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About the Role

The Audio Operations Director oversees the technical planning and broadcast engineering for the Met’s broadcasts and participates as a member of the broadcast engineering team. This role requires a musical background and sensibility, reporting to the Senior Radio Producer and the Assistant General Manager, Media.

Responsibilities

• Technical planning, design, and maintenance of the Met’s in-house broadcast facilities, including equipment budgeting and purchases.
• Technical set-up for all broadcast and recording scenarios, including music mix, live announcer, live interviews, and pre-recorded features.
• Audio technical coordination for Live in HD transmissions.
• Transmission operations for a network of over 200 radio stations worldwide and internet streaming partners, including end-to-end connections and quality assurance.
• Live broadcast mixing and recording and board operation, including live mixing on large frame consoles with multiple microphones and talking heads.
• Recording, editing, mixing, and music underscoring of radio features, interviews, promos, and trailers.
• Organization and communication of broadcast information and requirements to departments throughout the organization and to the Live in HD team.
• Organization of broadcast engineer work assignments and schedule for both on-staff and freelance engineers, and recruitment and training of new hires.
• Management of relationships with key vendors, including contracts, budget, schedule, maintenance of equipment, and monitoring of services.
• Planning, budgeting, and supervision of technical capital projects.
• Creation of annual budget for equipment purchases and handling of orders.
• Overseeing of asset management planning and execution, including long-term storage of assets.

Requirements

• Minimum 15 years professional engineering experience (in broadcast, studio and remote recording).
• Experience working in a supervisory position with a team of engineers.
• Experience with operations planning, design and maintenance.
• Extensive classical music training and knowledge.
• Live recording and mixing, including familiarity with large-frame consoles such as the Studer Vista line and digital audio workstations such as Pyramix.
• Post-production editing and mixing, with advanced ProTools fluency.
• Live on-air broadcast engineering.
• Knowledge of and compliance to broadcast standards.
• Experience with broadcast IP codecs.
• Experience with intercommunications systems – RTS, Clearcom, or Riedel.
• IP networking knowledge for broadcast infrastructure.
• Technical maintenance engineering.
• Extensive experience with both analog formats and digital systems.
• Transmission technology knowledge/experience.
• Television broadcast experience.
• New media technology knowledge/experience.
• Experience with asset management systems such as Soundminer, Enco, or Amazon Glacier.
• Judgment, discretion, and people skills are of paramount importance.
• Schedule flexibility and the ability to work nights and weekends, with weekly rehearsals and broadcasts.
• Ability to work effectively under pressure and on tight deadlines.

Skills

• Broadcast Engineering
• Technical Planning
• Design
• Maintenance
• Equipment Budgeting
• Purchasing
• Technical Set-up
• Microphone Setup
• Wireless Systems
• Cabling
• Mix Console Operation
• VO Booth Setup
• Music Mix
• Live Announcer
• Live Interviews
• Pre-recorded Features
• Stereo Broadcast
• 128+ Track Broadcast
• Multiple Locations
• Broadcast Engineering Support
• Mixing Board Preparation
• Communication of Microphone Setup
• Broadcast Rehearsal Coordination
• Audio Technical Coordination
• Live in HD Transmission Coordination
• Transmission Operations
• Network Transmission
• Internet Streaming
• End-to-End Connection Management
• Quality Assurance
• Live Broadcast Mixing
• Live Recording
• Board Operation
• Large Frame Console Operation
• Multi-Microphone Mixing
• Talking Head Mixing
• Host Communication
• Commentator Communication
• Guest Communication
• Live Playback Triggering
• Audio Editing
• Audio Mixing
• Music Underscoring
• Radio Feature Production
• Interview Production
• Promo Production
• Trailer Production
• Voice Over (VO)
• Performance Excerpt Integration
• Music Bed Integration
• Broadcast Information Organization
• Broadcast Requirements Communication
• Broadcast Engineer Work Assignment
• Broadcast Engineer Scheduling
• Freelance Engineer Management
• New Hire Recruitment
• New Hire Training
• Vendor Relationship Management
• Contract Management
• Budget Management
• Schedule Management
• Equipment Maintenance
• Service Monitoring
• Technical Capital Project Planning
• Technical Capital Project Budgeting
• Technical Capital Project Supervision
• Annual Equipment Purchase Budget Creation
• Order Handling
• Asset Management Planning
• Asset Management Execution
• Long-Term Asset Storage
• Classical Music Knowledge
• Large-Frame Console Operation (Studer Vista)
• Digital Audio Workstation (Pyramix)
• ProTools Fluency
• Broadcast IP Codec Operation
• Intercommunication System Operation (RTS, Clearcom, Riedel)
• IP Networking
• Analog Format Operation
• Digital System Operation
• Transmission Technology
• Television Broadcast
• New Media Technology
• Asset Management Systems (Soundminer, Enco, Amazon Glacier)

Location

• Metropolitan Opera

Work Type

• Full-time
• Broadcast
• Live
• Recording
• Remote Recording
• Studio Recording

Experience Level

• Minimum 15 years professional engineering experience
• Experience working in a supervisory position

Salary/Compensations

• $146,328 annual

About the Company

• The Metropolitan Opera Media Department produces approximately 70 live and pre-recorded broadcasts each season, between September and June, for the Saturday matinee series on the Robert K. Johnson Foundation-Metropolitan Opera International Radio Network, the Met Opera Radio channel on SiriusXM, and the Live in HD series in cinemas worldwide.

Equal Opportunity

• The Metropolitan Opera is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and existing employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, citizenship status, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, or any protected category prohibited by local, state or federal laws.