AVL Production Manager (Project-Based Role)

Job Disclosures:

Project Based Role: This is a project based position with an anticipated duration of 10+ months.

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Compensation:

The salary range for this position is $78,489 to $105,960. Compensation is based on location and experience.

Job Summary:

The AVL Production Manager will work closely with a variety of internal teammates (cross functional & interdepartmental) and external vendor partners as a leader and individual contributor to manage workload and ensure the successful completion of designs and projects on time and within budget, while also bringing vision and creativity to this growing and dynamic production environment. The AVL Production Manager must be able to anticipate and troubleshoot potential problems in a design, guide and manage production, and negotiate challenges within the team or with vendors to keep the project on target. The role requires a proactive approach with strong strategic, analytical, and communication skills. This role must act as a conduit between stakeholders (internal and external) to ensure project deliverables are met while guiding projects to achieve the most interesting and dynamic AVL experience possible within budget and schedule.

Key Responsibilities:

• Actively participates in each pre-kickoff and kickoff meeting for the scope that the AVL Production Manager is to lead. The AVL Production Manager should come away from these meetings with a solid understanding of the creative intent, the design limitations, the materials budget, and the project due date or labor limit.
• Work closely with the AVL Director and AVL Team to establish project production sequencing and a work breakdown structure for each production project.
• Lead and contribute to Pull Planning with larger project teams.
• Work with Show Managers to understand and establish goals, timelines, and production plans for internal project work performed by the AVL Team and work performed by external vendors.
• Once a budget is set for an in-house project, the AVL Production Manager will make recommendations to the AVL Director for final decisions. If the production is trending toward overspending, the AVL Production Manager will discuss options and a new path forward with the Show Manager, Project Team, and AVL Director.
• Help the AVL team meet its deliverables by the agreed end date or labor limit, and stick to the agreed budget.
• Help AVL team members try out new techniques, tools, and ways of working that continually expand each person’s comfort zone.
• Identify conflicts that may arise during a production, whether technical or personal, and work with the involved parties to find a resolution.
• During production, the AVL Production Manager will keep in close contact with the AVL Director, Show Manager, Production Designer, Technical Director, Creative Director, and AVL Creative Leadership to give status updates as needed and ensure ongoing adherence to the project plan and limitations.
• The AVL Production Manager will contribute to the assessment of the internal project’s general quality, creative quality, and durability. If quality concerns arise, the AVL Production Manager will work with the production team to guide any reworks necessary to get production to an acceptable level of completion.
• The AVL Production Manager will work closely with the AVL Director to guide project estimating and define scope, including developing early labor and materials estimates.

Required Qualifications

• Significant experience in the fields of audio, video, and lighting.
• 7+ years of experience in permanent exhibition design and artistic production.
• Experience leading and managing production teams.
• Experience managing budgets.

Work Environment and Physical Demands

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required.

Work Environment:

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and scanners. This position also works in an indoor setting with exposure to noisy environments, dim lighting, strong visual effects including strobing lights, special effects, fog machines and small and / or enclosed spaces.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Physical ability to walk, stand, take stairs/slides/elevators, and navigate the elements during the day and night. Employee may be required to remain in a sitting or standing position for prolonged periods, and repeat motions that may include the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times.

The employee will comply with company and OSHA standard workplace safety protocols. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Schedule:

This is a full-time position, and hours of work and days are Monday through Friday, 9a.m. to 5 p.m. or 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Supervisor Responsibilities:

This position does not require supervisory responsibility.

Travel

This position will require extensive travel (30%+).

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.