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Job Description / Duties

The Blyth Festival is currently searching for a candidate to fill the seasonal position of Assistant Technical Director for the 2022 summer season. The contract will start May 9, 2022 and conclude October 2, 2022.

In 2022, the Blyth Festival will produce a season of four Canadian plays (1 world premiere) at the outdoor Harvest Stage.

The responsibilities include but are not limited to those normally associated with a similar position in other professional Canadian theatre companies. The Assistant Technical Director (ATD) will:

• Report to and assist the Technical Director (TD) in overseeing all production related aspects, from conception to completion, of the 2022 summer season.
• Work both indoors and outdoors in Blyth, ON.
• Collaborate with the TD to cost and conceptualize the execution of all design submissions throughout the approval process and create a detailed costing analysis of each production prior to approval.
• Work in partnership with volunteers, stage management, administrative and front of house staff, and production and design teams to coordinate all of the technical needs for all productions in the season.
• Oversee load in, changeover or strike, as required.
• Attend all Production, Company and staff meetings, dress rehearsals for each production, and participate in the planning and coordination of all technical week activities, acting as supervisor in the absence of the TD.
• Ensure that health and safety policies and procedures are met at Blyth Festival worksites. You will review all relevant health & safety policies before any work is done in any shop, in the theatre, or by any member of the production department on behalf of the Blyth Festival off-site, and will bring any necessary changes or updates to the attention of the TD on a timely basis.
• From time to time the TD may assign additional duties as required. These additional activities will be incorporated into your regular schedule, with advance notice given.

Qualifications / Required Skills

• Background and training in lighting, audio and scenic construction
• Excellent problem solving skills
• Working knowledge of Vectorworks, ETC Eos, Qlab, Microsoft Office Suite
• Strong team player
• Ability to lift 50 lbs.
• Working at Heights
• Valid G Driver’s License an asset

Additional Information

VACCINATION:
To support the health and safety of our workplaces and our community, Blyth Festival requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 with an Approved Vaccine

The Blyth Centre for the Arts (including Blyth Festival) was founded in 1975 to produce theatre that reflects the culture and concerns for the people of southwestern Ontario and beyond. In 1975, few scripts that fit the Festival's mandate were being written so we jumped into the creation of new work. At that time, the festival was the only summer theatre producing original Canadian plays, and one of the very few, if not the only "500-seat" theatre in Canada producing Canadian plays exclusively.
Today, located in a village of 1000 in rural Huron County, the Blyth Centre for the Arts is a year-round centre of cultural activity for southwestern Ontario.

Salary: $960/wk +4% vacation pay

Contact Information

To apply for this position, send a cover letter and resume to careers@blythfestival.com. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Please include in the subject line: Assistant Technical Director

Blyth Festival thanks all applicants but will respond only to those selected for an interview.

Employer Profile

Blyth Festival (also known as Blyth Centre for the Arts) was founded in 1975 and functions as an arts centre for Huron County in Southwestern Ontario. The theatre produces a four to six play summer season of exclusively Canadian theatre, with an emphasis on new work.
The 2022 outdoor season will take place at Blyth Festival's new, permanent, Harvest Stage amphitheatre, officially opened in August 2021.