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Posted: 13-Feb-23
Location: St. Joseph, Minnesota
Salary: $60,000 to $75,000
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Internal Number: 01503
The Fine Arts Programming and Theater Departments at the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University invites applications for full-time, benefit eligible position of Production Manager.
A successful candidate for the position of Production Manager embraces the opportunity to create excellent artistic experiences. The Production Manager leads the production team through seasons of 250+ events serving multiple departments, locations, and venues on two campuses. The Production Manager is the leader for the College of Saint Benedict (CSB) and Saint John’s University (SJU) coordinate production team and offers oversight on all events in all the Benedicta Arts Center (CSB) and the Stephen B Humphrey Auditorium (SJU). The production manager leads high caliber commitment to ensure safety, technical quality for national and international touring artists, and offers production leadership for the Theater Department.
Providing a model of leadership, a successful candidate believes in mentoring students and creating skill building experiences that will contribute to the overall success of student academic and experiential learning, while building a legacy of appreciation for the arts. The Production Manager leads the department in long-term planning & last minute oversight, master schedules, and coordination of facilities and events in the Benedicta Art Center (BAC) and Stephen B Humphrey (SBH).This position demonstrates a strong work ethic centered on excellent organizational skills with an ability to develop and maintain positive collaborative relationships and communications with all artistic parties, faculty, students, and staff.
This position oversees the technical directors and coordinates closely with front of house/event services. The position provides event support and requires night, weekend, and summer commitments.
Fine Arts Programming’s mission is to awaken a spirit of curiosity, ignite dialogue and illuminate new understanding through distinctive arts experiences on our stages, in our galleries, and in our communities. As a nationally recognized university presenting department, Fine Arts Programming presents 20+ touring performances, 6 exhibitions and supports 250+ academic and community activities annually across two campuses, in five theaters and two galleries. We support our whole campus community and host multiple lectures, camps, conferences, renters, and large events. As a result of the vibrant arts programming found at CSB/SJU, the central Minnesota region has access to professional internationally respected artists in music, dance and theater. http://www.csbsju.edu/expect.
The College of Saint Benedict (CSB) is a liberal arts college for women, and Saint John's University (SJU) is a liberal arts college for men and a graduate School of Theology and Nursing for both men and women and is also the home of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library and the Collegeville Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research. The campuses are located in the central lakes area of Minnesota, surrounded by more than 3,000 acres of pristine forests, prairies, and lakes. The campuses are minutes away from St. Cloud, an increasingly diverse regional center with a population of over 100,000, and 70 miles from Minneapolis and St. Paul. Some CSB and SJU faculty and staff choose to reside locally, while others commute from the Twin Cities. Both St. Cloud and the Twin Cities offer a wide range of fine arts, cultural, dining, recreational, and sporting opportunities.
CSB and SJU are Catholic colleges in the Benedictine tradition enlivened by values of community, hospitality, stewardship, and justice. The schools are dedicated to cultivating an equitable, inclusive community founded on respect for all persons. Students, staff and faculty from many diverse belief systems and backgrounds collectively bring a rich dimension to the academic, cultural, and religious experience at CSB and SJU. Learn more in our Institutional Statement on Diversity and in our brochure regarding Higher Education in the Catholic and Benedictine Tradition.
With a total enrollment of approximately 3,200 students, CSB and SJU are unique in all of higher education, distinguished by their commitment to the holistic transformational development of women and men within the context of a unified, coeducational experience. All students, faculty, and staff have the opportunity to experience and engage with the two institutions. For further information, see http://www.csbsju.edu/about.
CSB and SJU offer competitive salaries and a comprehensive benefits program.
Responsibilities
Leadership of BAC & SBH Production Team
- Oversees Technical Support (Includes but is not limited to: Rigging, Lighting, Audio, Projections, Staging, and Construction) for events hosted or supported by Fine Arts Programming from preparation through performance and post event care.
- Leads the coordination of scheduling production staff and ensuring technical resources for events and productions.
