Assistant Technical Director

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Competitive salary
• Dental insurance
• Employee discounts
• Opportunity for advancement
• Vision insurance

Arts Bonita is a premier cultural organization in Southwest Florida, offering a rich variety of concerts, professional theatre productions, exhibitions, nationally recognized fine art festivals, and visual and performing arts classes for all ages across a wide range of disciplines. Across two campuses, Arts Bonita brings together artists, performers, students, and audiences to experience, create, and celebrate the arts. Through scholarships, outreach, and community partnerships, we expand access to arts education and experiences for children and families throughout the region.

Arts Bonita seeks a skilled, hands-on Assistant Technical Director to support the technical production of concerts, theatre productions, comedy shows, educational performances, rentals, and special events.

Working closely with the Technical Director, this position helps prepare and operate performance spaces, coordinates technical requirements with artists and production teams, and delivers professional sound and production support. Strong live sound mixing skills are essential. Experience supporting theatre productions is required; lighting design and programming experience is preferred.

The Assistant Technical Director mixes sound and provides production coverage according to a schedule determined in coordination with administration and the Technical Director.

The ideal candidate is technically capable, organized, collaborative, and calm under pressure, with a commitment to giving performers and audiences an excellent experience.

• Mix sound for performances, rehearsals, rentals, and special events according to a schedule determined with administration and the Technical Director.
• Set up, operate, and troubleshoot audio systems for concerts, theatre productions, rehearsals, rentals, and special events.
• Mix front-of-house sound and stage monitors, maintaining clear, balanced audio appropriate to each performance and venue.
• Prepare microphones, wireless systems, direct boxes, stage inputs, playback equipment, and console configurations.
• Conduct sound checks and work with performers and visiting engineers to meet production requirements.
• Manage wireless microphone assignments, frequency coordination, batteries, and backstage audio needs.
• Monitor sound levels and follow safe listening practices.

• Support technical rehearsals and performances in collaboration with directors, stage managers, designers, musicians, and performers.
• Prepare and execute sound cues, playback, microphone changes, and other technical elements.
• Assist with production load-ins, stage setups, scene changes, and strikes.
• Attend production meetings and help translate artistic requirements into practical technical plans.
• Maintain accurate cue sheets, equipment lists, and production notes.

• Assist with lighting setup, focus, programming, operation, and troubleshooting.
• Support lighting designers and visiting production teams during rehearsals and performances.
• Design lighting for selected performances and events when qualified and assigned; lighting design experience is preferred.
• Assist with projection, video playback, and other stage technology as needed.
• Follow established procedures for safely handling lighting equipment, electrical connections, and overhead equipment.

• Review technical riders, stage plots, input lists, and event requirements with the Technical Director.
• Coordinate with staff, artists, renters, and visiting technicians to confirm equipment, schedules, and production needs.
• Prepare…