at Loyola University Of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Position Details
Position Details
Job Title
PROGRAM COORD ACADEMIC
Position Number
8100135
Job Category
University Staff
Job Type
Full-Time
FLSA Status
Exempt
Campus
Rogers Park-Lake Shore Campus
Department Name
FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS
Location Code
FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS (02105A)
Is this split and/or fully grant funded?
No
Duties and Responsibilities
SUMMARY
The Department of Fine and Performing Arts (DFPA) at Loyola University Chicago invites applications for the position of Technical Director/Instructor. The DFPA comprises the disciplines of Dance, Fine Arts, Music, and Theatre; the Technical Director position is a full-time, ten-month non-tenure staff position teaching responsibilities in the theatre program.
The Technical Director provides leadership and management to all stage operations and collaborates with faculty and student designers to support an ambitious annual departmental season of three mainstage theatrical productions, one annual dance concert and three - four second stage productions. The Technical Director manages all staff and resources to ensure the efficient and safe delivery of the highest artistic standards within the allocated resources of space, money, people, and time. In addition to overseeing the scenic construction of all departmental productions, the Technical Director supervises the day-to-day activities of the scenic shop and theatre performance facilities; supervises, trains and mentors a student work force of technicians and designers; and teaches basic scenic construction and technical theatre techniques to theatre and dance majors.
Newly renovated facilities include a 215-seat thrust mainstage and a 40-60-seat black box laboratory theatre; the 15,000-square-foot scenic shop includes spaces for props, paint, carpentry, and welding. Apart from the 8-10 student workers in the scenic shop, other part-time support staff includes a Prop Artisan, collaboration with Scenic Design Faculty that oversees student scenic artists, and and the hiring of occasional production specialists.
Loyola University Chicago is a Jesuit liberal arts University, whose mission values educating the whole person, being in service to others, seeking truth and being connected to the city of Chicago. The Theatre program at Loyola is NAST (National Association of Schools of Theater) accredited and serves an undergraduate population of 120 majors and minors. Our facilities and program are on Loyola's Lake Shore Campus, in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the far north side of Chicago, 6 miles from downtown. Chicago is one of the most exciting and vibrant theatre communities in the world.
The ideal candidate is one that is well-rounded, safety-oriented, highly motivated, with the ability to be a calming rational presence for a diverse range of personalities and skill levels. The DFPA at Loyola is looking for someone who has an ardent desire to mentor undergraduates in a liberal arts environment and can manage multiple tasks and numerous projects within a fast paced, deadline driven environment. We are looking for candidates that have excellent skills in managing people and time, coupled with an enthusiasm for teaching and collaboration; a candidate that can quickly analyze problems and present creative solutions within artistic and financial parameters. Exceptional communication skills, welding, rigging, carpentry, and budget estimating skills are expected. Additional experience with electrics, sound, paints, properties and maintaining facilities will enhance application.
Primary Responsibilities
Plan, organize, supervise, and implement all technical aspects of each DFPA production throughout the build, installation, rehearsal and run through strike.
* Evaluate technical and financial feasibility of potential and actual productions.
* Ensure that productions will work within the physical requirements of theatre venues and within repertory situations.
* Preparation of technical drawings for all scenery in support of designer's drafting, sketches, and models.
* Oversee technical aspects of production builds, realizing scenic designs from bid process through delivery;
o Procure necessary materials for builds within university purchasing guidelines.
o Organize labor, develop, and communicate build and load in schedules to distribution to production... For full info follow application link.
Loyola University Chicago is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer with a strong commitment to hiring for our mission and diversifying our faculty and staff. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion (except where religion is a bona fide occupational qualification for the job), national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or any other factor protected by law.
Loyola University Chicago is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
