routine and complex nature.
- Frequently required to travel to campus locations and occasionally required to travel domestically or internationally for remote events.
- Frequently required to sit for extended periods to perform deskwork. Required to sit for extensive time during broadcasts to serve in functions essential to the production.
- Must possess remarkable auditory skills to accurately detect and interpret various sounds—such as pitch, tone, clarity, and spatial cues—to identify technical audio problems, maintain creative content quality, and communicate clearly with team members in fast-paced settings.
- Must possess exceptional visual acuity, including the ability to see fine details and accurately distinguish colors, in order to identify visual defects, maintain the creative and technical quality of video content, and carry out precise tasks.
- Often required to stand, walk, and climb stairs to move about the buildings.
- Handle materials, climb ladders, reach overhead, kneel or stoop to conduct business.
- Regularly lift 50 or fewer pounds.
WORKING CONDITIONS
The working environment in which one will typically perform the essential functions of this position is frequently changing. Functions of this position’s responsibility often require one to work after normal business hours, and in some situations for prolonged shifts. Some projects are completed in a climate-controlled office setting, and other projects regularly are outdoors, in some situations inclement weather must be accommodated.
Use of one’s personal vehicle (or LU vehicles) is required for travel in the performance of the essential functions of this position. Proof of a valid Virginia driver’s license, an acceptable DMV record, and liability insurance is required.
Time Type
Full time
Location
Onsite
Pay Range
Compensation is determined based on factors such as qualifications, experience, education, skills, and certifications, along with University needs and external market conditions. Market benchmarks may be used, as appropriate, in combination with internal equity to ensure pay is fair and aligned with the broader compensation structure.
The position may also be eligible for comprehensive benefits , including health insurance, retirement plans, and tuition assistance.
$19.23 - $24.04
The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe it is our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility of ensuring that all management practices regarding employees are conducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal and state statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting for all job classifications will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including state of employment protected classes. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate all employees and prospective employees strictly according to the requirements of the job. All personnel related activities such as compensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments, working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs, and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions and privileges of employment will be administered without regard to race, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy or childbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicable status protected by law, including all applicable state of employment protected classes. The University is a Christian religious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject to religious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiring practices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliance with both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exception to the “religion” component of the employment discrimination laws for religious organizations (including educational institutions), and permits them to give employment practice preference to members of their own religious beliefs.
