Willow Creek Community Church is an egalitarian non-denominational, multi-site church in and across Chicagoland passionate about helping people take next steps to love God, love people, and change the world. Our church is a place where you can make a significant impact for God's kingdom based on how He has uniquely designed you, leading the people around you to become more like Jesus and showing the tangible love of Jesus.
As the Production Manager your role is primarily a people-oriented role. You will recruit, train, empower, and care for a technical arts team of volunteers in order to execute impactful, distraction-free services. Additionally you will oversee all technical arts systems and elements for services and special events at our campus: audio, video, lighting, and stage management.
The salary range for this position is around $45,000 - $60,000 depending on experience and skill set. Our comprehensive benefits package includes health, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, retirement savings with company match, parental leave, generous paid time off, mental health counseling reimbursement, and more.
Job Responsibilities
Recruit, train, support, develop and oversee a technical arts team of volunteers: including video team, front of house audio, graphics operators, lighting technicians, stage managers, and more
Oversee all audio, video, and lighting fulfillment functions for both services and special events
Maintain and develop all theatrical lighting, video, and audio systems throughout the building
Build and Install stage sets occasionally in collaboration with the Central Arts and Worship Team
Oversee fulfillment of stage props for stage personalities, special elements for services
Serve as the chief liaison between the campus and the Facility Management team for facility issues across the campus and act as the first line of response in facility emergencies
Success is Defined As…
a leader who is able to strongly collaborate with the campus pastors, ministry leaders, and core peers and leadership to create and execute an immersive atmosphere in the auditorium and online through the excellent, innovative, and distraction-free utilization of lighting, audio, and video systems through a robust volunteer team of developing technical artists.
Skills/Competencies
Preferred Skills and Experience
Leadership
Strong creativity
Demonstrated excellent collaboration
Action orientation
Proficiency in ProPresenter 7, Adobe Premiere, audio systems, lighting systems, and broadcast video systems.
Personal Characteristics
Learner - can take direction and feedback and has a great desire to learn.
Self-Aware - knows where they have weakness, and finds others to fill in those gaps.
Innovator - always learning and looking to push the edge of technical excellence within budgetary parameters
Incessant tinkerer - constantly experimenting with ways big and small to improve the technical experience in our room and online.
Collaborator - able to work well with others and able to appropriately give and receive constructive feedback that leads to improvements in the technical arts.
Teacher - willingness to impart technical skills to inexperienced volunteers.
Aligned with Willow Creek’s core values and beliefs
Currently or willing to regularly attend a Willow Creek Community Church location and be an active part of our church family
Education And Experience
Prior experience leading arts production
Experience using ProPresenter 7, Adobe Premiere, audio systems, lighting systems, and broadcast video systems
Prior experience leading, supporting and recruiting volunteers is a plus
Seniority level
Mid-Senior level
Employment type
Full-time
Job function
Marketing, Public Relations, and Writing/Editing
Industries
Religious Institutions
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