Assistant Production Lead

UNC-Chapel Hill • Chapel Hill, NC

6d • Onsite

About The Position

The Assistant Production Lead for Carolina Performing Arts (CPA) reports to the Production Manager and is responsible for providing technical support and leadership to the venue and production operations during event set-ups, rehangs, load-ins, rehearsals, workshops, and load-outs in Memorial Hall, CURRENT ArtSpace + Studio, Gerrard Hall, and Moeser Auditorium. This position routinely works with the CPA Production team, including Production Management and the Lighting Lead and Audio Lead to coordinate event technology arrangements, and partake in the setup and operation for a variety of events. The Assistant Production Lead may be asked to focus on a variety of production technologies, and may need to manage equipment and operations in the absence of the Department Leads or Production Management. This position may act as the main point of contact for artists or clients in residency rehearsals or workshop settings. This role may organize and delegate operational workflows and staff assignments with the input from Department Leads or Production Management. The Assistant Production Lead may also work show calls as needed for CPA performances as well as for events hosted by student groups, campus departments, and community groups in our venues, as availability allows.

Requirements

• Technical support and leadership for venue and production operations
• Coordination of event technology arrangements
• Setup and operation for a variety of events
• Management of equipment and operations in the absence of leads or management
• Point of contact for artists or clients in residency rehearsals or workshop settings
• Organization and delegation of operational workflows and staff assignments
• Working show calls for CPA performances and other events
• Basic staging, theatrical rigging, and fly-system operation
• Interpretation of lighting plots, audio and video plots, cabling plans
• Documentation of shift operations, process updates, and schedule changes
• Programming and/or operation (lighting, video, and/or audio)

Responsibilities

• Lead crew calls and coordinate safe operations of event preparations and processes with direction from the Department Leads and/or Production Management
• Provide specialized technical support as the knowledgeable professional, which will include basic staging, theatrical rigging, and fly-system operation
• Provide on-site supervision of technical support needs for events, rehearsals and workshops
• Export and interpret lighting plots, audio and video plots, cabling plan to implement into event shifts
• Keep documentation of shift operations, process updates, and schedule changes in event shift-reports, production reports, or organization-wide daily event reports
• First call as a consistent programmer and/or operator (in lighting, video, and/or audio) for projects, residencies or rehearsals

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed