Technical Director of Theatre & Film Department

Definition

The position is responsible for assisting the executive director and department chair in the coordination, supervision, and management of the Theatre & Film Department. This position includes specialized teaching work performed in both an educational setting and professional theater setting. The Technical Director is responsible for planning, teaching various classes in technical theatre (i.e., construction, design, lighting, sound, scene painting, etc.), assessing student work, preparing for and running live performances, fostering community partnerships and guest artists, supporting the department at community festivals in which students perform, and conferring with families, students, and colleagues. In addition, this position is responsible for helping to recruit and retain part-time faculty to support the technical track of the Theatre & Film Department. The Technical Director is responsible for leading the department in setting high expectations for students and helping students meet those expectations through communicating clear goals, scaffolding instruction, defining levels of achievement and encouraging student reflection.

Examples of Duties

• Assist the executive director and the department chair in the developing and maintaining of a rigorous technical theatre program.
• Assist the executive director and the department chair in the administration of the department; enforce school policies and procedures.
• Deliver classroom instruction and assess student work.
• Support department chair in efforts to secure and monitor adjunct faculty.
• Maintain a good working relationship with local arts organizations.
• Support the department chair in efforts to plan, secure and schedule guest artists for the department.
• Assist in developing the instructional master class schedule for the department.
• Oversee students’ attendance, academic progress and juried evaluations and reviews.
• Recruit, audition and selection of potential students for the program.
• Maintain the GSA Black Box Theater, GSA Scene Shop, and other preparation and performance spaces, as needed.
• Maintain tools, lighting instruments, and other theatrical infrastructure throughout the facility.
• Requisition of supplies and equipment, conduct inventories, maintain records and check on receipts for such materials.
• Work with the department chair in overseeing the department’s annual operational budget, as well as individual performance budgets.
• Assist with coordinating shows and community performances including the casting and rehearsal processes, securing performance space and staff, and supervising students at events (both GSA and community events).
• Assist in coordinating transportation and other school support services.
• Help conduct safety inspections and safety drill practice activities within the department.
• Schedule and conduct parent-teacher conferences.
• Additional duties as assigned by the executive director and department chair.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Tuberculin Skin Test certifying that the individual is free of contagious tuberculosis.
• In-depth knowledge of technical theatre including (but not limited to) costuming, construction, design, lighting, sound, special effects.
• Professional experience as a Technical Director preferred.

Physical Effort

Above-average amount of walking, climbing, bending, standing, stooping, and lifting in scene shop and professional theater settings. Ability to lift scenery and lighting units onto ladders. Ability to operate power tools.

Hazards

Work involves exposure to normal everyday hazards. Position is responsible for outlining, promoting, and monitoring safe practices in relation to the use of potentially hazardous tools, scenic materials, equipment, and facilities.

Unusual Demands

Work is required in educational and performance settings. Individual may be required to lift, move and transport scenery, costumes, lighting units, and other materials required for successful productions. Individual may be required to climb ladders and use power tools, while teaching and supervising students to do the same.

Salary : $58,648 - $91,693