- Proactively plans, communicates, and mediates needs of academic fine art departments and performance venues. Acts as primary mediator on space usage, cross department coordination, and requests. Helps resolve staffing and space conflicts when they arise.
- Provides leadership of student employee management for production team, including establishing and modelling the best leadership methods and assisting with student development.
- Oversees Fine Arts Programming and Theater Department Production budgets ($200k+ in 15+ individual budget lines)
- Actively supports department and campus-wide Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion initiatives and participates in efforts to incorporate DEI practices that impact the production process and student experience.
- Responsible for implementing industry-standard venue safety practices – maintaining best practice knowledge must be a continuous part of position.
Department leadership
- Oversees production budgets (production, maintenance, student work) for both short-term balancing as well as long term planning.
- Oversees student employee budget, full departmental coordination, and department student employee policies.
- Administers the contract process for technical components for artists, vendors, and rentals in coordination with the Department Coordinator & Executive Director.
- Communicate with internal and external space users to provide technical oversight and coordination for rentals of theatre spaces by outside groups.
- Provide production services and support for campus for designated major live events, includes planning event flows, consulting on outside vendors/contractors, developing production designs and providing technical support/management at events.
- Coordinate rental, delivery, and/or pick-up of extra equipment not in the inventory when needed.
- Managing the operational structure of the department in terms of resources used to support work flow, project management through software and hardware.
- Conducts weekly meetings to review and evaluate recent events for quality purposes and proactively identify and plan for all components related to upcoming activities in FAP venues.
- Provides operations support for the galleries and CSB Permanent Art Collection.
Stewardship for department and institution resources.
- Maintains and mediates the master calendar for Benedicta Arts Center (BAC) and Stephen B Humphrey (SBH) performance venues, event staffing, and proactive planning and coordinating of the space usage. Leads on scheduling and use of Fine Arts Buildings.
- Manages repairs and long-term improvements, including capitol acquisitions in the Stephen B Humphrey and Benedicta Arts Center.
- Ensures safety and accessibility issues are addressed in FAP venues. Is an active member of the CSB Campus Safety Committee as well as the CSB/SJU Fine Arts Safety Committee – manages the risk management plans as well as coordinates with business office on contracts and insurance documentation.
Support the Theater Department
- In conjunction with the department chair, develops the yearlong production calendar detailing pre-production, rehearsals, production budget, material acquisitions, construction periods, tech, strike and all other related production milestones.
- Collaborate with department chair, show director, and assistant technical director on the technical specifications, costs and usage of technical equipment required for individual shows.
- Determine the necessary technical support required (lighting, sound, staging, and special need), for performances in advance of production.
- Coordinate rental, delivery, and/or pick-up of materials and/or extra equipment not in inventory.
OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
- Provide transportation to students, equipment, and artists as needed.
- Performing other duties as required by supervisor.
Education: Bachelor’s degree and/or demonstrated professional experience in technical theatre, performing arts, event management.
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:
- Progressive experience in a production manager, operations director, or similar role in a performing arts, theatrical, or producing venue.
- Progressive leadership & departmental experience, including supervisory experience.
- Event and/or departmental planning skills in complex environment.
- Knowledge of the functions of technical equipment; lighting, audio, rigging, stagecraft, streaming, computer networks and/or media equipment, etc. as well as maintenance and repair of same equipment.
- Understanding industry safety standards as they apply to performance facilities.
- Demonstrated experience overseeing production and/or departmental budget.
- Demonstrated commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Strong organizational and time management skills to effectively manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Commitment to diversity and equity to actively support an inclusive work environment.
- Excellent problem solving skills in a fast paced, frequently changing work environment.
- Excellent written and oral communication, and ability to lead with collaboration.
- Ability to read and interpret professional technical riders, blueprints, drawings, plots, and related documents.
- Must be able to work flexible hours including evenings and weekends on a regular basis.
- Must be able to withstand long hours of concentrated physical activity.
- Must be able to work in catwalks, on grids and on ladders.
- Must be able to lift 50lbs.
