Technical Director / V1
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Production Services is a team that operates Apple’s Campus Conference Centers, produces internally-streamed events and content. We’re seeking an experienced Video Engineer/V1 /Technical Director with great communication skills and a can-do attitude to support theater spaces and high-touch conference rooms. Do you have deep engineering experience with production routers and switchers, robotic cameras, critical viewing environments, LED walls, and live events? If so, come and do your life’s best work at Apple!
You’ll take ownership to ensure the visual content captured by Production Services achieves high production values. During events in campus theaters, you’ll perform in various operator roles: technical director, robotic camera operator, playback operator, stage manager, etc.
During down time, you’ll take responsibility for driving projects forward, performing preventative maintenance and calibrating systems to guarantee optimum performance.
When not actively engaged with productions and venue maintenance, you’ll pivot to help the team in various ways, depending on the needs of the day. This includes cross-training to perform in other operator roles and providing high-touch AV support in conference rooms.
You’ll also keep documents updated (e.g., line drawings, SOPs, and service agreements) and assist with system design and specification of gear for various projects.
- 5+ years’ experience as a video engineer in production environments (e.g., studios, networks, broadcast trucks, and live events).
- Job experience as a technical director and camera operator is required.
- Expertise operating LED walls, image processors, and other technology to showcase content (e.g., movies, television shows, and Keynote presentations) in a variety of viewing environments.
- Hands-on experience with content creation and post production workflows, including knowledge of common recording and playback formats and standards.
- Strong optic measurement and calibration skills, conforming to color space SDR and HDR standards with ability to provide supporting data reports.
- Highly proficient in identifying and resolving operational errors, with strong experience in signal routing, monitoring, and quality assurance.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
- Superior communication skills, with an ability to summarize and share relevant information in a clear and easy-to-understand way, across all levels. You skillfully communicate with creatives and executives to develop trust and strong partnerships.
- Strong vendor management and project management skills.
- Track record delivering high-quality results, with minimal direction, in an environment where expectations are high and timelines are challenging. You multi-task and establish priorities, including daily re-prioritization, and don’t need to be reminded to follow-up and follow-through.
- Able to remain flexible and prepared for changes to the schedule, including working early mornings, evenings, or weekends.
- Act with a sense or urgency and quickly responds to emails, texts, and phone calls in order to provide a high standard of service to customers and colleagues.
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