Lighting Supervisor

POSITION PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA seeks full-time staff Lighting Supervisor. Under the direction of the Production Manager, the Lighting Supervisor is responsible for the safe and successful planning, operation, and maintenance of lighting and video needs for all company productions and in-house events. They supervise the electrics staff and optimize available resources for all Signature lighting and video needs, in coordination with the other production departments. Signature, a LORT Theatre, produces 6 to 8 full-scale company productions, a cabaret series, and several additional one-off events annually.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Production support

• Collaborate with designers and production staff to support lighting and video design needs for all productions.
• Cost-out material, labor, and time needed to execute all lighting and video designs, evaluate design feasibility, and ensure safe implementation.
• Coordinate with other departments on any shared production elements, such as practicals in scenery, the electrification of props, and any special effects.
• Configure and maintain all electrics equipment and lighting and video networks.
• Design and implement all electrics rigging systems.
• Ensure proper functionality and safety of all electrical elements.
• Maintain the lighting and video equipment inventories.
• Supervise the ongoing maintenance of all lighting and video designs during run, including ongoing artistic and technical integrity, and upkeep of lighting paperwork.

Electrics personnel management

• Hire, manage, and dismiss full-time and over hire electrics staff.
• Schedule over hire crew and assist HR team with onboarding of over hire employees.
• Submit weekly payrolls for all hourly electrics employees.
• Manage electrics crew in the planning, hang, focus, maintenance, and load-out of the light and video plots.

Departmental planning

• Coordinate scheduling needs with Production Manager and other production departments.
• Work with Production Manager to generate electrics budgets, track departmental spending, and generate periodic re-projections of annual budget.
• Develop and update long-range plans for improvement and expansion of the lighting and video inventories, theatre equipment, and systems.

Other duties as assigned

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POSITION PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA seeks full-time staff Lighting Supervisor. Under the direction of the Production Manager, the Lighting Supervisor is responsible for the safe and successful planning, operation, and maintenance of lighting and video needs for all company productions and in-house events. They supervise the electrics staff and optimize available resources for all Signature lighting and video needs, in coordination with the other production departments. Signature, a LORT Theatre, produces 6 to 8 full-scale company productions, a cabaret series, and several additional one-off events annually.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

Production support

• Collaborate with designers and production staff to support lighting and video design needs for all productions.
• Cost-out material, labor, and time needed to execute all lighting and video designs, evaluate design feasibility, and ensure safe implementation.
• Coordinate with other departments on any shared production elements, such as practicals in scenery, the electrification of props, and any special effects.
• Configure and maintain all electrics equipment and lighting and video networks.
• Design and implement all electrics rigging systems.
• Ensure proper functionality and safety of all electrical elements.
• Maintain the lighting and video equipment inventories.
• Supervise the ongoing maintenance of all lighting and video designs during run, including ongoing artistic and technical integrity, and upkeep of lighting paperwork.

Electrics personnel management

• Hire, manage, and dismiss full-time and overhire electrics staff.
• Schedule overhire crew and assist HR team with onboarding of overhire employees.
• Submit weekly payroll for all hourly electrics employees.
• Manage electrics crew in the planning, hang, focus, maintenance, and load-out of the light and video plots.

Departmental planning

• Coordinate scheduling needs with Production Manager and other production departments.
• Work with Production Manager to generate electrics budgets, track departmental spending, and generate periodic re-projections of annual budget.
• Develop and update long-range plans for improvement and expansion of the lighting and video inventories, theatre equipment, and systems.

Other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS AND COMPETENCIES

• Expert knowledge of theatrical lighting systems, equipment, and practices
• Working knowledge of Vectorworks, Lightwright, Watchout 6, and ETC Eos Family consoles and software
• Capable experience in computer networking for theatrical applications
• Experience working with LED tape and integrating into production elements
• Experience working with wireless practicals
• Able to read and understand technical ground plans, sections, lighting and sound plots, etc.

WORKING REQUIREMENTS

• Employee must be able to lift 75+ pounds unaided and in repetition.
• Employee may be required to occasionally work in extreme conditions: at heights, in confined spaces, and in adverse weather.
• Employee must maintain a safe and orderly working environment.
• Employee must maintain a valid driver’s license.