Stage Manager

About the role

Busch Gardens is a place of thrills, fun, and lasting memories. This seasonal position plays a crucial role in delivering exceptional guest service and supporting various shows, events, or costumed character products.

Responsibilities

• Executes and maintains artistic and operational integrity of specified show, event, or costumed character product.
• Oversees the supervision of the assigned operations teams, including casts and crews.
• Executes and maintains assigned teams' timecard and schedules using Scheduler and KRONOS programs.
• Works with project timelines and schedules to ensure park and departmental goals and objectives are achieved.
• Involved in running and maintaining rehearsal and operational processes, training, schedules, production books, and start-up meetings.
• Collaborates with Entertainment Theming, Operations, Production, and Theatrical Services teams to achieve project goals and objectives, including rehearsal, install, and strike plans.
• Collaborates with department leadership in the execution and supervision of Entertainment processes to achieve park and department safety targets.
• Executes development, performance, and evaluation of team members within assigned team, as well as administers developmental discussions for direct reports.
• Participates in other duties as assigned that support park and departmental goals and objectives.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities

• Team member supervision, show/event quality assurance, safety, and venue operations.
• Training and development, evaluation, team member performance supervision, and department safety initiatives.

What It Takes to Succeed

• Proven supervisory stage management skills.
• Strong communication skills.
• Problem-solving skills.
• A positive attitude, a team player.
• Organized and detail-oriented.
• Ability to negotiate and collaborate with a team.

Education and Special Skills

• Associates or Bachelor’s degree in Theatre Management, Theatre Arts, Event Management, or equivalent professional experience.
• Two years professional supervisory stage management experience preferred.
• Two years professional entertainment or theme park experience preferred.

Pay

Compensation: 17.50 USD

Benefits

• FREE park admission.
• Discounts on park admission tickets and passes for family and friends.
• Park discounts on food, merchandise, etc.
• Scholarship opportunities.
• Exclusive employee events and giveaways.

EEO Information

EEO Employer SEAWORLD PARKS & ENTERTAINMENT IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ALL APPLICANTS WILL BE CONSIDERED WITHOUT REGARD TO AGE, RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, PREGNANCY, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, DISABILITY OR COVERED VETERAN STATUS.