ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / EVENTS ENGINEERING & PRODUCTION

PeopleAdmin, Inc.; Mount Pleasant (MI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, MI seeks an Assistant Director for Events Engineering & Production to oversee day-to-day technical event operations, design for event programming, and staff training. The role includes managing AV technology, vendor coordination, and facility planning across campus.

Qualifications include a bachelor’s degree in theatre-related fields and at least two years of experience in technical production, event technology, and logistics.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in theatre management, audio engineering/related field.
• Two years of professional experience in technical production, event technology and logistics.
• Experience managing AV technology and systems.
• Experience leading teams/crews and providing event planning support.
• Experience training students and troubleshooting event operations.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and complex detail.
• Experience with event design, platforms, and diagram software.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Knowledge of university policies, procedures, and facilities.
• Ability to work with senior leadership and cross-campus partners.

Responsibilities

• Oversee student technical training, development, and campus-wide operations.
• Prepare facilities agreements and technical production approvals; advise Director on feasibility.
• Review technical riders; recommend installations, requirements, compliance and management.
• Create crew manuals, booking processes, and day-to-day tech ops plans.
• Design layouts, routes, timelines, and technical plans for events.
• Prepare final invoices for technical estimation and billing.
• Maintain inventory for rental equipment and campuses facilities.
• Support event software platforms and coordinate vendor engagements.
• Oversee and manage campus-wide installations and removal of equipment.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Interpersonal skills

Multitasking

Event platforms

Diagram software

Team leadership

AV technology

Education

Bachelor’s degree (theatre/related)

Tools

Event software

AV systems

Diagram software

Job description

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / EVENTS ENGINEERING & PRODUCTION

Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering a broadly diverse and inclusive campus that respects all social identities, experiences, and perspectives. In an effort to further this initiative, we are especially interested in candidates who will advance and promote an inclusive and supportive environment for every member of our university community.

You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position.

Cover letters may be addressed to the Hiring Committee.

This position will remain open until filled. The university reserves the right to close the recruitment process once a sufficient applicant pool has been identified. For best consideration, please submit application materials by December 18th, 2024.

Position Information

Posting Number S-3499

Position Number 35390

Type of Recruitment External

Position Title ASSISTANT DIRECTOR / EVENTS ENGINEERING & PRODUCTION

Position Summary The position is responsible for the day-to-day event engineering and technical production operations and event systems work. This position provides support recommendations and review of technical specs campus wide, as well as daily solutions for technical event support and compliance including equipment rental inventory review. Maintains campus venue technology and provides training and development of technical production support staff and leads technical design for event programming. This position also provides extensive event reporting, technical estimation, and logistical production plans for Director review as well as reviews and manages vendor installations and logistical event support on and off campus. This position provides technical recommendations and submission for contracts and proposals. Oversees systems and equipment owned and operated by University Events and manages technical event planning and assessment, technical capacity development, and technical event standards for review.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably in areas directly related to any of the following areas of study: theatre management, audio engineering/recording arts, theatre design, lighting design, technical event management.
• Two years of professional experience working with technical production, event technology and logistics, production, or a related field, preferably in a university environment or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience managing AV technology and systems.
• Experience in team/crew management, event planning support for technical operations.
• Experience managing students, providing technical training, and trouble‑shooting technical event operations.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and complex detail.
• Experience working with technical design, event platforms, diagram software applications.
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• In-depth knowledge of university policies, procedures, and facility capabilities.
• Experience working with event guidelines and compliance.
• Ability to work with high level leadership, departments across campus, and serve as the university representative for events.
• Ability to perform the essential functions of this position, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working with new equipment and projects as related to non‑academic performance space.
• Experience providing creative technical event solutions on the fly.
• Experience working with theatrical lighting systems or set construction or theatre/technical management.
• Experience working with facilities teams.
• Experience working with budget management or experience working with event billing/invoicing.
• Experience working with event software and applications.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversees student technical training, development, and operations campus-wide.
• Prepares facilities agreement contracts and technical production approvals, documentation, and reporting, and reviews and provides Director with event feasibility recommendations for event requests.
• Reviews technical riders and provides recommendations for installation, requirements, event compliance, and management.
• Creates crew instruction manuals and day to day booking, crew instructions, and tech ops plans.
• Designs layouts, routes, timelines, and technical plans for event operations.
• Prepares and supports the development of final invoices for technical estimation and billing.
• Maintains inventory for department rental equipment and UE managed event venues and facilities.
• Supports event software platforms through request process and technical offerings.
• Prepares purchasing requests for off campus contractors and vendors for all events.
• Oversees and manages technical event planning and logistics and campus-wide installations and removal of equipment and technology.
• Other duties as assigned.

Supervision Exercised None

Message to Applicants

Central Michigan University is dedicated to fostering a broadly diverse and inclusive campus that respects all social identities, experiences, and perspectives. In an effort to further this initiative, we are especially interested in candidates who will advance and promote an inclusive and supportive environment for every member of our university community.

