Manager, Post Production

Reporting to the SFTV Head of Production, the Manager, Post Production oversees all staff, operations, and planning in Post Production, including Video and Sound Editing, Sound Recording, Animation, and the school’s theaters and screening rooms.

The Production Administration Team (PAT) at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) – School of Film and Television (SFTV), a top-ranked film school, serves students in Film Production, Screenwriting, Recording Arts, Animation, and Film Studies. The students in Film Production produce approximately 800 films per year. Each project is overseen by a staff member in PAT. Projects are monitored for adherence to rules, policies, and procedures codified in the SFTV Handbook, and most importantly, for the highest level of workplace safety.

PAT provides services and maintains available facilities and equipment in 5 buildings across two campuses, including sound stages, scene and prop shop, professional cinema-quality camera packages, grip/electric equipment, and production sound equipment for both project and classroom use. The Post Production department oversees the facilities for video and sound editing as well as sound recording, animation, and the theaters. These facilities include editing suites, sound mixing stages, foley rooms, color correction rooms, a recording studio, computer labs, and three theaters, as well as drawing, motion capture, and stop animation rooms.

SFTV is a certified Avid® Learning Partner (ALP), both teaching and using The Adobe® Creative Suite and DaVinci Resolve.

Leads the strategic integration of the Animation and Theater teams into the Post Production department under the direction of the Head of Production.

Oversees all SFTV Post-Production facilities, workflows, scheduling, and maintenance for both production and class use, including maintenance and upgrade of all Post Production facilities and labs, facilities’ scheduling for individual student use, classroom support, and internal SFTV help desk/repair ticket system.

Oversees and is accountable for managing the overall Post Production budget and associated sub-budgets, ensuring costs are forecasted, overages avoided, and staff adherence to purchasing and reconciliations processes.

Leads and models adherence to standards, policies, and procedures as outlined in the Post Production Handbook, ensuring standards are clearly and accurately defined and oversees publication of the Post Production Handbook.

Advises the Head of Production and faculty on annual and off-cycle equipment requisition requests.

Oversees and supervises SFTV post-production staff, including Editing Support Specialist, Sound Support Specialist, Animation Support Specialist, Theater Support Specialist / Manager, Post-Production Help Desk and other student workers (approx. 60 total), providing recruitment, hiring, onboarding, training, evaluation, performance management, and oversight of staff activities.

Serves as the point person and solves technical problems for students, faculty, and staff, ensuring proper, complete and updated software installs in labs and on specialized computers.

Manages small-scale and large-scale technical projects with assigned staff members, testing new hardware and software with a focus on post-production needs.

Collaborates with Production Administration, Camera, Production Sound, and Grip/Electric staff on designing and providing seamless workflows from script to screen.

Develops long-term plans for the department, including Post-Production workflows (picture, sound, visual effects, virtual production), software and equipment strategies, and budgets.

Researches and recommends new replacement software and hardware to support the curriculum, current trends, industry events.

Oversees comprehensive training and resources to support students, staff, and faculty, creating tutorials, documentation, video tutorials, and training.

Provides one-on-one training in various aspects of post-production hardware and software for faculty and staff development, designing tutorial sessions.

Stays current with industry standards and technical developments,…