Director of Broadcast & Live Event Operations – Athletics / Communication and Visual Arts

Posted: 29-Dec-24

Location: Valparaiso, Indiana

Type: Full-time

Salary: TBD

Categories:

Operations

Operations – Video Services

Sector:

Collegiate Sports

Required Education:

4 Year Degree

The Valparaiso University Department of Athletics is seeking an individual who will lead all aspects of Valpo Athletics’ live event productions on The Valley on ESPN+ while simultaneously providing leadership of the department’s in-game video board operations. This individual will also play a role in the Valparaiso University Department of Communication and Visual Arts (CVA), advising the student-run television station VUTV and serving as a CVA staff member.

• Responsible for overseeing, scheduling and staffing a team of part-time and student staff members to produce home men’s basketball, women’s basketball, soccer, baseball, softball, volleyball, and football contests, producing over 80 athletic events a year as part of the Missouri Valley Conference’s partnership with ESPN+.
• Responsible for overseeing live in-arena Athletics-Recreation Center video board operations for men’s basketball, women’s basketball and volleyball.
• Collaborate with marketing and sponsorship units to execute and plan content that meets department goals and objectives.
• Serve as an Engineer-in-Chief for each broadcast and fill various gameday production room roles as needed.
• Maintain and manage all equipment within the state-of-the-art live production control room located inside the Athletics-Recreation Center.
• Display fiscal responsibility in managing the budget for the broadcasting and streaming unit while developing a strategy and plan for maintaining and replacing broadcast equipment.
• Responsible for live stream production for Valparaiso University graduation and other graduation events held within the Athletics-Recreation Center, in addition to press conferences and other special events.
• Serve as a liaison with Missouri Valley Conference staff and with ESPN, ensuring quality standards are met and graphics packages are correctly updated and maintained.
• Serve as a liaison and contact for outside production teams, assisting with their needs for home events that are selected for national and/or regional television distribution.
• Shoot and edit vignettes, commercials, hype videos and additional creative content for use in-arena and on social media in collaboration with the athletic communications and University marketing and communications staffs.
• Possess knowledge of and adherence to all NCAA rules, policies, and procedures.
• Serve as a member of the Valpo Athletics external team and attend weekly meetings with representatives from other external units.
• Serve as the advisor for VUTV, the Valparaiso University student-run television station, for its weekly and special productions.
• Maintain and manage all equipment within the Schnabel Hall VUTV production studio and other VUTV-owned equipment.
• Support academic needs within the Schnabel Hall television studio.
• Participate in the CVA department as a staff member and potentially serve as an instructor within the department.
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Work with Valpo Student Life in the capacity of VUTV advisor.
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                            
                                                                                                          
                                                                                                          
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                        
                                                                                                      
                                                                                    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