Lighting Operator

Versant • Englewood Cliffs, NJ

6d • $65,000 - $75,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Versant Media is seeking a Lighting Operator to support studio and on-site productions at our Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey facility. Reporting to the Supervising Lighting Designer, this role is responsible for the day-to-day execution, maintenance, and support of studio lighting systems across live and taped programming. This is a hands-on production role for someone who combines technical lighting expertise with strong collaboration and creative judgment. The Lighting Operator will work closely with production crews, directors, editorial partners, engineering, facilities, and other technical teams to help deliver consistently high-quality visual output. Lighting plays a critical role in the quality, consistency, and visual identity of our programming. This position helps ensure our studios, talent, guests, and productions are supported by reliable lighting systems and thoughtful lighting execution. This position is required to work on-site in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.

Requirements

• Hands-on experience supporting studio, broadcast, live-event, or comparable production lighting environments.
• Drafting experience with Vectorworks.
• Working knowledge of lighting consoles, fixtures, networks, cue execution, and studio lighting workflows.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced production environment and collaborate across technical, creative, and editorial teams.
• Ability and willingness to work full-time on-site in Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
• Ability to obtain studio lift certification after hire if not already certified; training and certification can be provided internally.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience in broadcast television, studio production, or live programming.
• Existing studio lift certification.
• Experience supporting lighting design, console programming, or large-scale studio lighting systems.

Responsibilities

• Execute lighting cues for live and taped programming, helping ensure consistent, high-quality visual presentation.
• Partner with video shading, directors, production crews, editorial teams, and leadership on show blocking and lighting needs for talent and guests.
• Support lighting design for Englewood Cliffs facility studios and on-site productions.
• Manage lighting console interfaces and maintain accurate documentation of studio positions, cues, and related production information.
• Maintain lighting consoles, racks, networks, the lighting shop, and lighting room, while managing fixture and expendable inventory.
• Collaborate with Facilities, Engineering, and Electrical teams to troubleshoot issues and maintain safe, reliable lighting operations.

Benefits

• free employee parking
• complimentary electric vehicle charging stations
• on-site fitness center with locker rooms and towel service
• dry-cleaning drop-off and pick-up
• shuttle service is also available to and from the Englewood Cliffs campus, with pickup locations across Manhattan’s East Side and West Side, Brooklyn, Hoboken, Jersey City, Newark, and Secaucus
• health insurance
• retirement plans
• paid time off

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed