Production Manager

As Production Manager, you'll play an essential role at The Merry Beggars, coordinating our production schedules, working with our actors, directors, and producers, and overseeing every stage of our production process. We'll rely on you to ensure our award-winning scripts come to life in the studio in a way that moves our audience's hearts.

This role is for an extremely well-organized, detail-oriented, and mission-aligned individual with a proven track record of team collaboration, clear thinking and communication, and efficient project management of creative projects, particularly for audio productions. TMB's Production Manager oversees mission-critical projects and develops project roadmaps with the creative and post-production teams, holding each department accountable to deadlines. Experience working in entertainment, media, or theatre is preferred, along with experience in project management.

Because storytelling is at the heart of everything we do, you'll learn how to run recording sessions and how to assist directors in getting the best out of actors. You'll also work closely with our Creative Producer, Script Producer, Casting Department, board operators, and dialect coaches, to ensure that our productions meet or exceed our standards of quality. You'll help us develop and improve those standards, helping The Merry Beggars move towards its goal of becoming the world's producer of family audio entertainment.

• Build and manage highly detailed production systems and schedules involving all stages of production development
• Schedule, coordinate, and run rehearsals and recording sessions for dozens of concurrent productions
• Lead and manage actors, director, and dialect coach throughout production process, from casting to payment processing
• Manage recording process and studio environment; mark scripts and record take numbers during recording sessions
• Troubleshoot any issues that arise during recording
• Ensure audio assets meet TMB artistic standards and brand expectations
• Coordinate The Saints graphics process, writing graphic briefs and working with designers to achieve 1 weekly series graphic
• Write The Saints series ratings every week
• Manage contractor invoicing
• Ensure on-schedule series release each week; anticipate production delays and adjust schedule accordingly
• Achieve production results within established budget

• Practicing Catholic, faithful to the Church's magisterium
• Solid understanding of Catholic teaching, history and culture
• Interest and knowledge of art, music, literature a plus
• Shares Core Values and creative vision of The Merry Beggars
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Ability and willingness to learn new software (Adobe Creative Suite, ArcStudio, ClickUp, Cloudflare, ActiveCampaign, Webflow)
• Self-driven; able to understand and apply initiative to production and mission goals without guidance or supervision.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to adapt to the changing needs of production
• Basic knowledge of audio hardware an asset
• Skill and/or experience copywriting an asset
• Familiarity with event planning/management an asset
• Ability to lift 40 pounds
• Bachelor's degree in theatre, film, or related fields and/or 2+ years experience in a professional production environment (entertainment, film, television, radio, theatre)

This is a Full Time position with competitive full time pay and benefits, including a retirement match, generous PTO and health care.

Hours per Week: 40 hours per week

Pay: $50K - $65K, commensurate with experience and skill level

The people who consistently succeed at The Merry Beggars live and breathe our core values, listed below. If these values resonate with you and you answer 'yes' to the questions, you may be a fit for The Merry Beggars.

1. Mission-First: We produce family-friendly entertainment from a faithfully Catholic worldview. We draw upon thousands of years of history, painting, sculpture, and storytelling to inspire us and give us direction. While not all of our content is outwardly faith-based, everything we produce is infused with a Catholic understanding of the world and the human person, and is aimed to support the Church's mission of bringing all souls to Christ.
2. Professional Excellence: We delight in excellence, exceeding expectations in every area. We tend to the details no one will see. From developing scripts to welcoming actors, to designing sound, we strive for perfection in all areas of our craft.
3. Total Ownership: Our job isn't done until the job is done. We hold ourselves responsible for all results, no matter the circumstances. We find a path or invent one. We never take an excuse.
4. Can Do Attitude: We work hard. We are passionate about our mission, care deeply about our people, and settle for nothing less than excellence. We are humble, entitled to nothing. We embrace challenge, leaving everything on the field.
5. Honest and Direct: We share openly and challenge directly, always seeking the greater good of the other person and our company. Truth builds trust, which builds teamwork, which builds passion and excitement, which fuels growth and excellence.
6. Collaborative: We delight in working with a team of like-minded individuals. We learn from one another. We celebrate our victories and learn from our setbacks, so that we can better serve our mission and our audience.