Production Manager

Position Summary

Provide and manage event management and technical support for all events supported by Conferences and Events at Lenoir-Rhyne University.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Oversee the production assistant and student workers.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Serve as director of all Conferences and Events technical services for performing arts venues, including PE Monroe, Belk Centrum and Grace Chapel.
• Serve as the point of contact for LR offices and units using C&E-managed performing arts venues on campus regarding production management.
• Implement and monitor safety and fire prevention practices in all C&E event spaces.
• Ensure compliance with relevant policies and regulations for productions managed through Conferences and Events, including ADA guidelines, copyright laws and safety guidelines.
• Oversee, operate and maintain all sound, lighting, rigging and other stage equipment in all C&E-managed venues on campus.
• Serve as lead technician in facilities supported by Conferences and Events.
• Communicate through event reports to ensure problems are corrected.
• Hire, train, manage and supervise Conferences and Events production student employees.
• Maintain a database of work-study students.
• Maintain a database of outside contractors.
• Hire and manage contractors, and ensure invoicing and payments as needed for events on campus in C&E-managed venues.
• Serve as the technical liaison between LR departments and internal and external groups using spaces for events.
• Serve as the technical advisor and review technical riders for all artists, speakers and groups using Conferences and Events facilities.
• Staff events as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to lift up to 60 pounds.
• Possess a valid driver's license.

Required Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

• Possess strong managerial skills.
• Possess strong customer service and time management skills.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Possess comprehensive knowledge and experience in sound and production management.
• Possess strong knowledge and experience in theater production.

Behavioral Expectations

• Maintain high integrity, confidentiality, and ethical standards.
• Maintain a healthy and safe environment.
• Maintain and contribute to a professional, respectful, courteous, diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment.
• Treat other individuals with dignity, respect, and kindness.
• Adhere to all university policies, procedures, standards, values, and comply with all federal, state, and local laws.

About Lenoir-Rhyne University

Lenoir-Rhyne University is a co-educational, private, comprehensive liberal arts institution founded in 1891, with its traditional campus located in Hickory, North Carolina, a city of more than 40,000. The university has additional graduate centers in Asheville, N.C., and Columbia, S.C. Situated in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Lenoir-Rhyne is less than an hour's drive from Charlotte, and the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton Metropolitan Statistical Area has a population of about 365,000. The university now offers more than 45 undergraduate and 20 graduate degree programs to approximately 2,400 students. Lenoir-Rhyne University seeks to liberate mind and spirit, clarify personal faith, foster physical wholeness, build community, and promote responsible leadership for service to the world. Affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Lenoir-Rhyne is open to people from all religious and non-religious backgrounds.