Electrics Fellow

TITLE: Electrics Fellow

SUPERVISOR: Lighting & Sound Supervisor

DEPARTMENT: Lighting

DIVISION: Production

ONSITE REQUIREMENTS: This position will require mostly onsite work.

SCHEDULE DESCRIPTION: During tech and preview weeks, this position often works 12-hour days, six days a week often over 40 hours in a week. These long days do include breaks and downtime and time worked over 40 hours will be compensated for with overtime.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Electrics Fellow will participate in load-in, hanging and focusing lights, troubleshooting problems during tech rehearsals, programming and running board for tech rehearsals, maintaining electrics equipment during production runs, and participating in all lighting strikes and changeovers. The Fellow will have hands-on experiences and have opportunities to learn various skills including soldering, wiring practices, and miscellaneous theatre specific electric's needs.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

This position is meant for early-career individuals who have an interest, if not direct experience, in the following essential functions of the role:

• Installing Light Plots
• Create run paperwork for Shows.
• Work closely with Designers to prepare all tech needs.
• Help create an installation schedule.
• Help monitor budgets for shows.
• Work as Programmer during technical rehearsal
• Patch and ring out lighting systems
• Maintain organization of inventories and storage
• Attending Production meetings before and during tech rehearsals.
• Help set up lighting needs for rentals and events.
• Participate in Studio Theatre’s on-going anti-racism work
• Be actively engaged in the programming elements of the Fellows in Residence Program
• Other duties as assigned.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals, especially any individuals with disabilities, to perform the functions.

• Travel between multiple locations (other theatres, stores, rental warehouses)
• Sensory – must be comfortable working around bright and occasionally flashing lights and loud sounds.
• Schedule: must be willing to work a sometimes-irregular schedule, with long hours during tech weeks.
• Comfortability working, standing, and carrying instruments on ladders up to 12 feet.
• Comfortability on a tension wire grid at 20ft and working in small spaces.
• Significant physical needs - able to lift upward of 50lbs.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR IN A FELLOW:

We expect a fellow will have:

Required:

• Experience working on electrics crews. (Hang and Focus)
• ETC console programming experience
• Commitment to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and enthusiasm to work with teams with diverse identities.

Preferred:

• Awareness of current lighting equipment preferred.
• Vectorworks knowledge.
• LED tape knowledge