Assistant Manager, Sound Office

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Parsons School for Design, a division of The New School, seeks an Assistant Manager of the Sound Office for the Making Center. The Making Center is a collection of more than 70,000 sq.ft. of labs, shops, studios, and open work spaces that provide curricular support for making across a broad range of mediums and disciplines, and support experimentation and interdisciplinary collaboration. The Assistant Manager should be a personable, proactive, detail-oriented individual who will become integral to the daily workings of the facilities within the Making Center, with the ability to learn new skills and technologies as needed.

This is a fast-paced, dynamic environment that runs year-round. The Assistant Manager will interface with students, faculty, and staff to support multiple processes and equipment resources for all users in a range of making practices including sound recording studios, equipment resources, and media production studios. This is an exempt administrative position that reports to the Assistant Director of Sound & Filmmaking Operations.

• Maintain a clean and safe working environment and uphold a respectful shop culture for students, faculty, and staff.
• Oversee daily workings of the Sound Office, a major resource open to New School students supporting sound, video, and related equipment available for on- and off-campus check-out.
• Management of full-time technicians and student workers, including interviewing, hiring, training, scheduling, tracking accountability, task assignment, scheduling/attending team and one-on-one meetings, and coordination and/or providing emergency coverage for unexpected absences.
• Manage a fixed budget, including tracking, planning, and prioritization of expenses related to inventories, schedules, projects, and repairs.
• Assist supervisor and Making Center Leadership with the following:
  Facility improvement projects, shows and installations, and special initiatives as needed. Hardware/software purchase recommendations as they pertain to the curriculum. Maintaining policies and systems for checkout, satellite store, scheduling, record keeping, and inventories, in addition to generating macro and micro levels of usage data and statistics - evaluating and updating these as needed.
• Organize calendars and communications for facilities, including creation of website updates, shop signage, safety orientations, technical/instructional documentation for labs/equipment, workshops, class demos, deliveries, special events, and modified holiday hours.
• Work across systems in the Making Center, connecting separate areas in order to streamline efficiency and communication.
• Facilitate equipment repair and maintenance, including in-house repairs and coordination with external vendors to manage repair processes.
• Adapt to changes in the work environment; adjust approach and prioritize competing demands as necessary.
• Provide a high level of customer service, maintaining a positive and professional demeanor and attitude in all interactions with students, faculty, and staff.
• Cultivate a diverse, inclusive, and…