Manager, Event Production

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts team

Description

Role Overview
Reporting to the Director, Event Production, the Manager is a member of the Production Management team responsible for the active technical and production management of events at Lincoln Center's iconic venues, including: Alice Tully Hall, David Geffen Hall, the Kaplan Penthouse, David Rubenstein Atrium, Clark Studio Theater, the public areas including Damrosch Park, as well as off-campus venues.
Performance and Campus Operations department members work together across disciplines to successfully execute events and performances that encompass nearly every artistic form and genre. This includes everything from free educational and community-based programming, to large-scale, multi-day, corporate activations of Lincoln Center's venues. The team also serves the Lincoln Center constituent organizations and helps bring their work to life on stage and around the campus.
What You'll Get To Do Here
  • Proactively engage clients and constituents in the production advance process, providing excellent client service throughout
  • Lead discussions with clients and constituents regarding requirements, budget, staffing, house, and work rules
  • Review and approve stage plans, plots, production schedules, and equipment lists
  • Build cost estimates for clients, reconcile costs post event
  • Communicate required staffing and scope of work to relevant teams and labor forces
  • Manage venue and resources during event
  • Supervise on-site technical, trade, union, and non-union staff; managing and motivating through all phases of advance and execution
  • Manage labor in alignment with Lincoln Center’s strategy
  • Ensure compliance with Lincoln Center’s policies and safety standards
  • Maintain and implement departmental objectives and actively participate in developing future departmental goals

Requirements

You'll Be A Fit If You Bring:
  • Education Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of experience
Experience Qualifications
  • 4-6 years of verifiable, professional technical and production management experience
  • Clear and consistent verbal and written communication skills
  • Working knowledge of theatrical systems
  • Ability to work both independently and collaboratively
  • Desire to contribute to a positive culture in a fast-paced environment
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office; AutoCAD or Vectorworks capable
  • Experience managing or directing union stagehand labor
  • Experience in multiple performing arts disciplines
  • Extensive experience leading cross-departmental teams
  • OSHA 30 Certification

How to apply

Apply via link

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Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

**Overview** Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is the steward of the world’s leading performing arts center, an artistic and civic cornerstone for New York City comprised of eleven resident companies on a 16-acre campus. The nonprofit’s strategic priorities include: supporting the arts organizations that call Lincoln Center home to realize their missions and fostering opportunities for collaboration across campus; championing inclusion and increasing the accessibility and reach of Lincoln Center’s work; and reimagining and strengthening the performing arts for the 21st century and beyond, helping ensure their rightful place at the center of civic life. The 11 resident organizations include: The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Film at Lincoln Center, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Juilliard School, Lincoln Center Theater, The Metropolitan Opera, New York City Ballet, New York Philharmonic, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, the School of American Ballet, and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Job Details

Posted on May 12

New York, NY, USA

Full time

Junior