Lightning Director at World Entertainment Television

We are looking for lighting technician to set up and operate lighting equipment for TV and film production. You'll work across all types of programmes and may cover productions inside studios or outside on location.

The lighting team's work is crucial, as lighting creates the right atmosphere to set the scene and evoke an audience's response. The work demands high-level technical and creative skills in order to follow instructions that ensure the desired production lighting is achieved.
Responsibilities

• establish lighting requirements
• liaise with the director and other staff to interpret their creative vision into the lighting design
• plot the lighting
• assemble all the lighting and filter equipment needed
• ensure all lighting equipment is in working order and organise any necessary scaffolding and cranes
• conduct risk assessments for health and safety purposes
• pre-rig the lighting and ensure all cables and wires are safely concealed
• load automated colour change systems and studio lighting consoles
• check the focusing of lighting at rehearsals
• operate and maintain equipment during the shoot
• change lighting between shots, as necessary
• programme and operate lighting consoles
• de-rig all equipment at the end of the broadcast or production and ensure it is safely transported away from the location and/or stored
• work as part of a large crew, especially on feature films
• review footage shots with the director
• liaise with the floor manager, producer and sound technician throughout the project.
• With experience or working at a more senior level, the work may also involve:
• managing the lighting budget and advising on the purchase/hire of suitable equipment
• deciding on the lighting crew numbers and equipment needed and then employing the crew and hiring the equipment
• coordinating the equipment and the technical crew and training other crew members as required
• visiting and assessing locations for technical purposes.

Requirements

You will need to have:

• Excellent colour vision
• Good technical knowledge
• Attention to detail
• Creative flair
• The ability to work as part of a team
• Effective communication skills
• Problem-solving ability
• Patience and sensitivity to the needs of actors and other professionals on set
• Awareness of health and safety issues at all times
• A good level of physical fitness.
• Lighting design, light and live event technology, theatre arts, lighting and sound operation is a plus