Manage audiovisual production for worship services, ministry spaces, and cross-campus events. Operate and maintain audio, video, lighting, and staging systems; lead and train staff and volunteers; provide production consultation and event support; assist with setup, stage design, equipment maintenance, inventory, and repairs. The role requires strong AVL signal-flow knowledge, technical proficiency, communication skills, physical capacity for event setup, and a valid driver’s license.
Position Summary:
Austin Ridge Bible Church, an expanding multisite church located in the fast-growing city of Austin,
Texas, is looking for a Production Manager. This person will be part of the Production Team in
developing engaging worship services, resourcing staff and volunteers for ministry, and ensuring the
quality and stability of all audio, video, and lighting production systems in our adult worship venues,
age-graded ministry spaces, and cross-campus events.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Serve in any production position needed during weekend services and special events
- Provide leadership, training, and consultation to volunteers and staff of Austin Ridge ministries
- Support all-campus leadership in their direction and communication needs by providing responsive AVL production solutions
- Participate in evaluating, planning, and gathering resources for ministry events
- Assist in the setting up and running of audio, lighting, and/or video systems for ministries and event.
- Remain proficient on all technical and production equipment in all venues, in order to effectively give direction and offer training to volunteers
- Provide production support as needed for all Austin Ridge campuses
- Assist with stage sets and design by running cable, moving stage pieces, moving cameras, moving lights, building sets, etc. as assigned by Production Arts Director
- Assist in the maintenance, cleaning, organization, inventory, and some repair of audio, video, lighting, and staging systems
Qualifications
Key Competencies and Qualifications:
- A devoted follower of Jesus Christ
- 5-7 years of related experience within the audio & video events industry and/or church live event production
- Prior experience in the church production environment preferred
- Capable of leading, training, and equipping volunteers across multiple campuses
- Excellent initiative, interpersonal communication, and customer service skills
- Willingness to be adaptable and maintain professionalism under pressure
- Self-motivated as an individual contributor with the ability to work collaboratively within a team setting while following the leadership of Austin Ridge
- Excellent understanding of audio, video, and lighting signal flow
- Strong attention to detail and desire for excellence
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Commitment to and in agreement with the statement of faith of Austin Ridge Bible Church
- It is expected that this person is now or will become an active member of Austin Ridge Bible Church
- May be called upon for lifting, pulling, climbing, bending, carrying, and pushing as needed to set up activities and events. Ability to lift 50 pounds preferred.
- Driver’s license and clean driving record to operate church owned and rental vehicles.
Experience and/or knowledge of the following preferred:
- Resi Video Streaming Systems
- Yamaha audio consoles
- Digital Audio Networks (Dante)
- GrandMA lighting consoles
- Ross video workflows
- Lighting Networks (ETCNet, Pathscape, Artnet)
- ProVideoPlayer, Mosaic, and ProPresenter media servers and graphics display systems
- Logic Pro and/or Ableton
- Planning Center
Austin Ridge Bible Church Austin, Texas, USA Office
Austin, TX, United States
Similar Jobs
eCommerce • Healthtech • Pet • Retail • Pharmaceutical
Manages production control and warehouse operations across outbound, inbound, replenishment, and inventory control. Develops labor and operational plans, analyzes performance and inventory trends, validates costs, leads continuous improvement, and supports root-cause analysis. Oversees inventory accuracy, compliance, quality metrics, reporting, and process optimization while coordinating with capacity planning, engineering, technology, finance, and regional quality teams. Leads the inventory control team and supervises one Production Control Area Manager.
Top Skills:
DmaicLeanOraclePmbokSix SigmaSox ComplianceWarehouse Management Systems (Wms)
Other • Manufacturing
The Production Quality Manager owns facility-level quality assurance for modular enclosures and skid-mounted systems. Responsibilities include maintaining quality plans and inspection documentation, overseeing audits, inspections, testing and FATs, enforcing quality hold points, managing supplier quality, resolving nonconformances through root cause analysis and CAPA, maintaining traceability, supporting customer audits, training personnel, and leading lean manufacturing improvements.
Top Skills:
CapaInspection And Test Plans (Itps)Iso 9001Lean ManufacturingMS OfficeNcr ProcessesQuality Management Systems (Qms)
Hardware
Leads end-to-end production planning across two manufacturing sites, translating demand into executable supply plans. Oversees S&OP, capacity and inventory planning, schedule optimization, maintenance outage coordination, risk escalation, and performance management. Establishes planning standards, governance, data controls, and scenario models while balancing cost, labor, materials, capacity, and service objectives. Manages and develops a large production planning organization and drives improvements to ERP, MRP, reporting, analytics, and planning processes.
Top Skills:
ErpMrpSAP
What you need to know about the Austin Tech Scene
Austin has a diverse and thriving tech ecosystem thanks to home-grown companies like Dell and major campuses for IBM, AMD and Apple. The state’s flagship university, the University of Texas at Austin, is known for its engineering school, and the city is known for its annual South by Southwest tech and media conference. Austin’s tech scene spans many verticals, but it’s particularly known for hardware, including semiconductors, as well as AI, biotechnology and cloud computing. And its food and music scene, low taxes and favorable climate has made the city a destination for tech workers from across the country.
Key Facts About Austin Tech
- Number of Tech Workers: 180,500; 13.7% of overall workforce (2024 CompTIA survey)
- Major Tech Employers: Dell, IBM, AMD, Apple, Alphabet
- Key Industries: Artificial intelligence, hardware, cloud computing, software, healthtech
- Funding Landscape: $4.5 billion in VC funding in 2024 (Pitchbook)
- Notable Investors: Live Oak Ventures, Austin Ventures, Hinge Capital, Gigafund, KdT Ventures, Next Coast Ventures, Silverton Partners
- Research Centers and Universities: University of Texas, Southwestern University, Texas State University, Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Oden Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences, Texas Advanced Computing Center
