Managing Director for Utah Tech Creative Studios

Position Announcement

The College of the Arts at Utah Tech University (UT) in St. George, Utah, is seeking an enthusiastic and well-qualified individual to serve as the Managing Director for Utah Tech Creative Studios (UTCS). The selected applicant will manage the overall direction and daily operations of UTCS, supervise staff, and collaborate with faculty who constitute UTCS's production areas. The successful applicant will also be expected to teach up to 6 credits each semester in either Digital Film, Animation, or Digital Media.

This is a 12-month, full-time exempt staff appointment.

Utah Tech Creative Studios (UTCS) is a dynamic innovative university center that works with community clients in Washington County and surrounding areas to produce digital film, animation, and social media content. UTCS involves Utah Tech students in the various productions contracted within UTCS. This gives student real-world experience working with clients and producing digital collateral while earning a paycheck.

The UTCS Managing Director will develop and manage client relations, craft and oversee contracts, and work with faculty and staff in the affiliated programs to develop crews/content creators. The Managing Director will manage the production of several live production events within Academic Affairs, such as commencement, pinning ceremonies, and academic convocation. The Managing Director will supervise three full-time UTCS staff members.

The Managing Director will also work closely with a three-person advisory board composed of faculty from the affiliated programs to focus on project development, budget oversight, and the overall direction of UTCS.

The selected candidate will be expected to teach up to six (6) credits in the area of their expertise and program need. The program areas that constitute UTCS are digital film (typically longer-form productions), animation (VFX, 3-D animation, CGI), and digital media (typically social media production, live broadcast studio production, and field video production). These teaching responsibilities may include regular courses or laboratory sections.

Any summer teaching or overload teaching during the fall or spring semesters is additional work for additional compensation. Learn more about UTCS, digital film, animation, and digital media on their websites.

In the Managing Director role, the successful candidate will:

• Provide strategic leadership and manage the overall direction and daily operations of Utah Tech Creative Studios (UTCS).
• Supervise and support full-time UTCS staff.
• Collaborate with faculty in Digital Film, Animation, and Digital Media to support production activities and student engagement.
• Develop, manage, and maintain relationships with community and university clients.
• Negotiate, draft, and oversee contracts for UTCS projects and services.
• Oversee production of digital film, animation, and digital media projects for internal and external clients.
• Manage and produce live university events associated with Academic Affairs, including commencement, pinning ceremonies, and academic convocation.
• Coordinate student involvement in UTCS projects, providing real-world, paid professional production experience.
• Work closely with a faculty advisory board to guide project development, budget oversight, and overall strategic direction.
• Manage budgets, timelines, and resources to ensure successful project delivery.
• Recruit, train, and oversee production crews and content creators in collaboration with affiliated academic programs.

On the teaching side, the successful candidate must engage in all aspects of teaching, including:

• Teach up to six (6) credits of classroom instruction per semester (regular classes (typically 3-credit courses) and/or laboratory components of production courses).
• Demonstrate strong skills in working with students, classroom management, and effective pedagogies.
• Hold office hours, submit grades per University deadlines, use the Canvas courseware management system, and conduct required course evaluations.
• Collaborate with faculty in their particular program to develop curriculum, schedule and monitor equipment use, and working to…