ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Oversee live production of over 100 broadcasts per year. Duties include oversight of each of the games production elements, storylines, site logistics, staffing, lodging and meals.
• Direct production activities for Midco Sports Network (MSN) local origination content.
• Oversee Video on Demand product related to the local origination programming including the editing of events for future Video on Demand replays.
• Work collaboratively to produce local original programming opportunities. Provide input and execute programming schedules for MSN original programming.
• Organize, hire, and manage the freelance personnel involved in producing, directing, and shooting and editing location origination content.
• Enforce compliance on operating procedures such as six second delays, music licensing and re-broadcasts. Ensure compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local regulations, and with Company and industry standards.
• Insert relevant ad sales spots into productions. Maintain communications with both Marketing and Ad Sales to integrate relevant activities into productions.
• Provide timely performance feedback and daily coaching. Perform annual reviews and effectively manage disciplinary and/or performance problems.
• Participate in the budget process for the MSN production department. Including equipment and freelance personnel.
• Prepare monthly billing spreadsheets and clarify invoices related to production and equipment activities.
• Translate approved objectives into work plans and procedures.
• Track and monitor all problems relating to the local origination channel.
• Develop, maintain, and monitor adherence to standard operating procedures for production staff and operations.
• Be available to attend sporting events and supervise the production from inside the broadcast trailer.
• Display strong editorial judgment and ability to develop and nurture storylines.
• Ability to fully execute and implement directives, policies and assignments.
• Ability to communicate effectively with people at many levels including vendors, athletes, clients, etc.
• Build and maintain strong relationships based on trust and mutual respect within your department and community including Division I and II universities, professional franchises and high school representatives.
• Ability to work in a fast paced, high pressure environment.
• Conduct weekly production meetings to review all content and execute new assignments.
• Be willing and able to travel in accordance with Midcontinent’s “Use of Vehicle for Company Business” policy.
• Compile timely, comprehensive, and accurate reports as requested.
• Communicate effectively and professionally in all forms of communication with internal and external customers.
• Adhere to Midcontinent Communications privacy guidelines to ensure each customer’s privacy.
• Maintain regular attendance to be available to provide direction and communication to team members.

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Mentor and train new hires and existing staff as required.
• Effectively communicate with other departments to handle any escalating issues in a timely manner.
• Function as an effective team member while supporting the efforts and concepts of other departments.
• Support the mission, vision, and values of Midcontinent Communications.
• Apply personal ethics, honesty, initiative, flexibility, responsibility and confidentiality in all areas of responsibility.
• Possess an enthusiastic, energetic, self-motivated, and detail-oriented approach towards work and all work projects.
• Possess strong problem solving and decision making skills while using good judgment.
• Multi-task and change from one task to another without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner so that you get along with customers, clients, co-workers and management.
• Identify opportunities for improvement while creating and implementing viable solutions.
• Actively follow Midcontinent policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
Note: Management reserves the right to assign or reassign functions and responsibilities to this job description at any time.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:

• High school diploma or GED required. Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• Minimum five years experience with sports-related production and programming is required.
• Strong knowledge of sports teams and conferences in which they participate.
• Experienced in all aspects of editing, promotions and production techniques.
• Working knowledge of media production, communication, dissemination techniques and methods.

10:00am in Sertoma B- Brunch with Shelley Hanisch, Development Director for Active Generations and Candy Hanson, CEO of the Sioux Falls Area Community Foundation. Complimentary egg bake and sweet rolls. Please sign up at The Information Window by June 1st.

11:45 am in Main Dining Room – “Let’s Do It Again, But This Summer Take Ten !” kicks off during regular lunch service. Music by the Cartwright Brothers and free candy bars for everyone.

See a class demonstration on Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30 a.m. For more information please call 605-336-6722 or stop by today!

Participants will read and discuss a few poems on handout sheets for each session. Then, beginning with the second session, each participant will write a poem on a given theme or idea, and share it with the class. The instructor will provide some guidelines for writing poetry, mentioning characteristics of good poems, with examples to show those characteristics. So the class is one for reading poetry as well as writing it.

David Allan Evans, poet laureate of South Dakota, has had eight books of poems published, and several books of prose. Hundreds of his poems have been published in magazines and anthologies. His poem, “Pole Vaulter,” will be included in a celebration of sports poetry for the 2012 London Olympics. He was a professor of English and Writer-in-Residence at SDSU for 39 years, where he taught writing and literature courses, specializing in creative writing. In 2009 he received the Governor’s Award for Creative Achievement in the Arts.

Register for: Intro To Acrylics
Cost: $5.00
Instructor: Rebecca Mundt
Registration Deadline: May 18th

Registration Form

Thank you for your interest in Active Generations’ Visions of Quilting Show & Sale. This event has been created to highlight the talents of our Active Generations’ quilting club as well as the individual talents of our members in the area of quilting, and art. In it’s 2nd year – we have gone to a two-day event to accommodate more quilt enthusiasts for our Saturday show.

We are looking for quilt entries in the following categories:
If you are a 2nd or 3rd year participant we ask that you showcase a new quilt creation.

Quilts to hang. (We have a limited number of hanging spots and we will take quilts on a first come / first serve basis). The Active Generations quilting club creations will take center stage in the show in the hanging room. Please note that only Active Generations quilts will be “For Sale!”

Bed Turning Event: This event will highlight antique quilts or those with special family or event significance. A Center member will narrate the bed turning and provide information about their age, owner, pattern name and construction. Interesting historical and special information such as why the quilt was made, for whom it was made and for what special occasion it was made will also be provided. The show committee will decide how and when the quilts are rotated based on the number of entries we receive. Any quilt with special significance or needing to be (protected) needs to be entered in this category. *Quilts must be smoke free to be entered.

Wall Hangings: This category will highlight the whimsical or beauty of quilted wall art! If you have a short fun story about a piece please highlight this on your registration form.

Table Runners: These can be holiday based or table runners of any pattern.

Quilted Pillows: Pillows must have one or both sides quilted.

Wearable Art: Quilted jackets, shirts, or painted clothes are appropriate entries in this category.

We ask that you register each quilt or quilted piece and sign a waiver for each.

We ask that each piece be checked into Active Generations by 9:00 a.m. on Friday, June 8th and picked up Saturday, June 9th between 3 – 4 p.m.

*Registration Deadline: June 3rd, 2011