Assistant Technical Director for AVL Production Tech

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Closing Date:

08/14/2024

Type of Position:

Professional Staff - Facilities

Workstudy Position:

No

Job Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Sponsorship Available:

No

Institution Name:

University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Founded in 1871, the University of Arkansas is a land grant institution, classified by the Carnegie Foundation among the nation’s top 2 percent of universities with the highest level of research activity. The University of Arkansas works to advance Arkansas and build a better world through education, research and outreach by providing transformational opportunities and skills, promoting an inclusive and diverse culture and climate, and nurturing creativity, discovery and the spread of new ideas and innovations.

The University of Arkansas campus is located in Fayetteville, a welcoming community ranked as one of the best places to live in the U.S. The growing region surrounding Fayetteville is home to numerous Fortune 500 companies and one of the nation’s strongest economies. Northwest Arkansas is also quickly gaining a national reputation for its focus on the arts and overall quality of life.

As an employer, the University of Arkansas offers a vibrant work environment and a workplace culture that promotes a healthy work-life balance. The benefits package includes university contributions to health, dental, life and disability insurance, tuition waivers for employees and their families, 12 official holidays, immediate leave accrual, and a choice of retirement programs with university contributions ranging from 5 to 10% of employee salary.

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Department:

Faulkner Performing Arts Center

Department's Website:

Summary of Job Duties:

The Assistant Technical Director for AVL Production Tech is responsible for assisting with the back-of-house operations for all performances in the Faulkner Performing Arts Center and Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall on the University of Arkansas campus. Primary responsibilities include working with both student-based and professional work crews; assisting with budgeting and advancing performances/events; and equipment and facility maintenance. This position reports directly to the Technical Director of the Faulkner Performing Arts Center (FPAC). This position will work directly with the Technical Director on scheduling, setup, teardown, maintenance, and day-to-day operations of the hall. On media, the position will work directly with video equipment to setup and tear down multi-media sources and routing them to and from different areas of the venue in a virtual environment. The position will also work with a lighting console to program show cues. This includes an understanding of fixture function, operation, and focus. Set up may include as little as a single microphone and running a console for that microphone up to patching a multi-input stage using a stage plot and
mixing the performance.

Regular, reliable, and non-disruptive attendance is an essential job duty, as is the ability to create and maintain