Backlot Production Support Staff

Savannah College of Art and Design

  • Savannah, Georgia
  • 11 days ago

    Highlights

    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. 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.

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    LocationSavannah, Georgia

    Description

    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.

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