Audio Visual Technician ; A261240-2 Public Access Channel

Provides good quality programming and achieve the interest of the department. Allows for a smooth operation and provides access to other departments to express their services to the community.

• Captures, edits, and produces programs scheduled at the City of Laredo Public Access Channel Center TV, which includes:
  City Council meetings, Planning and Zoning meetings, Finance meetings, Operations meetings, Historical meetings, Civil Service Hearings and Meetings, Webb County Appraisal District meetings, ribbon cuttings, ground breaking's, special City Council meetings, and political events.
• Reviews and accepts assignments provided by supervisor.
• Plans and prepares for assigned assignments.
• Makes sure to arrive to scheduled event on time.
• Makes capture events; uploads capture data to editing station; produces movie files, burns to DVD, and sends them to respective party.
• Logs assignments within assigned binder book.
• Updates Excel spreadsheet at assigned computer for programs to aired on the public access channels.
• Encodes, programs, and monitors channel 2 (Laredo religious access user group).
• Prepares, sets up, installs, tests, operates and captures audio/video data from field events such as: parades, United Way, out of the ordinary meetings, and fundraiser sporting events.
• Operates and maintains windows-based stream server and workstation file archive (i.e. City Council meetings, political debates and forms to include City of Laredo, Webb County, and school systems candidate elections).
• Encodes, modifies, programs, logs, and monitors drop off DVDs for Channels 3, 13, and 18.
• Prepares, tests, and operates City of Laredo committee meetings at City Council Chambers.
• Provides assistance to front office, which includes: handling customer needs and directing/processing in-call general business activities.
• Operates, monitors, and maintains audio/video master control room at the City of Laredo Telecommunications Center.
• Must follow all rules of telephone courtesy in all telephone communications.
• Will be required to drive a city vehicle for City business use.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

• Knowledge of digital videography and photography, and editing of software, including:
  Sony XC Video Cameras, Sony A700 Photo Cameras, and Adobe Photoshop.
• Knowledge of operating Apple MAC workstations and its software and hardware, which includes:
  Final Cut Pro 7, DVD Studio Pro, Soundtrack Pro, Quick Time Player, iPhoto, iMovie, iDVD, Compressor, XC Transfer, Disc Label, Droplets Telvue MPG, Sony Cine Alta SXS Card Memory Recorder, Lacie Hard Drive Storage System, and AJA KI-PRO Video Digital Storage Module Systems.
• Knowledge of operating City Council A/V room, chamber room equipment for recording of City Council meetings, and other official city meetings and events.
• Must have technical director knowledge in a multi-camera environment.
• Knowledge of the use of:
  Sony BRC-H700 Remote Control Cameras, Sony RM-BR300 Camera Remote Control Camera, Ross Crossover HD/SD (High Definition/Standard Definition) 12 input production, Ross Expression Design Software (character generator), Da Vinci Audio Software, Bosch DCN Discussion Microphone System, and FSR Presentation Hardware.
• Knowledge of the operational use of TV Master Control programming, which includes: TELVUE Princeton B3400 Pro Server, Terrablock Server System, Final Cut Server, Facilis Server, Quantum Tape Storage System, Utah Scientific Server Control, and Web Stream Windows Media Encoder 250st7.
• Knowledge of PC (personal computer) Workstations and its software, including:
  Corel Video Studio 12, AVS4
  
  YOU Video/Audio Software, and Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Knowledge of the operational use of inter-format equipment, which include:
  Magnavox, Sony DVD Recorders, Sony Betacam Tape Editor Player/recorder, Sony Super VHS Player/Recorder, Leitch Transcoring TBC/Synchronizer, Shure/Mackie Audio Mixers, Edirol V-4 Video Mixer, Aleratec Disc Dibbing System, Sony Audiocassette Duplex Dubbing-Recorder, Marantz CD-HD Audio Recorder, Averkey 550 Video Converter, and Color Tran Studio 24/48 and Tota Lighting…