Job Description

Reporting to the Assistant Production Manager, we are seeking an Event Technician who will provide a professional and safe performance environment to the Peabody Institute students, faculty, staff, patrons and guests. This is a casual/as-needed position; hours are flexible and include daytime and evenings and weekends as appropriate to the staffing needs of the department.

The Peabody Institute of The Johns Hopkins University advances a dynamic, 21st-century model of performing arts training in pursuit of its mission: to elevate the human experience through leadership at the intersection of art and education. Through its Conservatory for undergraduate and graduate studies and the Preparatory, Baltimore?s largest community performing arts school, Peabody empowers musicians and dancers from diverse backgrounds to create and perform at the highest level.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Assists the production team in providing technical support for all choral, dance, opera, instrumental and orchestral performance needs at Peabody including lighting, audio visual, live audio mixing, sound reinforcement, management of equipment and administrative tasks related to stage management.

• Works in close partnership with the Stage/Lighting and A/V Technicians, conductors, artistic directors and students to support the event production, audio-visual, sound and curricular needs of the school in order to achieve an excellent production and a quality learning opportunity.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Experience with lighting, audio set ups, video, stage lighting, stage production and rigging.
• Professional demeanor, superior communication skills, comfort in high-pressure situations, adaptable, solutions-oriented problem solver.
• Demonstrated organizational skills with proven ability to effectively prioritize workload.
• Ability to work long hours and nontraditional shifts: evenings and weekends due to performance schedule.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to walk, stand, climb for extended periods.
• Ability to climb ladders and scaffolding.
• Ability to lift up to 50 pounds.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor?s Degree in production (theatrical or event)
• Two to three years of experience in production or related field.
• Additional experience may substitute for required education to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Two to Four years of technical theater and crew management experience.

Classified Title: Stage Coordinator 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Event Technician   
Role/Level/Range: ACRO37.5/03/CD  
Starting Salary Range: $17.20 - $30.30 HRLY ($25.00 HRLY targeted; Commensurate w/exp) 
Employee group: Casual / On Call 
Schedule: Variable, up to 987 per year 
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt 
Location: Peabody Institute 
Department name: ???????Production Services 
Personnel area: Peabody 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal ... timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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