Staff Live Producer (Lead)

Databricks•San Francisco, CA

About The Position

As a Lead Live Producer on the Media Productions team at Databricks, you will work directly with the team to help execute all manner of live events and broadcasts hosted at Databricks and other remote locations. Utilizing a rich understanding of the live production environment and a great sense for the flow of a broadcast, you’ll adapt easily to meet the business needs of each project that comes your way. A strong work ethic, recognition of the importance of all phases of production coupled with a keen eye for the artistic will be key to pushing the quality of our products to the next level. In this role you will report to the Manager of Media Productions, who is based in San Francisco. The team provides the technology and IT Support that makes our employees more productive including, but not limited to, video conferencing, live event support, video production, post production, digital signage, wayfinding kiosks, SaaS applications and integrations with Slack and other tools.

Requirements

8+ years in media production roles, specifically focused on live broadcast.
Experience working on systems located across multiple locations (ideally globally).
BA/BS, or relevant experience, is required.
Experience in a dynamic, fast-growing environment.
Excellent communication skills. Explaining complex technical concepts to others comes easy.

Responsibilities

Provide high quality support for all event levels within the Databricks Event, Training & Studio spaces as well as remote location setups for live events.
Masterful understanding of audio and video signal flow.
Expert competency in multi-destination program switching (In room, broadcasts, video conferencing, records, etc). Highly comfortable operating as technical director and or video switch operator.
Solid grasp of production flow with an ability to adapt quickly as the content of the show changes organically.
Ability to step into other production roles as needed (Audio Console, Stream Eng, Cam operator, Video Conferencing operator, Graphics Operator, etc)
Proficiency with VMix (or similar) remote production workflows.
Creation of still and motion graphics for broadcast (Bumpers, transitions, lower 3rds, bugs, watermarks, etc)
Light post production skills for live broadcast fixes.
Comfortable with managing and working directly with production crews, both in house and outsourced.
Working directly with clients to define show requirements and gather production elements.
Adept at creating educational material for the production environment and cross training other staff members at various proficiency levels.
Work closely with the team to define a multitude of workflows and system configs to help define a playbook to ensure consistency across all productions.