Job Summary:
Esperanza is a faith-based organization committed to strengthening the Hispanic community through a variety of programs and services, focused primarily on community development capacity building, workforce development; education; and advocacy. Through our work, we strive to follow the biblical mandate to serve “the least of these” by equipping and empowering Hispanic communities for advancement. To carry out our mission successfully, we rely on a diverse and talented group of individuals united by a common commitment to the core values of faith, integrity, and excellence.
Guided by these core values Esperanza Arts Center will touch the lives of, and foster positive social change in, the Latino community through the arts. We offer an exciting, dynamic, and rewarding work environment where we commit to fostering the professional development of our staff and value the contributions of each team member.
Teatro Esperanza is also a forum for learning for young people in our community. Through our Mentor Fellow internship program, students gain insights, understanding, and real-world experience in production and arts administration guided and trained by industry professionals. As the primary Mentor Fellow production supervisor and trainer you must be an articulate and compelling representative of your work with a passion and gift for teaching and mentoring others.
An integral part of the Esperanza Arts Center team, the Production & Events Manager is the primary artist and client contact for all productions and rental events. The Production & Events Manager is responsible for all aspects of production and artist/client communications for a wide variety of programs, series, residencies, and public and private rental events. These programs represent diverse traditions, disciplines, and backgrounds, and take place in performance and presentation spaces ranging from 30 to 800-seats. You are the hub of a wheel whose end-product is a consistently positive, professional, memorable, and meaningful experience for all participants through exemplary, well-managed productions and well-maintained facilities.
Essential Functions:
Manages and coordinates all tech and production-related duties and communications with internal departments, rental event clients, artist partners, resident companies, and presented artists for both on-campus and portable outdoor/offsite productions and event.
Professional-level capacity to run a 32-channel audio board and manage all aspects of a theatrical audiovisual system.
Engages and supervises outside contractors and production staff, including audio engineers, lighting designers, set crew, videographers, and media operators (film, television, radio).
Trains and supervises all paid and unpaid back of house support staff, including primarily EAC’s team of Mentor Fellow interns, in all aspects of production to prepare Mentor Fellows for entry level work in the industry.
Monitors expenditures to ensure production costs are in accord with allotted budget for each program and event.
Addresses on-site production needs in all spaces utilized for Esperanza Arts Center programs and events, including equipment rentals, sets, props, draperies, rigging, lighting, projections, and sound.
Primary rental client contact and event production liaison for all public and private events, performances, and recording project facility rentals. Orients facility users to safety, technical characteristics, and other areas of operations; facilitates the use of the technical and production needs by resident companies and others engaged by or renting the facility.
Coordinates and manages load-ins, set-ups, rehearsals, run of shows, and strike schedules in accord with EAC’s master calendar.
Monitors the condition of technical and production equipment arranging for repair and replacement as needed and within budget requirements; performs preventative maintenance on equipment when possible.
Responsible for keeping spaces and all related systems and equipment in optimal and readily usable state.
Works in close collaboration with SVP of Esperanza Arts Center to ensure smooth run of show, and seamless coordination and communication between front and back of house operations
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