GFA Jobs

Job Summary

The Facilities and Fleet Manager is responsible for coordinating and managing all operational and logistical activities. This involves resource sharing across multiple campuses (academic and industry centric), managing a centralized equipment pool, standardizing facility use, and overseeing production support for all participating institutions and their students. The manager ensures efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and compliance with all statewide, institutional and industry policies within the consortial framework.

Responsibilities

Multi-campus coordination and management

• Consortial liaison: Act as the central point of contact for all logistics and operational needs across participating campuses, including faculty and staff training on standardized procedures.

• Standardization: Develop, document, and enforce consistent operational policies and procedures for equipment usage, facilities booking, and safety protocols across all instructional locations in the consortium.

• Resource allocation: Manage and coordinate the equitable distribution and scheduling of shared production equipment, facilities, and transportation resources among all campuses, ensuring fair access for all instructors and students.

• Inventory control: Oversee the master inventory system for all unit-owned equipment and assets, tracking their location, usage, and maintenance history across the state.

• Team leadership: Supervise and mentor a team of production coordinators, equipment managers, and operational staff, ensuring a high level of performance and service. Overseeing employee attendance, effectiveness and safety, creating and deploying professional development training as needed.

Equipment and inventory logistics

• Equipment pool management: Administer a centralized equipment checkout system that serves multiple campus locations. This includes scheduling, managing reservations, and handling the logistics of equipment transfer between campuses.

• Centralized procurement: Coordinate the purchasing of new equipment and supplies for all campuses, leveraging the scale of the system to negotiate favorable vendor contracts and manage third-party logistics providers.

• Maintenance and repair: Establish a centralized maintenance and repair program for all equipment, including managing service contracts and coordinating repairs with campus-specific technical staff and instructors assigned to these locations.

• Damage control: Implement a standardized policy for reporting lost or damaged equipment and manage insurance claims across the consortial unit.

Facilities and space coordination

• Operational oversight: Manage the daily operations of all dedicated film and media production spaces, labs, and classroom facilities within the consortial unit.

• Maintenance coordination: Act as a liaison with studio and campus facilities departments to coordinate maintenance, repairs, and capital improvements for all shared spaces.

• Safety and security: Collaborate with campus security and risk management offices to implement standardized safety procedures for all production facilities and equipment.

• Facility scheduling: Manage the booking and scheduling of shared facilities and labs, ensuring equitable access and resolving scheduling conflicts among campuses.

Financial and administrative duties

• Budgetary management: Assist senior leadership with the development and management of the operational budget for equipment, facilities, and other logistical resources.

• Cross-functional collaboration: Work closely with the director of production and workforce, curriculum manager, and other leaders within the academic unit to ensure operational support aligns with all academic and industry initiatives.

• Performance reporting: Generate and analyze reports on equipment utilization, operational costs, and other key performance indicators to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of the consortial operations.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree and over three years of experience required. 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience: Several years of experience in operations and logistics management, with demonstrated experience working in a multi-campus or consortial environment, preferably within higher education or the film/entertainment industry.

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as logistics, business administration, film production support services, or film production.

For more information, please contact GFAjobs@usg.edu

Job Summary

The Enrollment and Partnership Manager is responsible for the strategic management of all aspects of student recruitment, partnerships, and inter-institutional collaboration for the state-wide academic unit. This role involves developing, executing, and evaluating recruitment strategies, building and sustaining relationships with industry partners, and acting as the primary liaison between the various campuses and stakeholders involved in the academic consortium.

Responsibilities

Consortial and academic management

• Inter-campus coordination: Facilitate regular meetings and manage communication among faculty and administration at the various university campuses participating in the film and entertainment consortium. This ensures curriculum alignment, resource sharing, and a consistent student experience across the system.

• Curriculum coordination: Collaborate with academic leaders to align program offerings, ensuring courses and pathways meet system-wide quality standards and industry relevance.

• Resource sharing: Work closely with the Operations and Logistics Manager to help coordinate the logistics of shared resources, such as specialized equipment, production facilities, or industry software licenses, managing access for students and faculty across different campuses.

• Reporting and analysis: Provide reports to system-level and campus leadership on the effectiveness of consortial programs, including enrollment data, resource utilization, and student outcomes.

Recruitment and enrollment

• Develop recruitment strategy: Design and implement a state-wide recruitment plan to attract a diverse and qualified student body to the film and entertainment programs. This includes crafting targeted messaging and marketing materials.

• Outreach and engagement: Manage and coordinate outreach activities to high schools, technical colleges, community colleges, and other institutions to build a strong talent pipeline. This may involve visiting schools, organizing workshops, and representing the consortium at college fairs.

• Admissions coordination: Work with admissions offices at each campus to streamline the application process for prospective students interested in the consortial programs.

• Event management: Plan and execute system-wide recruitment events, such as open houses, portfolio workshops, and information sessions for prospective students and their families.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as marketing, communications, or film studies is typically required, with a Master's degree preferred.

• Experience: Several years of experience in higher education, enrollment management, or academic partnership development within a multi-campus system is essential.

• Industry knowledge: A deep understanding of the film and entertainment industry, including current trends, production workflows, and professional networks.

• Communication skills: Exceptional interpersonal, public speaking, and negotiation skills to build and maintain relationships with a wide array of stakeholders, from prospective students to industry executives.

• Technical proficiency: Strong computer skills, including experience with Customer Relationship Management (CRM) systems and data analysis tools, to effectively track recruitment and partnership metrics.

  For more information, please contact GFAjobs@usg.edu

The Georgia Film Academy is recruiting for Head of Post-Production Education, a Full-Time position. GFA seeks an experienced Post Production professional to Lead the Post-Production pathway; Teach 3-5 Post-Production pathway courses in an academic year; Manage post-production instructors on all curriculum and content matters, and a myriad of other Administrative responsibilities and duties.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in the qualifying field and ten or more years widely recognized industry work experience on professional Feature Film/TV sets, OR a combination of:
• Significant recognized experience in the film industry (ten or more years) related to course content
• Specialized training in course content
• Specialized certification in course content
• Evidence of deep, wide-ranging knowledge of post-production processes and workflow, including being well-versed in a variety of nonlinear editing systems
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, Google Suite, PowerPoint, working with laptop and projector – basic knowledge. Familiarity of online learning management systems a plus
• PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS (Preferred, but not required)
• Bachelor or Graduate degree in qualifying field
• Post-production experience on professional film/television projects
• Avid Certified Instructor (ACI) certification
• Membership in course content-related guild or trade union
• Teaching experience
• Management experience
• Curriculum development experience
• Some classes are taught online, thereby knowledge of remote systems (i.e. Splashtop, etc.), would be helpful.
• Instructors’ credentials, credits, and work experience must be recognized and respected by industry.

For more information, please contact GFAjobs@usg.edu