Technical Producer, Events at OpenAI
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About the Team
OpenAIās mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.
Our Communications team is composed of PR/Media Relations, Events, Design, and other external-facing functions. The teamās ethos is to support OpenAI's mission and goals by clearly and authentically explaining our technology, values, and approach to safely building powerful AI.
The Events team is a dynamic group dedicated to crafting extraordinary experiences that encompass our company's values and mission. Our team is driven by a passion for bringing people together to connect in meaningful ways.Ā
About the Role
The Technical Producer will be responsible for the technical production of livestream events, video shoots, company-wide events, mid- and large-scale conferences, webinars, virtual interviews and more. The ideal candidate will have expert-level experience in live video production, managing production crews and agencies, use of AV, streaming, and broadcast systems, and event production. This role will report to the Senior Technical Producer.
This is an onsite role and will require 5 days a week in our San Francisco office.
In this role, you will:
Manage audio levels (A1), manage presentation, switch video (TD); manage videoconferencing, and live streaming for company-wide live events.
Strategize hardware needs, equipment testing, pre-flight checklists, and ongoing production processes for live events.
Coordinate logistics between technical operators, stage managers, show callers, event managers, external production crews, and internal business partners.
Staff and manage various production roles during live events (Technical Director, PTZ Operator, Audio Engineer, Stream Engineer, Graphics/Playback Tech, DIT, Editing, etc.).
Oversee production strategy for in-house theater space, including equipment upgrades and maintenance, operating procedures, and contract/agency staff hiring to run live events.
Solve production issues in high-pressure environments with grace.
You might thrive in this role if you have:
8+ years of professional experience in operating and/or managing live productions.
Experience working directly for AV teams, production agencies, or theaters.
Experience and fluency with production equipment (Blackmagic, Shure, Yamaha, Q-SYS, Panasonic, ClearCom, Elgato, etc.).
Knowledge of video switchers, keyed graphics, audio mixing and EQ, signal flow routing and distribution, live streaming encoders and streaming protocols, PTZ camera systems.
Familiarity with accessibility solutions, video web conferencing platforms (Zoom, Google Meet, Webex), online video platforms (IBM Watson, Facebook, Twitter, Google, etc.).
Experience with AV over IP (Dante, NDI, AVB, etc).
Networking knowledge and AV design knowledge are a plus.
Experience managing union crews.
About OpenAI
OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. We push the boundaries of the capabilities of AI systems and seek to safely deploy them to the world through our products. AI is an extremely powerful tool that must be created with safety and human needs at its core, and to achieve our mission, we must encompass and value the many different perspectives, voices, and experiences that form the full spectrum of humanity.Ā
We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.Ā
For US Based Candidates: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, and requests can be made via thisĀ link.
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