Adventist Media Ministries

Position Description

Adventist Media Center – Faith For Today

Position Title: Department Director for Media   Program Productions

Job Classification: Regular Full Time - Exempt

Accountable to: Manager

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 the 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.

Qualifications:

• 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.

Interpersonal Relationship

• Principal Contacts:
  • Speaker/Director
  • Manager/Treasurer
• Secondary Contacts:
• • Director of Station Relations
  • Director of Decvelopment
  • Office Staff
  • Ministry vendors and contractors

Working Conditions 

• General working conditions of an office
• Moderate to occasional high-stress levels due to deadlines and job load.
• Physical requirements: requires time at a computer or at a desk, with minimal standing, walking, reaching, climbing, and lifting (maximum of 50 lbs.)
• Statistics:
  • 38 regular hours per week
  • Will require some variable hours and weekend work
  • No special clothing or safety gear is required.