Digital Production & Venue Support Technician; Lighting Specialism

Contract:

Permanent, Full Time (35 hours per week)

Salary information: £39,410 – £43,620 per annum, inclusive of Inner London Weighting

Guildhall School of Music & Drama is looking for an enthusiastic, skilled and collaborative Lighting Technician to join our Digital, Production & Venue Support (DPVS) team. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who loves theatre lighting, enjoys being part of the creative process and wants to work somewhere where the productions are ambitious, the facilities are substantial and the students are at the centre of everything we do.

You will work primarily within Guildhall’s Silk Street Theatre, supporting a busy programme of full-scale drama, opera and performance work throughout the year. Alongside that, you will become part of our wider 26-person DPVS team, working across Guildhall’s theatres, concert halls, studios and performance spaces and contributing to the extraordinary range of technical work that happens here every day.

At its heart, this is a hands‑on theatre lighting role. You will work alongside our Performance Venues team, production staff, lighting lecturers, students and academic colleagues to realise ambitious productions safely and to a high professional standard. One production might be a large-scale opera with complex lighting, flying, sound, video and scenic requirements; the next might be a contemporary drama production, an experimental student project or a visiting professional company.

You will operate and maintain theatrical lighting equipment, work with conventional and intelligent fixtures, support lighting control systems and help take productions from fit-up and technical rehearsals through to performance and get-out. We are looking for somebody who enjoys the craft of making a theatre work well: someone who cares about the quality of a rig, understands the importance of preparation and maintenance, and remains calm and collaborative when the pressure increases.

Just as importantly, you will be working in a conservatoire. Our students are exceptionally talented young actors, musicians, production artists, designers and theatre-makers who are developing the skills that will take them into the professional industries. We want somebody who genuinely enjoys being around students, sharing knowledge, explaining things clearly and helping them develop strong professional habits. You do not need to be a lecturer, but you should enjoy being part of a learning environment.

We are looking for a lighting technician with strong practical experience in theatre, opera, live performance or a closely related production environment. Perhaps you are currently freelancing and would like the stability of a permanent role while continuing to work on ambitious productions, or perhaps you are a venue technician, assistant electrician, programmer or production technician ready for the next stage in your career.

You should be comfortable with the fundamentals of theatrical lighting: rigging, focusing, patching, fault‑finding, operating and programming lighting systems and working safely erience with moving lights, modern control systems and networked lighting infrastructure will be valuable, while knowledge of rigging, flying, sound, AV or projection would also be welcome.

We are not looking for somebody who already knows everything. DPVS is deliberately multidisciplinary, and we want our technicians to continue developing throughout their careers. Training can be provided in areas such as flying systems, working at height, LOLER and PUWER inspection, access equipment, PAT testing and other specialist technical disciplines.

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