JOB POSTING
Title: Town Meeting TV Co-Director of Production/CCTV Productions
Employed by: CCTV/Town Meeting TV & CCTV Productions
Reports To: CCTV Program Director
Status: Full Time 40/Exempt
Hours: Full Time with occasional evening hours and some weekends.
Job Location: Town Meeting TV Studios, Burlington, Vermont
Start Date: January 2023
Compensation Range: 43K-47K
CCTV Center for Media + Democracy is a nationally recognized community media center based in Burlington, Vermont. We are looking for a creative and organized Town Meeting TV co-director of production to work as part of a team managing the production resources for Town Meeting TV and CCTV Productions. This candidate is excited to apply their detail oriented skills to care for our field production team and meet community needs in our mission of opening the doors to local democracy and community participation. For complete job description go to: www.cctv.org
Organization mission statement and project missions here: https://www.cctv.org/about-us
Hours, Salary and Benefits: The position is full-time mainly during weekdays, with occasional weekday evenings and occasional weekend hours. Starting wage of $43-47k /year commensurate with experience, skills, education and training.
CCTV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates of diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply.
Send resume and cover letter to Meghan O’Rourke, Project Director, morourke [at] cctv [dot] org. Position open until filled.
Job description: The Town Meeting TV Co-Director of Production is responsible with the Co-Director of Operations for maintaining the Town Meeting TV government access TV channels on cable and online, fulfilling the contract with the Town Meeting TV Trustees, managing the Trustees resources, budgets, archival assets, and team to meet the basic mission of Town Meeting TV under the umbrella of CCTV Center For Media and Democracy.
This person has an understanding of local government in Chittenden County and uses this knowledge to intake, process and assign production jobs for Town Meeting TV coverage. This position manages field producers, post producers, and production resources and assists in studio and field production on a limited basis. This position schedules and manages the production of public meetings, events and sourcing community programming that will air on Town Meeting TV’s cable channels and online outlets.
The Co-Director is dedicated to free speech and open government, enjoys communicating with people from a variety of backgrounds, is detail oriented, and has a demonstrated professional video production/ post production experience, and facility for managing schedules, people, and production resources in field and studio settings in a timely manner. The Co Director of Productions works closely with the Co Director of Operations to shepherd the Town Meeting TV resources on behalf of the Trustees.
This position is split 70/30. The CCTV productions Coordinator manages and builds our professional production company, CCTV Productions to meet community production needs and support our other mission based work.
This is a management position responsible to staff and supervisors.
Job Details:
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RESPONSIBILITY
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DETAIL
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SKILL BASE
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Projected Time hours/week
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Town Meeting TV Team Member
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Attends regular weekly staff meetings. Shares the lead on Monday production check in meetings.
Regular weekly check-ins with the Co-director of Operations.
Assist with public walk-ins and respond to customer requests
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Required Skills:
Punctuality.
Good communication and team work.
Delegation and getting work done with and through others.
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3
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Customer Relations & Outreach
GOAL: Improve Town Meeting TV through customer feedback and response.
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Public representative of Town Meeting TV. Works with the Channel Co-Director to determine coverage resources and how to fulfill Town Meeting TV contracted responsibilities and mission.
Performs outreach on behalf of the organization to expand our reach and mission and to make the resources we shepherd available to a wide variety of public constituents.
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Required Skills:
Genuine interest in customer service.
Appreciative listening.
Documentation and public presentation skills.
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3
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Supervision and Employee Development
GOAL:
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Responsible for the overall well being of and responsive to the needs of production staff.
Training staff on A/V equipment, regular check ins, creating tutorials, ensuring staff are up to date on production techniques and goals.
Making sure production staff have and understand the tools needed to get their jobs done.
Organizing Field Producer meetings.
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Required Skills:
Teamwork and appreciative listening.
Delegating responsibilities and follow up for accountability.
Clear and consistent communication.
An ability to demonstrate techniques and convey information.
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5
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Production Support
Goal: High quality production in field and studio.
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Support studio, field production, and post production of municipal meetings and events.
Support live meeting coverage on-call and for special events.
Organize and understand production priorities and needs for weekly staff meeting specifically in regards to technical resources.
Coordinating lynchpin - identify when events might need to be moved to a communications and marketing level.
Work with staff, interns or community producers as needed on adobe editing and special projects in support of the outreach and training efforts.
Responsible for overseeing Asset Tiger Inventory, equipment room organization, equipment is assigned accurately, equipment is repaired. People have what they need to work and the org assets are managed well. (Capital Budget management)
Documenting production workflows. Field, studio, titling, accessibility systems etc.
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Required Skills:
Strong production skills and directing skills.
Customer service and communication skills.
Management of and Documenting of Workflows.
Ability to delegate and follow up.
Adobe Suite, Adobe Premiere, OBS, New Blue Titler.
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10
some evenings
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Studio/Field/Post Production
GOAL: Provide easy and clear live access to community meetings and events. Provide post production support.
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Cover meetings, events, & press conferences as assigned for Town Meeting TV and CCTV Productions.
Post produce meetings or events in a timely manner (generally within 48 hours of recording) at the request of the production coordinator.
Identify opportunities and participate in coverage of unique community coverage.
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Required Skills:
Strong production skills.
Attention to detail.
Technical aptitude and troubleshooting.
Adobe Suite, Adobe Premiere, OBS, New Blue Titler, studio switching (Tricaster).
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5
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CCTV Productions Management
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Assist with management of CCTV Productions special projects as needed with room to grow the business.
Growing our core production competencies.
Work with marketing to identify opportunities for advertising our core competencies.
Manage client communications, prepare estimates, process invoices with the business manager.
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Required Skills:
Technical aptitude and skill development.
Customer service, follow through on commitments.
Production planning and estimating.
Business acumen.
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10
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Special Projects Management
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Project development and
grant fulfillment.
Elections Programming - Town meeting and General Elections.
Under the Dome Legislative Programming.
Special Summer Programming.
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Required Skills:
Project management and resource planning.
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2
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Professional Development and Current Trends Research
GOAL: Development to related fields.
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Researching and enrolling in career development courses, programs, webinars, workshops, networking, as see fit.
Development internally for the organization.
Proactive about future trends in technology as they apply to community media.
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Required Skills:
Interest in community media and technical developments research.
Lifelong learning and willingness to try new ways of doing things.
Proactive and self aware development.
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2
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Core Competencies:
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Customer Focus and commitment to meet expectations and requirements of internal and external customers
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Functional and Technical Skills - camera use, editing, learning new technologies, networked computing, basic computer use
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Problem Solving - What if the mics aren’t working?
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Integrity and Trust - I’ll do what I said I would do.
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Informing Others/ Communication - I’ll let you know what I need or what my plans are.
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Organizing, Planning & Time Management skills with the ability to set project and organizational priorities
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Interpersonal Savvy - We can get along.
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Attentive Listening - If you tell me something I am going to hear you and know what is needed, or ask for more information.
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Commitment to Personal and Organizational Learning - I enjoy learning about my work related field.
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Conscious Work/Life Balance - I can plan for workload fluctuations and schedule time commitments accordingly
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Teamwork - I can and will work with others to make the organization run well.
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Self-Confidence - If something is needed I will have the courage to step up and do it.
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Responsiveness - I will answer my emails and get back to requests and inquiries in a timely way.
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Strategic Thinking - I understand how my tasks fit into the bigger strategy and goals of the organization.
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Thoroughness and Accuracy - I will finish tasks that I start or delegate completion as needed.
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Flexibility - I will be open to new ways of completing tasks and innovations as well as be available for unplanned changes in schedule.
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