About the role
As a backlot production team member, you’ll contribute to the university’s mission of preparing talented students for creative professions through engaged teaching and learning in a positively oriented university environment. SCAD Film Studios (SFS) offers world-class production spaces and state-of-the-art technology to student filmmakers, digital media artists, actors, and designers across Georgia's booming entertainment industry.
To support faculty and student success, you’ll:
- Assist with the management of daily operations at the backlot production facility to ensure a safe and efficient environment
- Help manage the backlot for classes, productions, maintenance, tours, and special events
- Assist in training and supervising student workers and develop training materials to facilitate the use of equipment and spaces
- Perform routine equipment maintenance and address issues as they arise
- Collaborate with the backlot production manager on maintenance, repairs, cleaning, and equipment updates
As part of the SFS team, you’ll:
- Maintain daily documentation, procedural information, and issue resolutions
- Communicate key information and escalate high-priority concerns to the relevant personnel
- Monitor budget expenditures for supplies, equipment installations, and repairs
- Support the equipment checkout, engineering, and AV technical staff
- Research and assess emerging technologies
Candidates should ideally demonstrate:
- Knowledge of full gear assortment
- Basic knowledge of cameras, audio, lighting, and grip equipment used in digital filmmaking
Minimum qualifications
- At least one year of experience in film production or a related field
- Experience in safety training, studio systems, video and audio equipment, and lighting for film or television
- Electrician capabilities and the ability to work with high power
- Proficiency with computer hardware
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in an educational setting
Certificates, licenses, and registrations
- Valid driver's license
Work hours: The university work week is Sunday through Saturday. Most offices are open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. To accommodate business needs, employees may be assigned to other workdays and/or hours, including weekends and evenings.
ADA tag: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements and minimum qualifications listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions and/or meet the minimum qualifications.