Technical Director (Events

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

New York, NY|Full-Time|On-site|Travel: 25–30%

Van Wyck & Van Wyck is a family-founded event design and production firm creating highly personal celebrations around the world. Founded in New York City by Bronson van Wyck with his mother, Mary Lynn, and sister, Mimi, the firm brings more than two decades of experience to occasions ranging from intimate gatherings to large-scale destination celebrations. Drawing on their Southern roots, the Van Wycks pair imaginative design and exacting production with generosity, warmth, and a distinctive approach to entertaining.

Van Wyck & Van Wyck is the sister company of Workshop, which designs, builds, and produces events that bring brands to life for corporate and commercial clients. Together, the two companies share a commitment to original design, thoughtful service, and bringing ambitious ideas to life.

We work closely and care deeply about the quality of the work and how we work together. We value curiosity, accountability, direct communication, good judgment, generosity, and follow-through. People at Van Wyck & Van Wyck contribute wherever a project needs them while respecting the expertise each person brings.

In-person collaboration is central to our creative process. Reviewing work, solving problems, sharing ideas, and making decisions are often strongest when the team is together. We also invest in professional development, meaningful benefits, team outings, volunteer opportunities, and a workplace designed for collaboration.

Van Wyck & Van Wyck is seeking a Technical Director to own technical vision, standards, and execution across all events and special projects. This is a senior, hands-on technical leadership role for someone who can move fluidly between drafting CAD floor plans, reviewing a rigging plot, calculating an electrical load, and mentoring project team members.

The Technical Director partners with the design team from the earliest concept stage to assess technical feasibility, sets the technical standards that Production Managers and on-site staff execute against, and serves as the final technical authority on complex builds. This person reports to the [President of Van Wyck & Van Wyck / COO — confirm] and works closely with event teams and the company's network of technical and non-technical vendors.

The strongest candidates have spent years working hands-on across multiple technical disciplines and are equally comfortable in a pre-production engineering review and on a job site solving a problem in real time.

• Set technical standards and specifications for lighting, audio-visual, HVAC, rigging, tenting, and floor plan systems across all events
• Produce advanced technical drawings and floor plans in AutoCAD for complex builds, in addition to reviewing and approving drawings from vendors and staff
• Review and approve CAD floor plans, load calculations, power distribution plans, and rigging plots for structural and life-safety compliance
• Evaluate new equipment, technology, and vendors to keep the company's technical capabilities current
• Maintain the company's library of technical drawings, specifications, and vendor documentation

• Lead technical pre-production for complex and large-scale events, including site surveys and engineering coordination
• Partner with the design team at the concept stage to assess the technical feasibility of creative concepts
• Coordinate directly with structural engineers, electrical contractors, and code officials on permit and compliance requirements
• Serve as the final technical authority on-site for complex builds, resolving engineering-level issues in real time

• Direct and mentor Production Managers and on-site technical staff
• Build and maintain department-wide technical training programs and standard operating procedures
• Own relationships and contract negotiations with major technical vendors across lighting, AV, rigging, tenting, and HVAC
• Set escalation protocols so the event teams know when to bring in engineering-level expertise