Manager, Theater Productions

Manager, Theater Productions at Cuyahoga Community College

Department: Theater Management
Location: Metropolitan Campus
Reports To: Executive Director, Media and Production Services
Recruitment Type: External/Internal
Requisition : req
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Employment Type: Administration and Professionals
Union Position: Non-Union
Work Schedule: Standard College hours with some evening and weekends
Number of Openings: 1

Summary
Oversees all technical aspects of theatre productions across the College’s seven venues, including lighting, sound, rigging, special effects, and set construction. Serves as Technical Director for events and productions, ensuring high-quality technical support. Manages theatre staff performance and development, and leads the College’s strategic planning for technical theatre. Coordinates production planning, system design, and installation. Promotes collaborative communication across campuses and with community partners to support events and expand partnerships.

• Oversees technical operations, production planning, and execution for all College theatre spaces and events, ensuring high-quality support across over 100 annual productions
• Manages theatre staff performance, scheduling, and professional development College-wide
• Implements capital planning, assists with budget planning, monitoring, and implementation for technical theatre systems and venue enhancements
• Coordinates facility scheduling, production calendars, and inventory management for internal and external clients
• In collaboration with departmental leadership, provides planning, design, specification, purchase, installation, inventory, and maintenance of production systems for theatre spaces College-wide
• Supervises design teams and ensures timely communication and coordination across departments and leadership
• Foster strong relationships with faculty, staff, and community partners to support theatre operations and initiatives
• Schedules, coordinates, and oversees meetings for all the College’s annual productions
• Ensures up-to-date theatre supplies and inventories are available to support theatre operations
• Supervises planning, design, and actualization of enhancements for all theatres
• Performs other duties as assigned

Education and Experience/Training

• Bachelor's degree in technical theatre or related field
  • Significant related experience may substitute for education
• Minimum of five (5) years demonstrated full-time professional theatrical production experience including lead responsibilities
• Demonstrated experience planning, assigning, scheduling, supervising, and ensuring the quality of the work of others
• Demonstrated experience planning and monitoring a business area’s budget
• Demonstrated experience effectively making decisions that have major implications on the management and operations within a department
• Demonstrated experience in a role requiring diverse problem-solving methods in a variety of situations

• Valid Ohio driver’s license and the ability to travel between multiple campuses within Northeast Ohio
• Possess comprehensive knowledge of Technical Theatre theories, concepts, and practices with the ability to use in varied situations as it pertains to the departmental focus
• Excellent organizational and prioritization skills with demonstrated attention to detail
• Ability to be creative and exercise initiative
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability to adjust to changing priorities and respond appropriately to deadlines
• Possess leadership skills and ability to foster a team environment and work collaboratively
• Demonstrated intermediate Project Management skills
• Ability to develop and effectively execute detailed project management work plans
• Possess intermediate-level proficiency with Microsoft:
  Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point
• Ability to confidentially and discreetly handle subject matters requiring privacy and sensitivity
• Ability to collaborate, persuade, gain cooperation and acceptance of ideas on significant projects
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships with key contacts to enhance workflow and quality
• Possess sensitivity to respond…