Williamstown Theatre Festival is hiring: Audio Engineer in Williamstown

Description

POSITION: Audio Engineer (hiring 2)

CLASSIFICATION: Seasonal - Full Time

STATUS: Exempt

REPORTS TO: Sound Supervisor

SUPERVISES: Sound

LOCATION: Williamstown, MA

COMPENSATION: $1150-$1350 Weekly

HIRING TIMELINE: Applications to be accepted until filled with a priority application deadline of 2/14/2025. Application review and interviews to be conducted starting 2/17/2025 with an anticipated start date of 06/09/25

JOB SUMMARY:

The Williamstown Theatre Festival, renowned for its commitment to artistic excellence, is seeking a skilled and passionate Audio Engineer to join our team for the 2025 Season. Reporting to the Sound Supervisor, this role is integral within the production department, overseeing the execution of sound designs for multiple productions.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Oversee the installation, operation, and maintenance of audio equipment during load-ins, technical rehearsals, and performances, ensuring smooth execution and troubleshooting any technical issues as they arise.
• Collaborate with the Audio Supervisor to develop and implement efficient plans for the load-in and strike of audio equipment, ensuring timely and organized processes.
• Assist in tracking sound department budgets, materials purchasing, and equipment maintenance, while overseeing the sourcing or construction of specialty audio equipment.
• Work closely with sound designers and the audio team to interpret and implement sound designs for multiple productions, ensuring seamless integration with the overall production vision.
• Support the training and mentorship of sound team members and seasonal staff, addressing schedule or labor issues, and fostering a culture of learning and growth.
• Assist with the load-in and load-out of campus spaces, including offices and workspaces, while tracking equipment inventory and organizing off-season storage.
• Work closely with the lighting team, designers, and other production departments to interpret and integrate lighting designs, while managing schedules, labor issues, and fostering staff development.
• Ensure production staff in all facilities used by the production department adhere to safe working practices and comply with festival safety protocols and align with facility protocols set forth by Williams College.
• Embrace the Festival’s commitment to EDIA and Anti-Racism by actively participating in and encouraging behaviors among staff members that exemplify respect; interrupting microaggressions and other behaviors that hinder our EDIA and Anti-Racism efforts; engaging in the diversification of the workforce; demonstrating a degree of cultural competency that encourages healthy relationships with all company members.
• Participate in season debrief meetings and document key takeaways to improve the position and scenery department operations for the following year.
• Regularly supervise the work of two or more employees, providing input and recommendations on their advancement, promotion, or other status changes, with such input carrying significant weight.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience as an Audio Engineer in a professional theatre setting, demonstrating expertise in sound design execution for various theatrical productions.
• In-depth knowledge of audio/video systems and equipment required.
• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and management skills, with a track record of working with diverse teams in a supportive and collaborative environment.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic production environment, with the flexibility to adapt to changing priorities and timelines.
• Must be able to work long shifts on feet. Valid driver's license required.
• An essential function of this job involves in-person work in Williamstown, MA.

About Williamstown Theatre Festival

After seven decades of helping to shape the American theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival is bringing emerging and professional artists together in the Berkshires to create a thrilling summer festival that expands the expression of theater and its essential role in society. The Festival will continue to produce the world premiere plays and musicals and bold new revivals that it’s come to be known for, while expanding into other forms of theatrical expression that brings many art forms together in exciting and innovative ways.

Working and Living in Williamstown

Williamstown Theatre Festival’s season takes place on the beautiful campus of Williams College in Williamstown, MA with backdrops of the Berkshire, Green, and Taconic mountain ranges. Williamstown, MA (estimated pop. 7,813) is located in Berkshire County (estimated pop. 128,657) in Western Massachusetts and is an hour’s drive from Albany, NY and 30 minutes from Pittsfield, MA.

All seasonal staff are provided housing free of charge on campus at Williams College. Housing is dorm-style with private bedrooms and shared common areas, including bathroom and kitchen. Williams College housing is not air-conditioned. Weather ranges from evenings on the cooler side but can also be quite warm with temperatures in the 90s with high humidity.

We acknowledge that Williamstown Theatre Festival is a Predominantly White Institution (PWI) located in a county that is 91% white, according to the US Census Bureau. We are actively engaged in the work of becoming a more equitable, diverse, inclusive, accessible, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive institution that not only welcomes BIPOC artists and staff but nurtures an environment that allows everyone to thrive.

Williamstown Theatre Festival is committed to telling diverse stories and to fostering an inclusive environment both onstage and off. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. We believe that opportunity, access, resources, and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Therefore, WTF is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants shall be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, sex/gender (including pregnancy and gender identity), disability, military status, veteran status, marital status, familial status, ancestry, genetics, or any other class or characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Candidates from populations underrepresented in the theater field are strongly encouraged to apply.