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Department-specific Responsibilities

• Leads a team of 30 to 60 student workers who support backstage and modest front-of-house operations for nearly 900 music performances per year, across 3 routine recital venues (Auer Hall, Ford-Crawford Hall, and Recital Hall) and a few other occasional on-campus locations.
• Manages the hiring, training, scheduling, and improvement of the student recital setups team.
• Trains and supervises student stage crews, faculty, and staff on the proper operation of audio, video, lighting equipment in the recital venues.
• Point of coordination between the individuals and offices for Scheduling, Programs, Piano Technology, Audio, Live Stream, Classroom Technology, and any other supporting teams for the planning and delivery of performances in the recital venues.
• Establishes/refines norms on how we prepare and setup for various range of routine performances, such as a solo piano recital, lecture recital, string quartet concert, etc.
• Supports emergency and contingent planning for the recital venues.
• Monitors the equipment of the recital venues to ensure that items are serviced, tested, or replaced in keeping with the appropriate norms. In coordination with the audio department, performing basic maintenance as needed on audio equipment.
• Provides to the Associate Dean for Artistic Operations daily bullet-point reports on the prior day's events.
• In coordination with the Manager of Audio, provides audio support 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 recording systems, including wireless microphones, mixing consoles, stage monitors, and associated equipment.
• Provide technical guidance as required to ensure performance needs are met.
• Reports to the Associate Dean for Artistic Operations and may be assigned other tasks for broad efforts of the Jacobs School Artistic Operations Team.

General Responsibilities

• Monitors productions and signals, determines proper operation of 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 maintains video production facilities, recording and editing equipment, and lighting and stage equipment, including digital cameras, switchers, graphics, routing, recording, playback, encoding, embedding, compression, and multiplexing with multiple layers of audio.
• Assesses equipment needs for productions, procures necessary materials, and configures installation to ensure consistent operations during production.
• May train Broadcast Technicians and/or Audio/Video Technicians on procedures and production equipment operations.

Qualifications
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 engineering and/or related field

WORK EXPERIENCE
Required

• 2 years in related field

Preferred

• 2 years live sound experience in a performing arts or academic setting
• Proficiency with digital mixing consoles, microphones, Dante networks, and wireless microphones
• Knowledge of a range of music performance experience common to a university conservatory of music, such as student solo recitals, chamber music recitals, ensemble performances, faculty and guest performances, lecture recitals, etc
• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills with the ability to work well under pressure

SKILLS
Required

• Proficient communication skills
• Maintains a high degree of professionalism
• Demonstrated time management and priority setting skills
• Demonstrates a high commitment to quality
• Possesses flexibility to work in a fast paced, dynamic environment
• Seeks to acquire knowledge in area of specialty
• Highly thorough and dependable
• Demonstrates a high level of accuracy, even under pressure

Working Conditions / Demands
This role regularly requires the ability to effectively communicate. This role frequently requires the ability to handle equipment. This role frequently requires the ability to remain stationary and ascend/descend ladders/stairs. This role requires the ability to move objects weighing up to 25 pounds. Ability to move up to 50 pounds unassisted. The role requires the ability to detect items in close proximity as well as far away; discern between colors; detect objects in peripheral space of self; discern items in detail; and to have good depth perception. The person in this role must be able to perform the essential functions with or without an accommodation.
Additional Information
This is an in-person position.
Work Location
IUB campus.
Benefits Overview
For full-time staff employees, Indiana University offers a wide array 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, critical illness, and supplemental accidental death & dismemberment insurance
• Base retirement plan with generous IU contributions, subject to vesting
• Voluntary supplemental retirement plan options
• Tuition subsidy for employees and family members taking IU courses
• 10 paid holidays plus a paid winter break each year
• Generous paid time off plans
• Paid leave for new parents and IU-sponsored volunteer events
• Employee assistance program (EAP)

Learn more about our benefits by reviewing the IU Benefit Programs Brochure .
Job Classification
Career Level: Core
FLSA: Exempt
Job Function: Marketing & Communications
Job Family: Broadcasting & Production
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