Director, In-Venue Production

University of Texas at Austin•Austin, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position serves as an Administrative Officer, leading, training, and instructing in the area of in-venue production for Texas Athletics. The role involves directing or producing in-venue productions for various sports, orchestrating content, ensuring quality productions, and coordinating videoboard production needs. The Director will also facilitate content requests, collaborate with creative and broadcast staffs, serve as the primary videoboard production liaison, and develop students and staff working in control rooms and on-site. Additionally, the role provides operational support for in-venue/digital signage and associated electronic components, assists with video production and post-production, and requires driving a UT or rental vehicle. The position emphasizes ethical conduct, compliance with all applicable laws and policies, and active participation in education and training programs. Employees in this role are designated as Non-Confidential Employees under Title IX and must report incidents of prohibited conduct.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Visual Arts, Sports Management or related field.
Three or more years of professional experience in live or in-venue event production.
Excellent organizational, problem-solving and communication skills.
Ability to challenge the status quo while still maintaining the integrity of a brand.
Experience training students and freelance staff.
Experience with video switchers, graphics platforms, and LED displays.
Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.
Class "C" operator's driver's license.
Provide a current three year driving record from the current state of residence.
Obtain a Texas driver's license within 30 days of becoming a Texas resident (if not currently a Texas resident).

Nice To Haves

Extensive professional experience in intercollegiate athletics or professional sports.
Experience managing students and freelance staff.
Operational knowledge of Ross Xpression graphics platform, Ross switchers, and Daktronics displays.

Responsibilities

Direct or produce in-venue productions for various sports such as basketball, baseball, football, soccer, softball, track and field and volleyball.
Orchestrate content load-in, checks and rehearsals.
Ensure quality productions when others are directing by providing instruction and constructive feedback.
Coordinate all videoboard production needs for internal entities such as marketing, communications, events, IT and all creative and athletics staffs, as well as external entities such as Daktronics, FUSE, Musco, etc.
Facilitate and communicate content requests to ensure each game production has all the needed elements for a first-class production.
Collaborate with the creative, videoboard and broadcast staffs to ensure innovative content inside of Texas Athletics’ venues.
Serve as the primary videoboard production liaison for Longhorn Sports Properties (Learfield) and Texas Athletics.
Develop and mentor students, part-time employees, professional service contractors and full-time employees. This includes employees who work in control rooms and on-site in venues.
Ensure staffing for all in-venue videoboard productions between full-time athletics staff, students, freelancers and third-party vendors meets requirements.
Provide operational support of in-venue/digital signage and associated electronic components and provides support for live event technical setup and management of operations systems.
Assist with video production and post-production as needed.
Drive a UT or rental vehicle on and off campus.
Consistently exemplify the core values and quality service standards of Texas Athletics.
Always act ethically.
Proactively seek guidance when unsure or unclear of a law, rule or policy applicable to you or your department/sport program.
Actively participate in assigned education and training programs.
Comply with all laws, policies, rules and regulations set forth by the Board of Regents of The University of Texas System, The University of Texas at Austin, NCAA, Conference, or other governing body, including state and federal laws.
Annually obtain prior written approval and report all outside activities and outside income.
Report knowledge of, or reasonable cause to believe, violation(s) of state or federal laws, policies, rules, or regulations of the University, Conference, or NCAA to IA ARMCS or IA HR.
Fully cooperate with any investigation by providing complete and accurate information when requested to do so by Texas Athletics and/or the NCAA and do not influence others in any way during an investigation.
As a Non-Confidential Employee, individuals employed in this position will report incidents of such prohibited conduct to the University’s Title IX Coordinator or Deputy Title IX Coordinator as required by applicable law or University policy.