Area Manager, Entertainment

Worlds of Fun; Kansas City (MO); Vor Ort; USD 55.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Worlds of Fun is seeking aLive Entertainment Division supervisor to oversee the day-to-day operations of the live entertainment program. You will monitor show quality, schedule performances, and guide staff to deliver Six Flags quality productions.

The role requires coordinating auditions, recruiting seasonal staff, managing budgets, and ensuring safety and compliance across venues during nights, weekends, and holidays.

Qualifikationen

• Background in entertainment, theatre arts, or creative pursuit is preferred.
• Interpersonal skills necessary to communicate with senior management and seasonal staff to achieve goals.
• Basic analytical skills to organize workload and set priorities.
• Ability to write to explain or describe; spelling, punctuation and grammar must be correct.
• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English well enough to conduct meetings and write policies and reports.
• Ability to work nights, weekends and holidays to meet business needs.
• Ability to pass a background check if 18+ years old, per company policy.

Aufgaben

• Supervises the day-to-day activities and operation of the Live Entertainment Division; monitors show content, quality, cleanliness and maintenance.
• Assists with production, staffing, budgeting, recruiting, auditions, hiring, training and evaluation of staff across roles.
• Coordinates with vendors for outside entertainment services and ensures policy compliance and safety.

Kenntnisse

Interpersonal communication

Analytical skills

Written communication

English proficiency

Jobbeschreibung

Delivers exceptional guest experiences through innovative entertainment across diverse park venues by producing in-house shows, designing immersive environments, and managing outside contracted performances. Collaborates on creative concepts, graphic design elements, and stage aesthetics to ensure visually compelling productions. Oversees the planning and execution of seasonal offerings, including Summer productions, Festivals, and Halloween Haunt, while integrating live entertainment, event activations, and thematic design that align with the Entertainment Division’s vision. Drives creativity and consistency in all entertainment experiences, ensuring each event reflects the park’s brand and captivates audiences.

Overview:

Delivers exceptional guest experiences through innovative entertainment across diverse park venues by producing in-house shows, designing immersive environments, and managing outside contracted performances. Collaborates on creative concepts, graphic design elements, and stage aesthetics to ensure visually compelling productions. Oversees the planning and execution of seasonal offerings, including Summer productions, Festivals, and Halloween Haunt, while integrating live entertainment, event activations, and thematic design that align with the Entertainment Division’s vision. Drives creativity and consistency in all entertainment experiences, ensuring each event reflects the park’s brand and captivates audiences.

Responsibilities:

• Supervises the day-to-day activities and operation of the Live Entertainment Division. Visits each theater/performance venue to monitor show content and performance quality/integrity along with theater cleanliness and maintenance. Takes appropriate action if needed. Assists with the production, maintenance, and staffing of all productions, including special events and Festivals such as Halloween Haunt. Organizes entertainment-related hiring events (including industry-specific job fairs) and auditions to assist in the recruitment a staff of knowledgeable and fit employees to ensure Six Flags quality productions. Assists in the preparation of labor and expense operating budgets for the Live Entertainment Division. Monitors expenses on an ongoing basis and takes appropriate corrective action if necessary. Assists with or directly oversees the recruitment, auditions/interviews, hiring, training, supervision, and evaluation of Performers, Show Technicians, Costumers and Dressers, Themed Costume Characters, Décor and Creative
• Technicians, and Laundry Ambassadors. Assists in the coordination and negotiation with and recommends vendors for the provision of outside entertainment services such as theatrical lighting designers, choreographers, musical directors, outside contracted performances, etc. Adheres to and enforces all Six Flags and specific Park policies and procedures, including safety, attendance and EEO policies, and demonstrates commitment to customer service in all aspects of employment. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Background in entertainment, theatre arts, or creative pursuit is preferred
• Interpersonal skills necessary to effectively communication not only with senior management but seasonal associates as well to accomplish goals and resolve problems. Communicates with individuals both inside and outside the company.
• Basic analytical skills necessary to organize workload to establish priorities.
• Ability to write to explain or describe. Creativity is required; spelling, punctuation and grammar must be correct.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, anddecimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Ability to read, write, speak and understand English at a level sufficient to conduct employee meetings; provide detailed direction to staff, guests, and vendors; and write policies, procedures, reports and other business related documents and correspondence.
• Ability to work nights, weekends and holiday periods to meet business needs.
• Ability to pass a background check, if 18 years of age or older, which may include, but is not limited to, credit, criminal, DMV, previous employment, education and personal references, per Company policy, unless prohibited by federal, state, or provincial
  law.