Church Production Manager

Description

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 Willow Wheaton location is a mobile campus hosting services at Wheaton Academy in Wheaton, IL with an average congregation size of around 500 people.

As the Production Manager at Willow Wheaton 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. These duties will make up 75% (28 hours per week) of this role. 

For the other 25% (12 hours per week) of this role, you will assist the Central Arts and Worship team depending on your unique skill set. This may include (but is not limited to) assisting in audio pre & post production, video production (camera operation, editing, directing), lighting (design, programming, video for film), visual media (slides, graphics, and screen content) and technical systems maintenance. You also may collaborate on creative planning, and provide technical support for events beyond regular services.

The salary range for this position is approximately $50,000 - $69,000 depending on experience and skill set. Our comprehensive benefits package includes medical, dental and vision insurance, life insurance, retirement savings with company match, maternity and paternity 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
• Assist the central team in the area of your specialty technical skill set
• Build and Install stage sets occasionally in collaboration with the Central Arts and Worship Team

Success is Defined As…

a leader who is able to collaborate with the campus pastor, ministry leaders, and 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.

Requirements

Preferred Skills and Experience

Skills/Competencies:

• Excellent Leadership, People Development and Shepherding skills
• 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
• Some prior experience using ProPresenter 7, Adobe Premiere, audio systems, lighting systems, and broadcast video systems
• Prior experience leading, supporting and recruiting volunteers is a plus