Department Director for Media

DEPARTMENT:

Program Productions

 

POSITION SUMMARY: Serves Faith For Today by overseeing the Media Department and working alongside Faith For Today’s Manager and Speaker-Director to enable the ministry to carry out its mission of reaching a secular audience with the distinctive message of the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

 

AUTHORITY & ACCOUNTABILITY: Authority as delegated by the Manager and directly responsible to the Manager. 

 

ESSENTIAL POSITION FUNCTIONS:

Digital Producer/Media Content Producer

• Create and edit media and digital content for ministry needs.
• Manage day-to-day activities of assigned video, audio, and digital programs, and developing content.
• Creatively develop and edit content for websites, social media platforms, and YouTube.
• Develop digital summaries and content for assigned programs.
• Function as an engineer and technical director for assigned programs.
• Help with management of relationships between FFT and outside service providers.
• Play an integral role as part of Lifestyle Magazine production team.

Department Management

• Work with Manager to manage copyright needs for programs.
• Coordinate with Manager for contracted labor for media department.
• Manage media department employees and other employees assigned to the department for specific projects.
• Manage media department fixed assets.
• Maintain a schedule of all departmental projects.
• Play a key role in helping FFT management team develop media strategies and execution plans.
• Create strategies to improve the department’s efficiency and effectiveness.

Ongoing

• Edit all FFT programs for broadcast quality.
• Produce, shoot and edit video projects for short turnaround (3-4 week lead time).
• Work with and report to Speaker-Director as necessary to ensure all video work is compatible with FFT branding guidelines and strategies.
• Fulfill other responsibilities and duties as assigned by the Speaker/Director.
• Work with FFT management team to strategize and develop growth plans.
• Work with vendors to update, maintain and expand the website and mobile app content and reach.
• Work with smartphone and Roku app vendors to update and maintain current and future media content across current and emerging platforms.
• Work with FFT executive team to develop new and innovative programming that will appeal to broader audiences.
• Maintain library of FFT Programs.
• Maintain post-production process – transcriptions closed captioning, duplication, and distribution of shows.

 

POSITION SPECIFICATIONS:

 

1. QUALIFICATIONS, SCOPE, & COMPLEXITY OF DUTIES:

Education

Minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree with an emphasis on digital, radio, and television production preferred. Master’s Degree preferred.

Experience

Preferred: Seven to ten years as a creative media professional either with an agency or organization.

Membership: Member in good standing of the Seventh-day Adventist church

Competencies

• Has a close relationship with Jesus Christ and sets a good example for others.
• Proficient in Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, Apple Keynote, and Microsoft Suite.
• Knowledge and experience in both production and post-production work
• Self-starter who can exercise direction and independent judgment, manage multiple projects, make decisions, assume responsibility, and deliver on tight deadlines.
• Good interpersonal communication skills.
• Flexibility to adapt to urgent projects or unusual situations.
• Ability to work independently and with minimal guidance.
• Ability to gauge the feasibility of proposed projects within limits of given time and resources.
• Superb time-management and multitasking skills.
• A happy passion for using the latest and emerging technologies to better equip evangelism.
• Solid finger on the pulse of technology and the tech industry, including a firm understanding of how current trends and emerging concepts might benefit FFT’s mission this year, next year, and 5-10 years from now.

 

2. INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS:

Principal Contacts

• Speaker-Director
• Ministry Manager

Secondary Contacts

• Director of Development
• Director of Station Relations
• Office staff
• Ministry vendors and contractors

 

3. WORKING CONDITIONS:

Working Conditions

• General working conditions of an office.
• Requires some travel.
• Moderate to occasional high-stress levels due to deadlines and job load.
• Physical requirements: requires standing, walking, time at a desk, reaching, climbing, and lifting (maximum of 50 lbs.)

Specific Requirements

• 38 regular hours per week.
• Must be a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church who believes in and supports its fundamental teachings.