The Conservatory of Dance at Purchase College, SUNY is seeking a full-time Production and Technical Director.

Responsibilities include:

1) Serving as Production Manager and Technical Director for all on-campus and off-campus performances and events, and for other productions and events in the Dance Building. 2) Teaching a year long Dance Production course. 3) Recruiting, training and supervising student crews. 4) Maintaining the Dance Theater Lab and all studio spaces and equipment. 5) Work with other members of the SOA Production team as needed to facilitate SOA production initiatives. 6) Create a professional, helpful and appropriate Climate in which to educate Students and present Dance

 

The ideal candidate is a skilled, engaged, proactive and collaboration-minded Production and Technical Director providing the production technical direction, stage management, communication, training and facilitation needed for the Conservatory of Dance to present a professionally produced, safe and artistically strong production series each semester involving students as the core production crew. 

Qualifications:   Bachelor of Arts degree required. Master's degree or Terminal degree preferred. Candidates should have extensive knowledge of Dance Production areas of Stage Management, Technical Direction, Lighting and Video Production. Should have 5 years minimum professional experience in the field of Dance or theater production as a stage manager or technical director. Should have a wide variety of experience working with stagehands of all levels. Previous experience working with student crews is a plus.

 

You must attach the following documents to your online application: C.V. and cover letter and, if available, submit a video of your most recent work via a media submission system at https://jobs.purchase.slideroom.com. 

Special Note:     Nondiscrimination Policy - Purchase College is committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to service, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, or criminal conviction. Employees, students, applicants, or other members of the Purchase community (including vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic. To view the entire policy, please visit the following website: https://www.purchase.edu/offices/hr/policies-and-procedures/

 

Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. Purchase College is an AA/EEO employer. The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, or Clery Act, mandates that all Title IV institutions, without exception, prepare, publish and distribute an Annual Security Report. This report consists of two basic parts: disclosure of the University's crime statistics for the past three years; and the availability regarding the University's current campus security policies. Purchase College's Annual Security Report is available at https://www.purchase.edu/offices/nysup/policies/

 

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

 

Application deadline - June 26, 2019

Position to be filled by August 1, 2019