Payroll Title: Theatrical Production Supervisor 1

Job Code: 006140

Job Open Date: 3/20/24

Application Review Begins: 4/5/24; open until filled

Department Code (Name): DRAM (Theater and Dance)

Percentage of Time: 100%

Union Code (Name): 99 (Non-Represented)

Employee Class (Appointment Type): Staff (Career)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Classified Indicator Description (Personnel Program): PSS

Salary Grade: 20

Hiring/Budgeted Hourly Range: $29.55 - $32.63/hr.

Full Hourly Range: Salary offers are determined based on final candidate qualifications and experience; the budget for the position; and the application of fair, equitable, and consistent pay practices at the University. The full hourly range for this position is $29.55 - $51.77/hr. The budgeted salary range that the University reasonably expects to pay for this position is $29.55 - $32.63/hr.

Work Location: 2520 Theater West

Working Days and Hours: M-F; 8am - 5pm; some evenings weekends, holidays

Benefits Eligibility:  Full Benefits

Type of Remote or Hybrid Work Arrangement if applicable: n/a

Special Instructions

For full consideration, please include a resume and a cover letter as part of your application.

Department Marketing Statement 

The Department of Theater and Dance fosters an inclusive, vibrant and stimulating environment that encourages creative self-expression and critical thinking. Undergraduate programs include intensive, conservatory-style training for actors and dancers, as well as general degrees with a focus on Dance, Design, Directing, Playwriting, Theater and Community and Theater and Performance Studies.  The department's nationally recognized and highly ranked graduate program offers a diverse array of interdisciplinary approaches to performance research within a global orientation.  The department provides a lively forum for faculty to integrate teaching and research, at the cutting edge of their areas of expertise.

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Brief Summary of Job Duties 

Oversees all technical elements (except costumes) related to department's season of theater and dance productions. Acts as liaison between designers and shops to ensure all designs are translated and executed properly. Creates working drawings from

designer drawings for use in shops. Facilitates technical set-up, operation, and coordination of personnel. Responsible for student employees, run crews, production supervisors and Technical Teaching Assistants. Oversees technical budgets and schedules. Oversees safety in all technical areas. Assists with the coordination of Theater and Dance facility maintenance.

Required Qualifications

• BA in technical theater related major or equivalent experience and/or training.
• Two years of practical technical theater experience that demonstrates leadership ability.
• Demonstrated experience with theater operations, including budgeting, scheduling, scenic construction, rigging, lighting and sound.
• Working computer knowledge.
• 1-3 years of experience with producing efficient and precise CAD drawings.

Special Conditions of Employment

• Satisfactory conviction history background check
• UCSB is a Tobacco-Free environment
• Ability to work some evenings, weekends, holiday hours.

Job Functions and Percentages of Time:

Mainstage Productions 40%:  Serves as Technical Director for departmental season mainstage productions, including theater and dance. Includes budgeting, coordination, planning, safety, and execution of all technical activities (except for costumes) associated with each production. Work includes extensive collaboration and consultation with designers to ensure designs are successfully translated and realized. Responsible for the creation of working drawings from designer drawings and elevations for shop use. Attends weekly production meetings. Facilitates technical set-up, operation, and coordination of personnel for technical rehearsals. Hires or assigns, and supervises, a production supervisor for the run of each production. Assists in each technical area (scenic, properties, lighting, video, projection, and sound) as needed, and as time permits, to help ensure proper and successful execution of production needs.

Supervision/Communication/Safety 25%:  Supervises the Scene Shop Manager, Lighting and Sound Supervisor, and Sr. Scene Technician. Acts as a liaison and communication link between designers and each shop area to insure proper execution of each design. Works closely with each area head in areas of scheduling and planning, design details, labor, and budgeting. Coordinates the daily schedule of the Sr. Scene Tech who floats between different technical areas. In coordination with area supervisors, hires, trains, and supervises limited and student employees. Hires or assigns, trains, and supervises production crews for all facility rentals. May act as venue supervisor for departmental productions and facility rentals. Works with Fire Marshall and Environmental Health & Safety to ensure the use, and documentation, of safe practices in all technical areas.

Budgeting 15%:  Responsible for working within allocated production budgets. Responsible for providing accurate estimates and feedback on proposed designs, and working with designers to reach final design choices that can be attained within budget. Responsible for weekly updates on budgets. Works in conjunction with scene shop manager, and lighting and sound supervisor, to maintain area budgets for equipment, supplies, and labor.

Student Teaching and Supervision 10%:  Recruits, schedules, trains, and supervises Student Lab Run Crews for all mainstage productions (5-10 crew members per production). Evaluates related student lab work for grading purposes. May also teach student scenic or lighting lab classes as needed. Trains Technical Teaching Assistants to ensure safe and proper use of spaces and equipment. May on occasion be responsible for the training and supervision of Student Lab Run Crews for classroom related productions. In coordination with a designer or design faculty, may on occasion supervise student design assistants in the areas of scenic, properties, lighting, and/or sound.

Classroom Related Productions 5%:  Recruits and schedules production run crews for the yearly One Acts, the One Person Shows, and Theater Honors. May do the same for several dance classroom related productions. Consults with the Technical Teaching Assistants to ensure technical needs are being met adequately and safely for these productions. Helps as needed, and as time permits, to coordinate minimal technical needs for various classroom-related productions, including the hiring and training of production supervisors.

Other 5%: Coordinates, with support staff, student prop check out for class projects. Coordinates prop rentals for non-departmental requests. Assists with the coordination of Theater and Dance facility maintenance. Other duties as assigned.

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As a condition of employment, you will be required to comply with the University of California Policy on Vaccination Programs – With Interim Revisions.* 

As a condition of Physical Presence at a Location or in a University Program, all Covered Individuals** must participate in any applicable Vaccination Program by providing proof that they are Up-to-Date with any required Vaccines or submitting a request for Exception in a Mandate Program or properly declining vaccination in an Opt-Out Program no later than the Compliance Date (Capitalized terms in this paragraph are defined in the policy.).  Federal, state, or local public health directives may impose additional requirements. 

For more information, please visit:

·         UC Santa Barbara COVID-19 Information https://www.ucsb.edu/COVID-19-information

·         University of California Policy on Vaccinations – With Interim Amendments https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/5000695/VaccinationProgramsPolicy

*Note: The Policy on Vaccination Programs – With Interim Revisions was updated effective August 16, 2023. A systemwide review of this policy will take place in Fall 2023 with an expected issuance/effective date in early 2024.

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