Production Director

Position Title: Production Director
Department Name: Production
Organizational Level: Department Head
Reports to: Executive Teaching Pastor
FLSA Status: Exempt
Full/Part time: Full-time
Salary Range: $75,000 - $85,000 annualized
Date: May 2025

Summary/Objective: 

This position will oversee all technical disciplines associated with weekend services and events including training, scheduling and discipleship for all staff and volunteers in the areas of audio, video and lighting.

Essential Functions:

1. Supervise (train, direct, develop, and encourage) Production staff and volunteers, for all areas with production equipment, including worship center, Kids areas, Gym, and meetings rooms.
2. Work with team in recruiting and scheduling volunteers for weekend services and special events.
3. Collaborate with other staff for upcoming weekend services, series, and other events.
4. Participate in calendaring meetings to coordinate schedules, align on priorities, and support efficient planning and scheduling.
5. Order appropriate equipment as needed and oversee repairs of audio, video, and lighting equipment to ensure safety and continued performance.
6. Ensure that communication regarding Production pieces is done clearly and on time with appropriate individuals and stations.
7. Oversee that all equipment is ready for weekend services.
8. Ensure coverage for certain events and school activities, as needed.
9. Perform other duties, as needed. 

Time Requirements:

This position will be completed in 40 hours per week, including weekends, some evenings and holidays.

Work Environment:
This job operates in a professional office and church environment and uses standard office and video/sound equipment such as laptop computers, desktop computers and telephones.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear and frequently required to sit and/or stand for sustained periods of time; lift, push, pull items in excess of 30 lbs; walk and reach with hands and arms.

Requirements:

Professional/Education

1. Ability to manage confidentiality in all aspects of job.
2. Bachelors Degree preferred.
3. 5+ year audio, video and lighting oversight experience.  Church service programming a plus.
4. Strong computer skills.

Spiritual

1. A faithful, growing Christ-follower who is deepening their personal relationship with Christ and models this to others.
2. A passionate desire to see people come to know, love and follow Christ in the context of real community.
3. In agreement with Southeast’s Statement of Beliefs, Values, Mission and Vision.
4. Desires to know and love God and wants to be used by God.

Personal

1. Dedicated to the development of God’s people in their roles of discipleship, servanthood and outreach.
2. Humble, credible, trustworthy, teachable and a self-starter.
3. Skilled in building and leading gifts-based teams to accomplish shared purposes, they are also a team player who sees the need to take others with them in the journey of leadership and leadership development and equip others for community-building impact.
4. Strong social, biblical and verbal skills that enable them to be an effective and creative communicator.
5. Demonstrates wise judgment in decision-making.
6. Ability to live in and cultivate biblical community.
7. Champions the pillars of Southeast and core values of the staff. Values the culture of Southeast Christian Church.
8. Adhere to Southeast’s Staff Values:
   1. We listen, live, and love like Jesus: we prioritize and nurture our relationship with Jesus; we seek to grow as his disciples; we demonstrate his love through our actions, worship, generosity, and obedience.
   2. We value relationships and teamwork: we see people as opportunities, not as inconveniences; we resist silos; we take care of ourselves and each other; we lean into accountability; we engage in hard conversations and assume the best.
   3. We value integrity in all aspects of life: we strive to live out God’s standards, not our own; we don’t cut corners; we give our best and pursue excellence in all we do; we honor God with our bodies; we are honest and upright.
   4. We have a solutions-focused mindset: we look for solutions when problems arise; we are willing to help, even when it’s “not our job”; we find the win, even when the answer is “no.”
   5. We don’t take ourselves too seriously: we have fun; we practice humility and appreciate appropriate humor; we celebrate; we choose positivity and encouragement.

Competencies:

Cultivates Innovation; Manages Complexity; Tech Savvy; Plans and Aligns; Directs Work; Resourcefulness; Communicates Effectively; Builds Effective Teams; Collaborates; Manages Ambiguity; Situational Adaptability; Self-Development; Instills Trust

This description indicates the general level and nature of work performed by employees within this classification.  It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.