Audio and Visual
Tech Director
Element Church
Posted: 09/30/2024
Salary/Range: 55,0000
Location
Cheyenne, WY
Description:
The Company:
At Element Church, our vision is to guide people to experience life to its fullest, connect to meaningful relationships, and make a lasting impact.
The Position:
The Tech Director is responsible for all areas of audio, video, lighting (AVL), and production functions of Element Church. The ideal candidate will possess extensive training and/or education in audio/video production. The candidate will be responsible for recruiting, training, and scheduling a volunteer team to run the audio/video equipment for Element Church. Attention to detail and good communication skills are a must for this role.
Responsibilities:
- Weekend commitment for production during weekend services
- Hands-on leader who can oversee video production for worship services, live streaming, editing, and uploading to the website.
- A relationship builder who can recruit, train, develop, and schedule a team of volunteers for the AVL team.
- Stay up to date on production and staging trends as well as technical knowledge of new software, equipment, and products, attending training as necessary
- Maintain existing technology, develop new solutions, and are responsible for day-to-day operations of information, network, and AVL systems.
- Monitor and adjust the AVL experience during worship experiences, and other events, to adhere to the quality and standards of Element Church.
- Lead the worship experience production meeting and run through each weekend.
- Help provide a distraction-free AVL environment where Jesus is lifted up and the Gospel is presented with excellence.
- Assist with installation and equipment troubleshooting for mobile church venues as necessary
- Coordinate with the Worship Pastor on all lighting scenes and creative elements for the weekly worship experience
- Attend and actively participate in weekly Sunday Experience meetings
- Continue to improve and enhance our online and secondary spaces presentation
- Work with vendors on purchasing and updating our equipment
- Responsible for editing and uploading weekly sermons to the website
- Maintain Live Streaming service’s sound and video quality
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 4+ years of AVL experience
- Able to assemble and maintain equipment used in multimedia production
- Able to lift to 50 lbs.
- Detail-oriented and effectively able to manage multiple projects within tight timeframes
- Self-starter who can study, learn, and operate our current equipment and then suggest strategic plans for growth and technological advancement
- Strong communication skills and ability to interact with volunteers and staff with creativity and flexibility, often under deadline pressure
- Strong understanding of signal flow and signal processing
- Highly proficient in troubleshooting and problem-solving audio and video components, including but not limited: to mixing equipment, lighting tools, cameras, microphones, projectors, video recorders, amplifiers, and spotlights
- Possess knowledge of video and audio file formats.
- Fluent in working with programs like Adobe Creative Suites, Logic Pro X, Resi, and ProPresenter. Facility with Ableton or Multitracks a plus
Personal Responsibilities:
- Actively embrace the Element Church Core Values
- Maintain God-ordained priorities in your life by putting Jesus Christ first, your spouse second, your children third and the ministry fourth.
- Give at least 10% of your income to the vision of Element Church.
- Be loyal to the vision and staff of Element Church and always protect the unity of the church.
- Pray for the ministry
- Replicate yourself through discipleship—pour into top-level leader volunteers to equip them to do the same for others in their sphere of influence.
- Fosters a volunteer environment of gratitude, appreciation, and joy.
- Invest and invite the lost to know Jesus and come to Element Church.
Salary/Benefits:
- 50k-55k
- Retirement
- Closed week between Christmas and New Years
- PTO
- After 3 years 2 weeks sabbatical
- Health Insurance, Vision, Dental, Life insurance, long/short-term disability