The Role
The Film Set Manager leads pre-production, manages budgets and contracts, collaborates with teams, and ensures projects align with goals at Life.Church.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Film Set Manager for the Global Arts team is primarily responsible for leading the pre-production process for Life.Church’s live productions and other creative initiatives, ensuring every project is executed with excellence from planning to completion. This role collaborates across multiple teams to establish creative direction, prepare production logistics, lead on-set execution during production days, and ensure all deliverables are captured with excellence. The Manager manages contracts, budgets, invoices, and key production documents while maintaining clear communication between creative, production, and leadership teams. Through strong organization and creative problem-solving, the Producer ensures each project aligns with team goals and supports the mission of Life.Church—to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ.
At Life.Church, we exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. It’s been our mission since 1996 and has guided us every day. Leading people isn’t just an expectation; it’s a necessity. It’s a cornerstone of our culture. That's why we’re always seeking leaders—leaders like you—to bring your skills to life. We are one church meeting in multiple locations, and we want to help you become the person God made you to be.
The Global Arts Team is commissioned to steward the flagship experience and content that reflect the creative expression of Life.Church and Life.Church Worship to our top-of-funnel audiences. Through innovative visual products, storytelling, and experiences, our aim is to connect people to the heart of God and lead them to become more fully devoted followers of Christ.
What You'll Do
- Execute the production of Life.Church’s live productions and creative products.
- Lead production planning for Life.Church Online and other Global Arts creative projects.
- Collaborate with Central and Campus teams to align people, resources, and timelines to execute creative projects effectively.
- Participate in brainstorm meetings to help determine the theme, concept, and direction of projects.
- Lead creative projects from concept through completion, as needed, ensuring alignment with team vision and organizational goals.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships within the organization and with external industry partners.
- Ensure adherence to production budgets, monitor expenses, and make recommendations for cost-effective solutions.
- Stay up to date with industry trends and technological advancements to enhance production efficiency and innovation.
- Support Life.Church Global Arts weekend projects and initiatives as needed.
- Travel with the Life.Church Global Arts team as required.
Skills Needed to Succeed
- Ability to self-motivate, make independent decisions, and solve problems with innovation.
- Effective at multi-tasking and time management to meet strict deadlines while remaining flexible and open to change.
- Excellent verbal, written, and oral communication skills to clearly explain complicated processes and foster partnerships.
- Effective at process and organizational management to coordinate, structure, and provide vision to projects.
- Ability to take a great vision and turn it into reality through strategic execution.
- Ability to work within an Agile environment.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Film Production, Broadcasting, Communications, or a related field preferred.
- 3-5 years of related work experience.
Benefits We Offer
・ Paid parental leave, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
・ Generous employer-paid leave for the use of vacation, sick time, and other qualifying reasons.
・ Innovative and comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance that provides team members with useful resources and savings to navigate their holistic health.
・ Life insurance policy provided for all staff members at 2x annual salary at no cost. Additional life insurance coverage is available to purchase.
・ Short-Term and Long-Term disability is covered at 100% for full-time qualified staff members.
・ Comprehensive wellness and mental health benefits allow staff to proactively invest in their physical and emotional health.
・ Generous 401(k) retirement plan allowing a team member to have up to 12.5% (including employee contribution, employer match, and employer discretionary contribution) contributed into their account in their first year. It doesn’t stop there—the more years on staff, the greater the investment!
・ $160 annually in development dollars for team members to invest in their professional growth.
・ Casual dress and work environment.
・ And much more!
Our Beliefs, Culture, and Commitment to Diversity
At Life.Church, every staff member, and intern is a minister and is expected to engage in the church's ministry fully. We consider ministry readiness and an individual’s capacity to represent Life.Church’s beliefs as a minister during the selection process for all staff and intern positions. An essential function within every position held by a staff member or intern at Life.Church is to uphold and represent the beliefs of Life.Church. Learn more about what we believe at Life.Church.
While we unite around our mission, we know unity doesn’t mean uniformity. Our calling is too great, and our mission is too important not to be intentional about strengthening our team through diversity. We know that diverse perspectives in race, ethnicity, background, age, and gender are essential to reaching the world for Christ. To learn more about how we strengthen our team through diversity, visit our careers page.
All data collected in our application process, from resume collection to application questions, is used for recruitment purposes only.
Top Skills
Agile
Broadcasting
Communications
Film Production
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The Company
What We Do
Life.Church is one church in multiple locations, meeting across the United States and globally at Church Online.
Our mission is to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. We are risk-taking, irrationally generous, spiritual contributors who bring our best, laugh hard, and honor God with integrity.
