Job Description
Job Description
TITLE: Sound & Projections Fellow
SUPERVISOR: Lighting & Sound Supervisor
DEPARTMENT: Audio
DIVISION: Production
ONSITE REQUIREMENTS: This position will require mostly onsite work.
SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION: This position requires weekend and evening work to facilitate the needs of all tech rehearsals and some shows if necessary. This position also sometimes involves working more than 40 hours a week, which will be compensated for with overtime.
POSITION SUMMARY
The Sound and Projections Fellow will help implement the sound design and projections design for each production. The Fellow will work closely with local and visiting projections designers, sound designers and engineers. They will assist with load-in, troubleshooting problems during tech rehearsals, programming and running board for tech rehearsals, maintenance of audio and projections equipment during the run of productions, and participation in all strikes and changeovers.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
This position is meant for early-career individuals who have an interest, if not direct experience, in the following essential functions of the role:
- Installing Sound and Projection Plot
- Create run paperwork for Shows.
- Work closely with Designers to prepare all tech needs.
- Help create an installation schedule.
- Help monitor budgets for shows.
- Work as Programmer during technical rehearsal
- Set audio and projection systems up.
- Maintain organization of inventories and storage
- Attending Production meetings before and during tech rehearsal.
- Help set up audio and visual needs for rentals and events.
- Participate in Studio Theatre’s on-going anti-racism work.
- Be actively engaged in the programming elements of the Fellows in Residence Program
- Other duties as assigned.
PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals, especially any individuals with disabilities, to perform the functions.
- Travel between multiple locations (other theatres, stores, rental warehouses)
- Comfortability working, standing, and carrying instruments on ladders up to 12 feet
- Comfortability on a tension wire grid at 20ft and working in small spaces
- Significant 50lbs
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN A FELLOW:
We expect a fellow will have:
Required:
- Experience working as an A1 or A2. Which includes some mixing, placing mics on actors and running a sound board
- Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and enthusiasm to work with teams with diverse identities
Preferred:
- Awareness of current sound equipment
- Vectorworks knowledge
- Dante knowledge