Frankfort Studio Engineer

Frankfort Studio Engineer (Contract)

Kentucky Educational Television (KET) is a statewide media organization that serves more than two million people each week and broadcasts into eight states and ten media markets. This contract position is based at KET’s Frankfort production facility and supports programming including Legislative Coverage.

• Ensuring successful live productions and maintenance of production hardware and software systems at the Capitol complex in Frankfort.
• Providing engineering support for Legislative Coverage, including studio production, production hardware and software systems, non‑linear editing systems and other technological needs throughout the facility.
• Working each day of the Regular Session and each day of any Special Session, as well as 2‑3 days per week during the Legislative Interim.

• Experience with video routers and multiviewers.
• Setup of broadcast television cameras.
• Matching television cameras with a waveform and vector scope.
• Operation of robotic systems, video switchers, and on‑air graphics systems.
• Knowledge of audio consoles, intercom systems, Dante audio, wireless microphones and IFB systems.
• Knowledge of Adobe Premiere Pro post‑production systems, basic computer/PC hardware/software maintenance, and general networking.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve technical problems onsite and work independently without direct supervision.

Rate: $500.00 per day (up to ten hours per day) and $250.00 per half‑day (up to 5 hours per day).