Job Description:

Technical Director assures continuous delivery of services at our client’s Broadcast Operations Center at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) located in Washington, DC. The Broadcast Operations Center delivers news, information, training, and employee development programs to all HUD employees nationwide.

The Broadcast Operations Center provides services Monday through Friday between 7:00 am and 6:00 pm; Flexible and compressed work schedules are available. The work hours may be adjusted by the Program Manager (PPM) based on Department needs and scheduled events.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Act as a crew chief making sure all positions are manned and all equipment and facilities checked out and ready before recording session or live broadcast begins.
• Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Estimate resources and participants needed to achieve project goals.
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project team members and contractors, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Work closely with the Program Manager and notify about any problems encountered and scheduled service outages and repairs.
• Provide continual evaluations of the state of the Broadcast Operations Center.
• Prepare estimates for engineering services to bring the center to current broadcast and webcast standards.
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:

• Associates degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience producing and directing multi-camera live to air or live to tape broadcast events.
• Experience producing direct live to air or live to type multi-camera broadcast event.
• Thoroughly knowledgeable of broadcast operations and engineering; knowledgeable of different equipment in equipment used in the production facility, production techniques and terminology.
• Excellent writing and verbal skills.
• Extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Excellent organizational, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Professional demeanor, positive attitude, patience, flexibility and a customer-service attitude.