Duration: Full time: (10 months) School Year per contract

Reporting to: Director of Fine and Performing Arts

FLSA: exempt/contract

Schedule: Monday through Friday (plus scheduled events)

Hours: FT (7:50 – 3:20, plus required afterschool theatre time)

Mission:

Rooted in the Catholic, Dominican tradition, St. Agnes Academy challenges young women through exceptional academic preparation and transformational experiences to lead with integrity, joy, and a commitment to social justice. 

Job Purpose:

St. Agnes Academy seeks a Technical Director to serve the Department of Performing Arts and oversee its production season in our state-of-the-art 63,000 sq. ft. performing arts facilities featuring a 1300-seat proscenium auditorium, flexible black box studio theatre, dance studio, and scene shop. This is a new, key position in the school’s celebrated performing arts program.

Faith, Community, and Dominican Charism

• Ensure that the four pillars of a Dominican education (prayer, study, community, preaching) are developed and promoted among the school community.
• Develop an active faith community and model Christian values.
• Incorporate prayer and spiritual formation within the student, faculty/staff, and parent communities.
• Uphold and implement the Dominican charism and the Houston Dominican Sisters’ congregational goals.

The main responsibilities will include:

• Teach one stagecraft course
• Supervise all student construction and technical work for performances in the season (currently two musicals, one play, and various dance and music concerts)
• Collaborate closely with the Director of Fine and Performing Arts, Performing Arts Department Chair, Directors of Theatre, Music, and Dance as well as administrative staff as needed on all performances and events.
• Work with and oversee the work of the AV-IT Technician in connection with productions in Meyer Hall

Specific duties include:

• Organization and maintenance of all theatre equipment
• Managing and maintaining the scene shop
• Scheduling student workers and overseeing practicum hours
• Ensuring safety in all technical activities
• Overseeing production and maintenance budgets
• Creating production calendars and build schedules
• Supervising and mentoring students using tools, materials, rigging, lighting instruments, and those operating technologies such as tech consoles
• Hiring and supervising over hires
• Creating scenic and/or lighting design(s) for performances
• Other duties as deemed necessary by the Director of Fine and Performing Arts, Principal, or Head of School

Qualifications:

• Commitment to embrace the mission of St. Agnes Academy
• A bachelor’s degree in a related field is required; master’s degree preferred.
• Significant experience in technical direction for musicals, plays and dance at the professional and/or academic level is required.
• The successful candidate will be proficient in current trends in scenic technology and demonstrate skill and experience in carpentry, scenic painting, theatrical lighting, metalworking and welding, budget management, CAD drafting, rigging, etc.
• Experience teaching in an independent school and/or an all-girls environment a plus
• Ability to establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others
• Professional attitude and appearance
• Completion of Safe Haven training

Work Environment:
This job operates in a professional/educational environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

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

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to handle average weight objects up to 25lbs, walking up to 4 hours per day, communicate via phone/face to face, manually input data into a computer. Work environment involves some exposure to hazards or physical risks, which require following basic safety precautions. Work may involve moderate exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, and/or loud noises.

The forgoing statements describe the general purpose and responsibilities assigned to this job and are not an exhaustive list of all the responsibilities and duties that may be assigned or skills that may be required.