Events Team Technical Producer (FTC - 6 months)

About the Team

OpenAI’s mission is to ensure that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

The Events team is a core function of OpenAI’s Marketing team and specifically tasked with keeping the integrity of our in-person moments that take place in real life. We are a dynamic group dedicated to crafting extraordinary in-person and/or remotely viewed 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.

The Production Technician will be responsible for technical production in venue/stage events across EMEA, and solo production of on-campus video shoots, webinars, virtual interviews, podcasts, taking place in our London office. The ideal candidate will have expert-level experience in stage event technology, live video production, videography, lighting, live demos with laptops and mobile devices, and more. This role will report to the Senior Technical Producer.

This is an onsite role and will require 5 days a week in our London office.

This role will also require paid travel for technical support of on-stage demos in regional and global event venues.

In this role, you will:

● Support production-technology and demos at OpenAI stage events across EMEA.

● Be the OpenAI Event team’s technical advocate, liaising with agencies, venue staff, and vendors to ensure content needs and quality expectations are met.

● Direct hands-on management of audio levels, presentations, and video switching; management videoconferencing sources, and livestreaming.

● Manage pre-show equipment testing and checklists. Help maintain and improve upon production processes for live events.

● Staff and/or manage various production roles during live events (Technical Director, PTZ Operator, Audio Engineer, Stream Engineer, Graphics/Playback Tech, DIT, Editing, etc.).

● Produce live webinars and live-to-tape content from dedicated office spaces.

● Solve production issues in high-pressure environments with grace.

● Manage production intake, coordination, and scheduling with internal and external partners.

● 8+ years of professional experience in operating live productions.

● An understanding of videography and livestreaming

● Experience working directly in small livestream studios

● Experience and fluency with pro-tier production equipment (Ross, Sony, Barco, Yamaha, Shure, Q-SYS, Panasonic, ClearCom).

● Knowledge of video switchers, keyed graphics, audio mixing and EQ, signal flow routing and distribution, live streaming encoders and streaming protocols, PTZ camera systems.

● Experience and fluency with user-tier production equipment (Streamdeck, Blackmagic, USB mics, 4K ptz webcams)

● Familiarity with professional cameras and lenses

● Videography skills including lighting, composition, color-balance, advanced camera settings

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.

At OpenAI, we believe artificial intelligence has the potential to help people solve immense global challenges, and we want the upside of AI to be widely shared. Join us in shaping the future of technology.