Floor Manager

The Floor Manager is a key Front-of-House, facilities, safety, and customer experience leader responsible for ensuring that The UC Theatre provides the best customer experience and operates smoothly, safely, professionally, and in alignment with the organization’s mission. This position requires expertise in live-event operations, guest experience, crowd management, staff leadership, bar operations, safety, de‑escalation, and cultural competency.

This position manages day-of-show floor operations, supports facility readiness, and supervises FOH staff, ushers, Care Crew, medics, and other guest-facing teams.

The Floor Manager must maintain calm and sound judgment in a fast‑paced, densely populated environment, communicate clearly across departments, and anticipate issues before they affect guest safety, venue operations, or show timing.

Additionally, the Floor Manager supports The UC Theatre’s Concert Career Pathways (CCP) program by mentoring, training, and supervising youth interns and workforce development participants.

• Supervise &
  
  Schedule:
  
  Hire, schedule, train, and evaluate FOH personnel, including floor staff, ushers, Care Crew, and medics. Coordinate staffing plans across departments for shows, rentals, and special events.
• Lead
  
  Shifts:
  
  Conduct pre‑shift briefings and post‑show debriefs. Distribute assignments, show protocols, safety notes, and guest‑service expectations,
• Mentor Interns: Actively mentor and supervise Concert Career Pathways interns working in FOH and venue operations, providing real‑time coaching and constructive feedback.

• Service Excellence: Act as the primary point of contact for patron inquiries, accessibility needs (ADA compliance), seating upgrades, lost and found, and customer complaints.
• Inclusion & Safe Spaces: Help implement and reinforce the venue's policies, ensuring an environment free from discrimination, harassment, and hate speech.
• Entry & Flow: Manage queue lines and entry points to ensure doors open on time and ticket scanning and bag checks move efficiently and professionally. Manage & measure safe entry for ticket holders in minutes, to expedite short waiting times.

• Crowd Monitoring: Maintain active visual monitoring of crowd density, entry/egress points, barriers, and ADA sections in our 1,400‑capacity room.
• De‑escalation & Enforcement: Identify, de‑escalate, and document guest conflicts, intoxication issues, and code‑of‑conduct violations. Execute safe guest ejections when necessary.
• Emergency Readiness: Ensure all staff understand emergency procedures (evacuation, active‑threat, shelter‑in‑place, and medical response). Serve as a primary leader during emergency situations.
• Compliance & Security: Ensure fire lanes, emergency exits, and ADA paths remain completely unobstructed. Partner with security, medics, and local agencies to maintain compliance.

• Venue Setup & Strike: Coordinate the physical setup and breakdown of the theater (chairs, tables, barricades, stanchions, signage, and merch areas).
• Cross‑Departmental Coordination: Collaborate with Box Office, Production, Bar, and Facilities teams to ensure a unified event flow.
• Food Operations: Manage the ordering, delivery, and sales coordination of show‑day food items (e.g., pizza) for audience purchase.
• Administration & Reporting: Complete post‑show FOH reports, detailing attendance notes, incidents, staff hours, intern evaluations, maintenance‑needs, and recommended improvements.

• Experience: Minimum 2+ years of leadership experience in high‑volume live events, music venues, theaters, hospitality, or public assembly environments.
• Operations Knowledge: Strong working knowledge of FOH operations, responsible alcohol service, guest relations, and crowd control.
• De‑escalation
  
  Skills:
  
  Proven ability to defuse tense situations and handle guest conflicts calmly under pressure.
• Leadership: Experience supervising, coaching, and motivating diverse, fast‑moving teams.
• Adaptability: Comfort working in a fast‑paced, loud, and densely populated…