Coordinator, Technical Production

Job Details

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Purpose

Reporting to the Senior Director of Event Production, this position will assist in coordinating technical production support for the Event production team with University Events and Experience (UEE).

UEE provides in-depth event support for many campus events including the Office of the President, Ceremonial, Development, and multiple other inter-departmental and external events.

This position will work in a fast-paced, collaborative and dynamic work environment, with simultaneous and overlapping event workloads and schedules.

Responsibilities

Technical background with event or production experience

• Assist the production team and partners in the creation of event designs and logistical integration of sound, lighting, video (broadcasting and web).
• Support the supervision and provide stage management duties related to show direction, talent liaison, blocking and show calling.
• Identify audience targets, guest attendance interactions and manage the guest flow for ingress and egress at events to ensure positive participant experience and delivery of excellence.

Capacity for large-scale project workflows and event management

• Partner with respective stakeholders to ensure efficient and effective event planning including site visits, safety (Fire, Medical and Security) scheduling set-up, rehearsal, show / strike days.
• Responsible for creating and organizing master ground plan files, 3D modeling including scenic elements, viewport and annotation of callout details.
• Manage relationships with multiple vendors and departmental associates for multiple event scheduling and planning.
• Provide oversight on post-production editing (digital prep, audio and video format conversions and transcoding.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree and 5 years' relevant experience. Experience with CAD file application, Adobe suite and applications (Acrobat, Illustrator, Photoshop, Audition, Premiere Pro, After Effects, Media Encoder).

Proficiency in MS office suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint). Ability to manage multiple tasks, make critical decision, engage in effective communication, takes initiative, problem solve with an above average attention to detail and accuracy.

Preferred Qualifications

Previous UT experience. 5 years of technical event experience, with 3 years of project management. Event management experience supporting multiple large events with stage management duties.

Salary Range

$60,000+ dependent on experience

Working Conditions

• Standard office environment
• Work long hours intermittently
• Requires some travel
• Must be available to work early morning, late night, weekend and some holidays.

Benefits

The University provides a that includes insurance and retirement benefits in addition to other programs and services.

Texas Development supports growth by offering professional development opportunities that help every team member accomplish their goals, enrich their skillset and deepen their engagement with UT.

Required Materials

Applications must include :

• Resume / CV
• Letter of interest
• Three work references with contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

Important for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers : You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications.

Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section;

you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded.

Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers : As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs.

If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply.

This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume.

In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.

that were noted above.

Employment Eligibility :

Regular staff who have been employed in their current position for the last six continuous months are eligible for openings being recruited for through University-Wide or Open Recruiting, to include both promotional opportunities and lateral transfers.

Staff who are promotion / transfer eligible may apply for positions without supervisor approval.

Retirement Plan Eligibility :

The retirement plan for this position is Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS), subject to the position being at least 20 hours per week and at least 135 days in length.

Background Checks :

A criminal history background check will be required for finalist(s) under consideration for this position.