Human Resources

About the Role: 

This position is the backbone of an innovative, creative, and motivated team, responsible for recording, streaming, and providing other technical support for a massive array of different events at St. Olaf College. If you enjoy a dynamic workplace with a commitment to the highest level of excellence in equipment design, installation, operation, and maintenance, St. Olaf and Broadcast / Media Services may be the place for you.

What You’ll Do: 

The right candidate will possess the ability to support, maintain, design, and install Broadcast Audio / Visual infrastructure. You will be proficient in deployment and management of cloud services related to live and on demand streaming and distribution, and will have skills and expertise in website and user interface development. You will support departmental activities in audio and video recording, broadcast, and production engineering, and will work collaboratively to ensure a smooth operation of the overall department.

Who You Are:

You’re a great fit if you have:

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• 3+ years of experience in design, installation and maintenance of facility-scale audio and video routing, networking and communications systems
• 3+ years of experience in full-stack web development
• Maintain a valid driver’s license and meet St. Olaf College driver authorization criteria with a satisfactory driving record.

It will be helpful if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in audio/video production or related field
• 3+ years of experience in digital audio field recording, especially acoustic recording of concerts and events featuring classical music
• 3+ years of experience in live video production
• SBE engineering-level certification
• Cisco CCNA or SBE networking certification

You’ll need to bring the following skills:

• Expert knowledge of video workflow, equipment and tools including cameras, switchers, recorders, projection systems, transport devices, routers
• Expert ability to install, troubleshoot and repair broadcast and network cabling
• Expert knowledge of digital audio workstations, multi-track production, recording and broadcast consoles, audio storage systems, and sound reinforcement systems
• Advanced knowledge of signal processing equipment including equalizers, compressors, limiters, AD/DA converters and outboard mic pre-amps
• Advanced knowledge of ProTools, Premiere, or similar audio and video editing software
• Advanced knowledge of video compression and delivery encoding/transcoding
• Advanced knowledge of IP networking systems, protocols and equipment
• Advanced ability in web development, design and maintenance
• Advanced ability in database technologies (eg. MySQL, PostgreSQL), scripting and server languages (eg. ColdFusion, JavaScript, Perl, Node.js), and content management applications
• Advanced knowledge of and ability to implement development and sysadmin tools (eg. Subversion, Git; Nagios, JMX, SNMP; Cron, shell scripting)
• Advanced knowledge of cloud-based tools including AWS Media Services
• Knowledge of classical music broadcast production, recording techniques, microphone selection and application
• Ability to multi-task by managing competing priorities and items concurrently with attention to detail
• Ability to work effectively under deadline-related pressure

We’re passionate about our work and we’re looking for people like you!

Who We Are:

At St. Olaf College we are dedicated to creating an inclusive and globally engaged community. We believe in fostering different identities, beliefs, and traditions because our differences make us stronger. St. Olaf strives to promote cultural diversity and multicultural understanding and create a campus where individuals of all backgrounds feel accepted and supported. We encourage applications from candidates committed to the enrichment of our diverse community. 

One of the nation's leading liberal arts colleges, St. Olaf serves 3,000 students, ranks #1 among U.S. colleges for the number of students studying abroad, and celebrates carbon-free electrical power.  Its mission is to challenge students to excel in the liberal arts, examine faith and values, and explore meaningful vocation in an inclusive, globally engaged community nourished by Lutheran tradition.  The college is located on a picturesque 300-acre campus in Northfield, Minnesota, a vibrant, restored, historic river town of 20,000 located 45 minutes south of the Twin Cities.

St. Olaf College offers a comprehensive benefits package including a 9% company retirement match, company monthly contributions to a retirement healthcare account, company contributions to eligible employee’s health savings account, significant tuition discount (up to 80% off) at ACM and ELCA colleges and universities for employee’s children, and generous paid time off. For a full review of benefit offerings, see the summary of the benefits program here:  https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/benefits/

A summary of the flexible work policy: https://wp.stolaf.edu/hr/flexible-work-policy/

A virtual campus tour:  https://www.stolaf.edu/multimedia/play/?p=483

An overview of Northfield:  https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/northfield/

An overview of the Twin Cities:  https://wp.stolaf.edu/admissions/visit/twincities/

St. Olaf College requires all employees to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 (medical and religious exemptions may apply).