Scenic & Props Design Associate

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Full Time San Francisco, CA, US 1 Attachments

2 days ago Requisition

REPORTS TO: Associate Director of Production

STATUS: Regular/Full Time/Exempt

SALARY RANGE:$70,350-$73,000

ABOUT A.C.T.

American Conservatory Theater is an essential gathering place that brings artists and communities together to inspire and provoke. A.C.T.’s mission is to engage the spirit of the San Francisco Bay Area, activate stories that resonate, promote a diversity of voices and points of view, and empower theater makers and audiences to celebrate liveness. A.C.T. values inclusion, transformational learning, participation, and rigorous fun.

A.C.T. is a Tony Award–winning nonprofit theater serving almost 200,000 people in the San Francisco Bay Area annually through theater, training, and education and community programs.

POSITION

PURPOSE:

American Conservatory Theater (LORT B+) seeks a Scenic and Props Design Associate. This role works across many parts of A.C.T., including but not limited to the Mainstage season, Conservatory and Education programs, and other projects. On Mainstage productions, the Associate works closely with A.C.T. Production Management as a key production liaison between guest designers, all shops, and departments. For the Conservatory, Education, Rentals, and other company programming, the Associate may work with guest designers or act as a designer on select productions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Please note that this list is not exhaustive, but rather a representation of job duties.

• Serve as the key production liaison between guest Scenic and Props Designers, the shops, and all production staff throughout the design development process: fielding questions, breaking the design down into its component parts, tracking changes and revisions, updating budget numbers accordingly, and coordinating technical needs.
• Support guest designers' drafting as needed, including integrating their drawings into accurate, current theater or event-space plans; providing floor plans, sections, 3D master drawings, renders, and inventories; and drafting prop build drawings for the Prop Shop that reflect the designer's intent.
• Generate and maintain industry-standard scenic show paperwork, Ground Plans, line-set schedules, and select build drawings as needed. Keep all drawings and design information current as changes occur, and distribute updated drawings and paperwork to the shops and Production Teams.
• Attend production meetings and speak on behalf of the scenic and props departments as needed.
• Work with Stage Management through studio rehearsals and the run of the production to support scenic and prop needs, including coordinating rehearsal room setup (rehearsal props, platforms, and other scenic elements), sourcing and delivering rehearsal props, and managing their transfer to the theater.
• Serve as Assistant Scenic and Props Designer during tech rehearsals and previews for all Mainstage productions: taking notes, communicating with other departments, attending morning work notes as needed.
• Maintain A.C.T.'s master venue drafting files and, with Production Management, the technical packages for all A.C.T. venues for internal and rental use; keep departmental files on company servers and shared systems organized and current.
• Work closely with the Prop Shop Supervisor and shop staff to ensure the efficient, timely, and on-budget delivery of all prop requirements for each production, including researching, sourcing, and purchasing or renting props, scenic materials, equipment, and expendables for shows and the department's general inventory, and tracking the properties budget and rehearsal prop notes.
• Serve as designer on select Conservatory and Education Program productions each season, producing the full design and drafting package independently, and provide planning, logistics, technical, and props support for Conservatory and Education programs, serving as Technical Director for load-in and strike as assigned.
• Support rental and development events as a designer and general production support, helping realize the vision of clients and staff.
• Provide indirect supervision to other members of the technical and production team as assigned, and work with Production Management to recruit additional design assistants for show-specific work as needed.
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