Production Manager

Northeastern offers a rewarding working environment for our students and employees. Our faculty and staff are smart dedicated people who work to create an excellent urban university experience for bright and motivated students.

Job Summary:

Job Description:

• Manages production operations in the Auditorium and Recital Hall in support of all concerts conferences lectures third-party and rental events occurring in these spaces. Advances all event needs with NEIU faculty staff and external partners renters and other event organizers.

• Supervises and manages the following service areas: live sound engineering including creating patch lists and stage plots; projection system operation; stage management including calling performance cues and moving stage equipment; lighting design programming and operation including hanging and focusing lighting instruments; rigging and fly system operation; audio and video recording livestreaming web conferencing and additional production services as addition executes all of the above duties in place of or in collaboration with production staff.

• Supervises full-time staff including one full-time Production Coordinator and others as needed or assigned. Schedule staff for event support and venue management. Provides training and coaching on professional development. Covers their duties in their absence. Hires trains schedules and supervises a staff of student workers freelance employees and contractors to meet the production needs of events in the Auditorium and Recital Hall working within budget constraints.

• In collaboration with the Production Director participates in identifying and executing departmental objectives and the development of long-range planning. Identifies and leads special projects including capital improvement projects as well as staffing leadership and development opportunities in support of successful program administration.

• Creates training and protocol documentation. Creates and improves administrative systems in support of departmental responsibilities. Enforces University policy and creates and revises policy for the Production Unit in conjunction with the Production Director.

• Maintains equipment and records including creating reports troubleshooting cleaning and repairing audio video lighting and control equipment verifying and updating inventory documentation maintaining and updating standard patch list documentation maintaining and updating lighting repertory (rep) plots creating and updating technical venue documentation updating firmware for equipment and notifying the Production Director of any issues outside of this scope. Recommends capital equipment purchases and other services in order to maintain and improve venue safety and functionality. Reports facilities maintenance requests for the Auditorium and Recital Hall to Facilities Management and tracks progress.

• Administrates venue calendars via the University scheduling system. Ensures activities in venues are accurately reflected in the scheduling system.

• Provides operational support as needed in other SU spaces and the north campus. Manages supervises and supports the duties of the Operations Unit when necessary.

• Advises and educates faculty staff rental clients and others on equipment operations and facilities use. Serves as event liaison to Police Building Service Workers University Technology Services and Parking during SUECS/PTS-supported events.

• Provides administrative support and management for rental events including meeting with prospective clients scheduling pre-production meetings for contracted rentals serving as primary day-of production point-of-contact for NEIU venues and reporting on space and staff usage for accurate invoicing.

• Participates in the planning and execution of commencement and board meetings and other off-campus or satellite PTS-supported events. This includes but is not limited to: organizing equipment loading trucks driving trucks moving furniture setting up configuring and operating AV equipment and conference room technology and other duties normally performed on-campus. Participation at all commencement ceremonies is required.

• Performs other related duties as assigned or as needed.

Minimal Qualifications:

1. Bachelors degree.

2. A total of one (1) year (12 months) in education training and/or work experience in the area of specialization inherent to the position. (Note: Masters Degree in an area consistent with the duties of the position may be substituted for one (1) year of work experience.)

3. Based on position requirements additional education training and/or work experience in the area of specialization inherent to the position may be required.

Additional education training and/or work experience in the area of specialization:

This position requires a background check.

Salary Range

Benefits

University employees may be eligible for a variety of State of Illinois benefits. These benefits are administered through the Illinois Department of Central Management Service (CMS). Please visit ourEmployee Benefitspage to learn more about our comprehensive benefits packageincluding health dental and vision benefits sick and vacation days and participation in the State Universities Retirement System.

Northeastern Illinois University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and invites applications from Women Minorities Veterans and Persons with Disabilities as well as other qualified Illinois Universitys positions are contingent upon the Universitys receipt of its State of Illinois appropriation.