Recital Venue Technical Manager (Technical Specialist)

Indiana University Bloomington; Bloomington (IN); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical and dental insurance

Tuition subsidy for employees and/ or/

Paid holidays

Generous paid time off

Job summary

Indiana University Bloomington, located on the Bloomington campus, seeks a Broadcast Engineering professional to lead a student crews team supporting backstage and front-of-house operations for nearly 900 performances annually across three recital venues. You will oversee hiring, training, and scheduling while ensuring proper operation of AV equipment.

Responsibilities include coordinating with multiple departments to plan and deliver performances, supervising venue technicians, and maintaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in broadcast engineering, production engineering and/or related field.

Responsibilities

• Leads a team of 30 to 60 student workers who support backstage and front-of-house operations for about 900 performances per year.
• Manages hiring, training, scheduling and improvement of the student recital setups team.
• Trains and supervises student stage crews, faculty, and staff on audio, video, lighting equipment.

Skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Professionalism

Time management

Quality mindset

Adaptability

Attention to detail

Under pressure

Education

Broadcast engineering degree

Tools

Digital mixing consoles

Microphones

Dante networks

Wireless microphones

Job description

Department

JACOBS SCHOOL OF MUSIC (BL-MUS-IUBLA)

Job Summary

Department-specific Responsibilities

• Leads a team of 30 to 60 student workers who support backstageand modest front-of-house operations for nearly 900 musicperformances per year, across 3 routine recital venues (Auer Hall,Ford-Crawford Hall, and Recital Hall) and a few other occasionalon-campus locations.
• Manages the hiring, training, scheduling, and improvement ofthe student recital setups team.
• Trains and supervises student stage crews, faculty, and staffon the proper operation of audio, video, lighting equipment in therecital venues.
• Coordinates between the individuals and offices for Scheduling,Programs, Piano Technology, Audio, Live Stream, ClassroomTechnology, and any other supporting teams for the planning anddelivery of performances in the recital venues.
• Establishes and refines norms on how to prepare and setup forvarious range of routine performances, such as a solo pianorecital, lecture recital, string quartet concert, etc.
• Supports emergency and contingent planning for the recitalvenues.
• Monitors the equipment of the recital venues to ensure thatitems are serviced, tested, or replaced in keeping with theappropriate norms. In coordination with the audio department,performing basic maintenance as needed on audio equipment.
• Provides to the Associate Dean for Artistic Operations dailybullet-point reports on the prior day's events.
• In coordination with the Manager of Audio, provides audiosupport as needed for events including but not limited to,recitals, conferences and symposia, classes, and meetings.
• Sets up, operates, and troubleshoots in-house PA and recordingsystems, including wireless microphones, mixing consoles, stagemonitors, and associated equipment.
• Provide technical guidance as required to ensure performanceneeds are met.
• Reports to the Associate Dean for Artistic Operations and maybe assigned other tasks for broad efforts of the Jacobs SchoolArtistic Operations Team.

General Responsibilities

• Monitors productions and signals, determines proper operationof broadcast quality equipment, provides troubleshooting guidance,and corrects basic and complex issues involving sound quality,production playback, and file transfer.
• Manages, designs, plans, installs, operates, and maintainsvideo production facilities, tape and server recording and editingequipment, and lighting and stage equipment, including digitalcameras, switchers, graphics, routing, recording, playback,encoding, embedding, compression, and multiplexing with multiplelayers of audio.
• Assesses equipment needs for productions, procures necessarymaterials, and configures installation to ensure consistentoperations during production.
• Designs and implements preventive maintenance schedules andoperating procedures to maintain equipment.
• Tests, adjusts, and evaluates installed systems and approvespost-production media for technical quality for release to otherbroadcasters regularly.
• May train Broadcast Technicians and/or Audio/Video Technicianson procedures and production equipment operations.

Qualifications

This position is posted at the Career career level but maybe filled at the Core career level depending on thecandidate's qualifications.

Although they will be similar, theduties and responsibilities may differ if filled at the lower rank.Please see the qualifications for each level listed below.

Career Requirements:

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

Bachelor's degree in broadcast engineering, production engineeringand/or related field.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 2 years of experience in related field.

Preferred

• 2 years live sound experience in a performing arts or academicsetting.

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast-paced, dynamicenvironment.
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
• Highly thorough and dependable.
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even underpressure.

Preferred

• Proficiency with digital mixing consoles, microphones, Dantenetworks, and wireless microphones.
• Knowledge of a range of music performance experience common toa university conservatory of music, such as student solo recitals,chamber music recitals, ensemble performances, faculty and guestperformances, lecture recitals, etc.
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills with theability to work well under pressure.

Core Requirements:

Combinations of related education and experience may be considered. Education beyond the minimum required may be substituted for work experience. Work experience beyond the minimum required may be substituted for education.

EDUCATION

Required

• Bachelor's degree in broadcast engineering, productionengineering and/or related field.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Required

• 2 years in related field.

SKILLS

Required

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills.
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism.
• Demonstrates time management and priority setting skills.
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality.
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamicenvironment.
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty.
• Highly thorough and dependable.
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even underpressure.

Working Conditions / Demands

This role regularly requires the ability to effectivelycommunicate. This role frequently requires the ability to handleequipment. This role frequently requires the ability to remainstationary and ascend/descend ladders/stairs. This role requiresthe ability to move objects weighing up to 25 pounds. The rolerequires the ability to detect items in close proximity as well asfar away; discern between colors; detect objects in peripheralspace of self; discern items in detail; and to have good depthperception. The person in this role must be able to perform theessential functions with or without an accommodation.

Work Location

Indiana University (IU) Bloomington Campus

Bloomington, Indiana

This is an in-person position.

Benefits Overview

For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a widearray of benefits including:

• Comprehensive medical and dental insurance
• Health savings account with generous IU contributions
• Healthcare and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Basic group life insurance paid by IU
• Voluntary supplemental life, long-term disability, criticalillness, and supplemental accidental death & dismembermentinsurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject tovesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IUcourses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteerevents
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Job Classification

Career Level: Career

FLSA: Exempt

Job Function: Marketing & Communications

Job Family: Broadcasting & Production

Equal Employment Opportunity

Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider ofADA services and prohibits discrimination in hiring.

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