Festival Technical Director
Company: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits
Location: Minneapolis
Posted on: October 16, 2024
Job Description:
Minnesota Fringe's mission is to connect adventurous artists
with adventurous audiences. Fringe is preparing for its annual
Fringe Festival taking place July 31-August 10, 2025. As the
largest performing arts festival in the Midwest, Fringe will fill
20,000+ seats with audiences viewing > 100 shows and > 550
performances by more than 500 artists on a variety of stages in
Minneapolis. Fringe seeks a creative problem solver and responsible
individual to join our team as Festival Technical Director. The
Festival Technical Director responsibilities include planning and
executing technical logistics leading up to and throughout the
Fringe Festival season. Working in concert with the Artist Liaison
and alongside the Director of Audience & Volunteer Engagement, the
Festival Technical Director is involved with the execution of
events including hiring and training of technical personnel,
interfacing with and managing artist technical requests, allocating
equipment, load-in and load-out of Festival venues within the
established timelines and financial goals. Responsibilities
- Serve as the main point of contact with all venues immediately
leading up to and during the festival and the keeper of knowledge
around key and access policies, emergency contacts, and other
necessary information to ensure smooth operations.
- Coordinate with venues to ensure up-to-date information
regarding the needs of the festival and festival artists.
- Coordinate with vendors for additional equipment needs
including delivery and return schedules.
- Update job descriptions and contracts for seasonal technicians.
Hire, manage, and train seasonal venue technical staff. Oversee
staff relations and execute disciplinary action when necessary
according to Fringe policies.
- Coordinate assignment of technicians to venues based on
venue/artist needs and experience of individual technicians. Manage
load-in/strike for all Fringe-managed venues, coordinating crew and
ensuring all venues are prepared for rehearsals and
performances.
- Lead technical workshops for producers, communicating details
of technical policies, expectations, and festival procedures.
- Work with artists individually to answer technical requests and
coordinate technical needs for each show. Review artist technical
questionnaires to ensure festival policy adherence and address
issues or questions before technical rehearsals begin.
- Coordinate and communicate technical rehearsal schedules to all
festival artists.
- Troubleshoot problems during Festival, supporting technical
staff as necessary.
- Attend (most) bi-weekly / weekly staff meetings April - July to
ensure all staff are briefed on technical aspects of Festivals and
progress towards established goals.
- Operate within confines of Technical Operations budget. Manage
direct report payment schedule.
- Conduct direct report post-mortem survey to address issues or
areas of improvement. Pay This is a seasonal 1099 position
($7000/festival season or roughly $40/hour) that reports to the
Executive Director. This is a renewable contract for which the
terms can be revisited on an annual basis during the annual
position review. To apply, email a resume and cover letter to Dawn
Bentley prior to November 15, 2024.
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Keywords: Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, Brooklyn Park , Festival Technical Director, Executive , Minneapolis, Minnesota
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