You must submit an on-line application in order to be considered as an applicant for this position.

Cover letters may be addressed to the Hiring Committee.

This position will remain open until filled. The university reserves the right to close the recruitment process once a sufficient applicant pool has been identified. For best consideration, please submit application materials by December 18th, 2024.

Employee Group Professional & Administrative -Salary

Pay Range $50,000 - $62,000

Division Finance and Administrative Services

Department University Events

Position Status Regular

Employment Status Full-Time

FTE 1.0

Position Type 12 month

Weekly Work Schedule Mon-Fri, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. / weekends and evenings as required.

Location Mount Pleasant, MI

About the Department

About CMU

Central Michigan University has a more than 125-year legacy of preparing students to become leaders and changemakers in their communities and in their personal and professional lives.

We serve nearly 15,500 students on our Mount Pleasant campus, in satellite locations around the state and throughout the country, and through flexible online programs. Many of our approximately 300 undergraduate, master’s, specialist and doctoral programs in the arts, media, business, education, human services, health professions, liberal arts, social sciences, medicine, science and engineering are nationally ranked for excellence.

CMU leads the nation in leadership development programming through our Sarah R. Opperman Leadership Institute, and we are proud to be among only 5% of U.S. universities in the top two Carnegie research classifications. Our faculty work with graduate and undergraduate students in areas such as Great Lakes research, medical innovation, engineering technology and more.

Central is home to 17 men’s and women’s Division 1 sports including football, basketball, gymnastics, baseball, wrestling and more. Our student-athletes achieve great success in competition and in the classroom, capturing Mid-American Conference championships and maintaining an average cumulative GPA of 3.17.

CMU is located in Mount Pleasant, a community that blends the best of small-town living with big-city amenities. It’s part of the culturally varied and vibrant Great Lakes Bay Region that also includes Saginaw, Bay City, Midland and the state’s largest Native American community, centered on the Saginaw Chippewa Isabella Reservation in Mount Pleasant.

Area residents enjoy the mix of outdoor activities, cultural events, shopping and dining options, and family attractions. Other major Michigan destinations and attractions — Lansing, Grand Rapids, Detroit, Traverse City, wineries, beaches, golf and ski resorts, and many more — are within easy reach of the city’s central location in Michigan’s Lower Peninsula.

CMU employees enjoy access to a nationally recognized wellness program along with health care and benefits that exceed regional, state and national norms.

Central Michigan University is a place where we value students and work for their success, where we act as family, and where employees are engaged, appreciated and have extraordinary opportunities to make a difference.

We intentionally maintain and strengthen the hallmark CMU culture that sets us apart from our peers by expecting CMU leaders and employees to model the following Leadership Standards and develop them within their teams.

Please review the Leadership Standards before applying for this position.

CMU , an AA/EO institution, strongly and actively strives to increase diversity and provide equal opportunity within its community. CMU does not discriminate against persons based on age, color, disability, ethnicity, familial status, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, height, marital status, national origin, political persuasion, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, race, religion, sex, sex‑based stereotypes, sexual orientation, transgender status, veteran status, or weight (see https://www.cmich.edu/offices-departments/ OCRIE ).

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CMU does not discriminate on the basis of sex in the education program or activity that it operates, including admission and employment, and is required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 not to discriminate in such a matter.

Inquiries about the application of Title IX can be made to CMU’s Title IX Coordinator, the US Department of Education’s Assistant Secretary, or both.

CMU’s Title IX Coordinator can be reached at:

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Office: 103 E. Preston St.

Bovee University Center, suite 306

Mount Pleasant, MI 48858

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Posting Ends

Open Until Filled Yes

Supplemental Questions

Required fields are indicated with an asterisk (*).

• * How did you learn of this vacancy? Please indicate the specific source by title (i.e., CMU website, HigherEdJobs.com, Higher Education Recruitment Consortium, The Chronicle, specific professional association, specific list serv, etc.): Open Ended Question
• * Are you currently an internal employee of CMU according to the university's definition?
  • Yes
  • No
• * If yes, to which employee group do you belong? (If not applicable, select "Not Applicable").
  • Not Applicable
  • Dispatcher
  • Medical Faculty
  • Office Professional
  • P&A, SO or Faculty
  • Police
  • Public Broadcasting
  • Sergeant
  • Service Maintenance
  • Supervisory/Technical
• * Do you have at least a bachelor's degree, preferably in areas of study related to any of the following: theatre management, audio engineering/recording arts, theatre design, technical event management.
  • Yes
  • No
• * Do you have at least two years of professional experience working with technical production, event technology and logistics, production, or a related field, preferably in a university environment, or equivalent combination of education and experience?
  • Yes
  • No

Optional & Required Documents

Required Documents

• Resume/Curriculum Vitae
• Cover Letter

Optional Documents

• Recommendation Letters
• Other Document (1)

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