Production Space and Cage Manager

Position Details

Position Information

08/27/2026

Open Until Filled Yes

Position Number 1129016

Position Title Production Space and Cage Manager

Hiring Range Minimum $56,500

Hiring Range Maximum $70,600

Union Type Not a Union Position

SEIU Level Not an SEIU Position

FLSA Status Exempt

Employment Category Regular Full Time

Scheduled Months per Year 12

Scheduled Hours per Week 40

Primarily 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m., with schedule adjustments for occasional evening and weekend productions, workshops, screenings, and departmental activities.

Hanover, NH 03755

BVAC , VAC 108C

Onsite only

No

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The Production Space and Cage Manager supports Film & Media Studies courses involving digital cinema, film, sound, and other time-based media. The manager oversees the equipment cage and departmental production spaces, supports faculty and students in carrying out curricular and production goals, maintains production equipment and facilities, supervises student employees, and develops safe and consistent studio workflows and best practices. The position also supports the department’s expansion of larger, collaborative studio productions and works with campus partners on production facilities, technical systems, and shared media resources.

The Production Space and Cage Manager supports Film & Media Studies courses involving digital cinema, film, sound, and other time-based media. The manager oversees the department’s equipment cage and production spaces; maintains production equipment and facilities; hires, trains, schedules, and supervises student employees; and provides hands-on technical support to faculty and students. The position plays a central role in expanding studio-based and larger team productions, developing safe production and set-building practices, and creating consistent workflows and best practices for departmental production spaces.

Bachelors plus 3-5 years' experience or equivalent combination of education and experience

• Bachelor's degree in film, media production, television, broadcast, digital media, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• Minimum of five years of progressively responsible experience in film/media production, studio operations, equipment management, or academic media services.
• Demonstrated experience hiring, training, scheduling, supervising, and evaluating student employees.
• Experience supporting studio and sound stage operations, set building, production safety, and larger team-based film productions.
• Demonstrated experience managing an equipment checkout operation, including reservations, circulation, inventory control, preventative maintenance, and repair coordination.

• Strong working knowledge of digital cinema cameras, lenses, lighting, grip, field sound, and studio-production equipment.
• Ability to teach technical workshops and provide hands-on support to students and faculty.
• Strong organizational, communication, customer-service, and project-management skills.
• Ability to develop clear procedures, documentation, and production best practices.
• Ability to establish clear expectations, assign work, provide ongoing feedback, and manage student staffing in support of equipment-cage operations, production…