Title : Director of Theatre Production
VP Area : Academic Affairs
Department : School of Music & Theatre
Position Compensation : $2000 contract
Location : Main Campus
POSITION SUMMARY
The Temporary Director of Theatre Production provides overall leadership and coordination for a single production, ensuring successful execution from planning through performance. This role integrates artistic vision with operational delivery, guiding teams to produce a high-quality, performance-ready show.
This position is hired per show and is not considered an ongoing employment.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Production Leadership: Provide overall leadership for the production, ensuring alignment between artistic vision and execution from pre-production through closing.
- Strategic Planning & Delivery: Establish and guide production timelines, resource planning, and key milestones to deliver a successful, performance-ready show.
- Team Leadership & Integration: Lead and coordinate creative, technical, and production teams to ensure cohesive collaboration and effective execution.
- Operational & Technical Oversight: Direct all production operations, including design realization, technical integration, and staging logistics.
- Risk, Safety & Compliance Management: Ensure adherence to safety standards, venue requirements, and applicable labor or union guidelines.
- Perform other duties as requested or assigned.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Maintain a growing, personal relationship with Jesus Christ, reflect His character in all interactions, and faithfully uphold and embrace Northwestern’s mission, Doctrinal Statement and Declaration of Christian Community.
Nice to have:
- Master’s degree or equivalent professional experiences including workshops, or other professionally relevant experiences
KEY SKILLS
- Independence & Teamwork: Capable of working both independently and collaboratively, with minimal supervision.
- Confidentiality: Maintains discretion and handles sensitive information appropriately.
- Organizational Skills: Strong time management and problem-solving abilities; able to prioritize and meet multiple deadlines with attention to detail in a fast-paced environment.
- Technical Proficiency: Intermediate to advanced computer skills, including Microsoft Office and related software.
- Written & Verbal Communication: Strong writing, editing, proofreading, and verbal communication skills. Ability to interact with a variety of individuals in a professional, kind, and tactful manner. Strong skill in organizing and clearly directing groups of people.
- Flexibility: Ability to maintain a flexible schedule with some evenings and weekends as needed.
- Background Check: Must pass initial and ongoing background checks as a condition of employment.
WORKING CONDITIONS & DEMANDS
The following working conditions reflect the typical demands associated with this position and are subject to reasonable accommodation as required by law:
- Visual and auditory acuity sufficient to safely and effectively perform job duties in a typical office setting.
- Clear and professional verbal communication for instruction, collaboration, and customer service.
- Manual dexterity and motor coordination for typing, writing, and using equipment/tools.
- Physical mobility to sit, stand, walk, and occasionally bend, reach, or lift as required.
- Cognitive abilities such as focus, memory, reasoning, problem-solving, and adaptability.
- Professional appearance and hygiene appropriate to the role.
- Ability to read, write, and understand instructions and technical information.
- Lift up to 50 lbs.; stoop, kneel, crouch, and handle materials, occasionally.
- Ability to operate vehicles or machinery, occasionally.
- Exposure to extreme temperatures, loud noise, dust, fumes, airborne particles, and hazardous materials, occasionally.
- Proximity to electrical equipment, energized systems, moving mechanical parts, and the use of heavy machinery, tools, or equipment that pose injury risks, occasionally.
- Work may include tasks at heights in confined spaces or on uneven, wet, or slippery surfaces with potential for slips, trips, or falls, occasionally.
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