Broadcast Audio Operations Director (Performing Arts / Broadcast Engineering)

About the Role

One of the world's premier performing arts institutions is hiring a Broadcast Audio Operations Director to oversee the technical planning and broadcast engineering for its extensive media operation. The organization's media department produces approximately 70 live and pre-recorded broadcasts each season, spanning a Saturday matinee radio series carried on an international network, a dedicated satellite radio channel, and a global cinema series.

The audio operations director participates as a member of the broadcast engineering team under the creative direction of the organization's music producers. This role requires someone who brings a musical background and sensibility to highly technical broadcast work, managing everything from stereo productions to 128+ track recordings across multiple locations and wireless systems within the venue.

What the Role Covers

• Technical planning, design, and maintenance of in-house broadcast facilities, including equipment budgeting and purchases
• Technical setup for all broadcast and recording scenarios, including microphones, wireless systems, cabling, mix consoles, and VO booths across music mix, live announcer, live interviews, and prerecorded features
• Providing technical and engineering support for broadcast music producers, including preparation of mixing boards and coordination of microphone setup with relevant departments
• Audio technical coordination for live cinema transmissions
• Transmission operations for a network of over 200 radio stations worldwide and internet streaming partners, including end-to-end connections and quality assurance
• Live broadcast mixing and recording, including large-frame console operation with multiple microphones, hosts, commentators, and guests, and triggering live playback of prerecorded features
• Recording, editing, mixing, and music underscoring of radio features, interviews, promos, and trailers
• Organizing and communicating broadcast information and requirements to departments throughout the organization
• Organizing broadcast engineer work assignments and schedules for staff and freelance engineers, and recruiting and training new hires
• Managing relationships with key vendors, including contracts, budgets, scheduling, equipment maintenance, and service monitoring
• Planning, budgeting, and supervising technical capital projects
• Overseeing asset management planning and execution, including long-term storage

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of professional engineering experience in broadcast, studio, and remote recording
• Experience working in a supervisory position with a team of engineers
• Experience with operations planning, design, and maintenance
• Extensive classical music training and knowledge
• Live recording and mixing experience, including familiarity with large-frame consoles such as the Studer Vista line and digital audio workstations such as Pyramix
• Post-production editing and mixing with advanced Pro Tools fluency
• Live on-air broadcast engineering experience
• Knowledge of and compliance with broadcast standards
• Experience with broadcast IP codecs
• Experience with intercommunications systems (RTS, Clearcom, or Riedel)
• IP networking knowledge for broadcast infrastructure
• Technical maintenance engineering experience
• Extensive experience with both analog formats and digital systems
• Television broadcast experience
• Experience with asset management systems such as Soundminer, Enco, or Amazon Glacier
• Schedule flexibility and the ability to work nights and weekends