Production Manager

Position Title Production Manager About the University

Western Washington University, with over 15,000 students in seven colleges and the graduate school, is nationally recognized for its educational programs, students and faculty. The campus is located in Bellingham, Washington, a coastal community of 90,000 overlooking Bellingham Bay, the San Juan Islands and the North Cascades Mountain range. The city lies 90 miles north of Seattle and 60 miles south of Vancouver, British Columbia. Western has additional sites in Anacortes, Bremerton, Everett, Port Angeles, and Poulsbo. Western is recognized nationally for its successes, such as being named one of the top public master's-granting institutions in the Pacific Northwest for 25 years in a row by U.S. News & World Report.

Western Washington University is committed to achieving excellence through advancing inclusive success, increasing our Washington impact, and focusing on transformational education grounded in the liberal arts and sciences and based on innovative scholarship, research, and creative activity. Western's greatest strength is the outstanding students, faculty, staff, and alumni/ae who make up its community. Western supports an inclusive governance structure for all and provides a learning and working environment in which everyone can thrive. In pursuit of this excellence, individual employees are expected to establish and maintain productive and effective inclusive working relationships amongst diverse populations including staff, faculty, administration, student, and external constituents. Further, individual employees are expected to have the ability to operationalize sustainability concepts (economic, societal, environmental) into all aspects of performing their job duties.

About the Department The Theatre and Dance Department supports Western's mission, which states that together with our students, staff, and faculty, we are committed to making a positive impact in the state and the world with a shared focus on academic excellence and inclusive achievement. We encourage applications from women, people of color, people with disabilities, veterans, and other candidates from underrepresented backgrounds and with diverse experiences interested in this opportunity. About the Position

The Production Manager (PM) is responsible for creating production and rehearsal schedules, maintaining frequent correspondence with the production team, and coordinating all technical aspects of performances throughout the season for all theatre and dance productions. The PM leads production meetings, distributes meeting reports and secures space reservations. The Production Manager works with the Technical Director to oversee the planning and successful implementation of all technical aspects of productions, including tech rehearsals and strike. The PM works closely with the costume shop, scene shop, choreographers, designers, and directors; to facilitate collaboration between all production stake holders. The PM assigns crew members, enters registration codes, communicates crew responsibilities and work schedule, and enters final grades, in conjunction with the shop managers for all THTR 255 crew positions. The PM oversees the Department’s technical inventory and equipment, ensuring functionality and keeping track of equipment location. The PM often contributes to areas outside their primary duties to ensure a successful production.

This is a half-time (.50), 10-month cyclic position.  The State HR classification for this position is Stage Manager.

Required Qualifications

• Academic or professional experience in production management for theater and dance
• BA or BFA in Theater Arts concentrating in Stage Management and or Technical Theatre
• Demonstrated commitment to create an anti-racist and equitable work environment that is reflective of all the communities we serve
• Experience facilitating collaboration and communication between all production stakeholders
• High proficiency in MS Office and scheduling software
• Experience with ETC lighting consoles and instruments and Q-lab
• Ability to lift at least 50 lbs. and climb ladders
• Ability to work evenings and weekend

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to design lighting or sound
• Knowledge of Projection systems
• Experience with LED and Moving Lights
• Experience with business communication platform
• Experience with inventory management
• Experience overseeing student production crew members
• Ability to teach entry level stage management class

Conditions of Employment All employees must comply with our Immunization policies, including Proof of Rubeola Measles Immunity within