JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC (BL-MUS-IUBLA)

Department-Specific Responsibilities

• Leads a group of Digital Media Specialists. Responsible for all aspects of administration, staff evaluation, and hiring/firing.
• Performs tasks related to all aspects of broadcast engineering and production.
• Provides guidance on and oversight of technical workflows, hardware and software selection, and systems needed to stream and video record Jacobs School of Music performances and special video projects in a primary control room suite, a secondary recording studio, and remote locations.
• Serves as production coordinator and liaison for client requests, faculty projects.
• Serves as needed in lead production roles for streaming events including, director, technical director, camera operator, engineer in charge.

General Responsibilities

• Consults with faculty and staff to establish current and future multimedia systems needs and requirements; develops plans for creating new and renovating learning environments with emphasis on technology infrastructure, room design, ergonomics and technology applications.
• Performs highly specialized tasks to ensure maximum availability and performance of classroom technology and infrastructure including analyzing and devising original solutions for unforeseen and undocumented anomalies.
• Ensures accuracy, completeness and compliance with industry and departmental standards for all projects; reviews and ensures proper documentation of system design issues, resolutions, and updates/changes.
• Identifies, researches, tests, and develops innovative hardware/software solutions and participates in strategic planning to enhance the functionality and reliability of technology operation and control systems.
• May serve as project lead; often provides guidance to junior peers.

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree (preferably in a related field).

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 5 years of multimedia/instructional systems support, control system programming, or related experience.

Preferred

• Experience with Broadcast engineering, Digital audio, Video production, Lighting, Hardware maintenance, Understanding of signal flow, Optical fiber data transmission, Post-production techniques, Archival standards and best practices.

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
• Highly thorough and dependable.
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure.
• Possesses a high degree of initiative.
• Ability to influence internal and/or external constituents.
• Experience with one or more programming tools required (Crestron, XML, HTML, SIMPL, C/C++, MySQL, Ethernet/TCP-IP protocols).

This position requires the ability to communicate effectively and to operate computers and other related technical equipment. The role is required to maintain and interact with computers and frequently move objects weighing up to 50 pounds. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.

IU Bloomington campus

This is an in-person position.

The ability to work evenings and weekends is required due to the performance schedule.

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure.

Career Level: Advanced

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Information Technology

Job Family: Instructional Technology

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