Job Description

STAGEHAND (Full-Time / Part-Time / Summer / Seasonal)

Flyspace Productions is a full-service, woman-owned event management and production company. We produce some of the largest festivals and live events in the region, in addition to numerous private, corporate, and community events. We provide our clients with support from a full-service, in-house Production Department that provides technical equipment including concert audio, lighting, truss, and rigging, as well as the largest fleet of Stageline Mobile Stages on the East Coast. Our Creative Department provides exceptional expertise in festival production, event planning, brand activations, and fine art installation.

We are seeking stagehands to work with us throughout the summer festival season and beyond. This work includes assisting technicians in the audio, lighting, and staging disciplines as they set up, operate, and tear down equipment for shows, events, and festivals. If you enjoy work in which every day is different, this could be a great fit for you!

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

• Assist technical leads as they load in and load out for shows, events, and festivals.
• Ability to follow directions and ask clarifying questions.
• Willing to work a flexible schedule that may include long hours and irregular times, including weekends, nights, and some holidays.
• Reliable transportation to event sites throughout the area.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in theater, events, concerts, or other production environments.
• Knowledge of best practices in packing technical equipment into box trucks.
• Knowledge of different kinds of production cabling, and best practices in cable wrapping.

Work Setting & Physical Exertion:

• Position requires regular exposure to outdoor elements and loud noise.
• Position requires the use of basic hand tools and electrical tools.
• Position works with electrical components.
• Incumbent will be required to lift, push, pull, and/or carry up to fifty (50) pounds.
• Incumbent will be required to travel to work sites as needed.
• Incumbent must be able to read, see, hear, and speak.
• Incumbent must be able to bend, stoop, crawl and climb stairs

This position provides a competitive pay rate of $18 per hour, with the opportunity for candidates with previous experience, higher-level technical skills, and certifications to be considered for higher rates.

This job description is representative of the requirements that must be met by an employee to successfully perform essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This job description is a summary of duties, which you as an employee are expected to perform in your assignment. It is by no means a comprehensive or all-inclusive list, rather a broad guide to expected duties. As an employee you must understand that a job description is neither complete nor permanent and may be modified at any time. At the request of management, any employee may be asked to perform additional duties, responsibilities, or projects without notice. Applicants for employment in the U.S. must possess work authorization that does not require sponsorship by the employer for a visa.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Flyspace Productions strongly supports equal employment opportunity for all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law.

HIRING PRACTICES

The preceding job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Flyspace Productions recruitment policies are designed to place the most highly qualified persons available in a timely and efficient manner. Flyspace Productions may pursue all avenues available, including promotion from within, employee referrals, outside advertising, employment agencies, internet recruiting, job fairs, college recruiting and search firms.

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