Audiovisual Production Specialist

You may qualify at the GS-11, if you fulfill the following qualifications: A. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service: Performing audiovisual production work involving planning, coordinating, producing, directing, editing, and/or technically executing live or prerecorded video productions. Operating and integrating audiovisual production, broadcasting, recording, editing, media-management, and transmission systems.

Preparing and managing media assets; executing live program switching or editing. Troubleshooting audiovisual signal-flow issues; and ensuring productions meet established schedules and technical-quality requirements.

OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Photography, radio or television production, motion picture production, or other fields related to the position. You must attach a copy of your transcripts.

OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

In addition to meeting qualifications, your application package must reflect the applicable experience to meet the Individual Occupational Requirements for the 1071 series. Education Undergraduate and Graduate Education: Major study -- photography, radio or television production, motion picture production, or other fields related to the position.

Advanced training in a vocational school, technical institute, or art institute above the high school level in one of the fields listed above is creditable as general experience on a month-for-month basis. Or Specialized Experience (for positions above GS-5): Experience in the actual type of work for which application is made. Unpaid experience is creditable, provided the work done was of a quality level and demonstrated the ability required for the position.

This includes work directly connected with the production aspects of the field(s) of the position to be filled.

As a Audiovisual Production Specialist at the GS-1071-11 some of your typical work assignments may include: Execute source switching and live multi-playlist modifications using advanced broadcast playout and television automation systems in precise alignment with scheduled television transmission logs. Monitor, capture and record incoming digital and analog broadcast feeds from network fiber-optic circuits, off-air receivers, and satellite downlink and uplink sources.

Program and control automated broadcast systems through computer-based interfaces to configure equipment for the reception, storage, processing, and transmission of radio and television signals. Implement real-time schedule and playlist revisions in response to breaking domestic and international news events requiring immediate broadcast source changes; produce daily technical shift reports documenting on-air and off-air discrepancies, incidents, and channel anomalies.

Manage offline signal routing sources and distribution across multiple feed types to master control switchers, servers, and associated storage media management processing platforms to include contacting and communicating with partnering networks. Troubleshoot and respond to programming disruptions caused by technical faults, feed loss, non-receipt of source material, or internal formatting changes.

Prepare media, segment and remove paid commercials, ads from events; and validate program media assets and government spot material content for linear re-air, video-on-demand, and TBD program event distribution.