• NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE 

    Faculty position in theatre design/technical direction

    Northwestern College invites immediate applications for a tenure-track theatre designer, teacher of design and technical director beginning August 2008.

    Who are we looking for?

    We long for a creative and good-humored colleague to join our ensemble of artists, passionate to  serve our culture, believing that Jesus is the Lord of the theatre. We need a great designer who is also an excellent teacher. You'll teach the following courses over a two-year rotation: Introduction to Design, Stagecraft, Scene Design and Costume Design. Each year, you'll produce one of the design elements (scenery, costumes, lighting or sound) for two or three shows. With the assistance of a scene shop foreman, you'll also serve as technical director for our season.  What qualifications are necessary?  You must have a terminal degree (M.F.A. or Ph.D.) or be well on the way toward completion. Design and scenic construction experience are crucial. You must be a committed Christian, active in a local church.

    Who are we?

    We're a theatre and speech program with a rich tradition and a strong reputation locally and   nationally. We have five full-time faculty members, a part-time scene shop foreman, a half-time costume shop supervisor, and a full-time secretary. We currently have 35 majors in theatre and theatre/speech. We offer scholarships to majors and non-majors, and we currently have about 65 scholarship students working in our production season. We produce four fully mounted faculty-directed shows each year, a touring company, a world-premiere festival, and several student-initiated productions. Our award-winning DeWitt Theatre Arts Center contains two fully-equipped theatres seating 200 each, a scene shop with same-level access to each theatre, costume shop, and lighting shop.

    Timeline

    Please submit your materials electronically no later than June 8, 2007. In addition to an employment application, resume and cover letter, please submit some visual representation of your design work.

    How to apply

    Online
    http://www.nwciowa.edu/employment/position.145/details.aspx

    Dr. Jasper Lesage, Vice president for academic affairs
    Northwestern College
    101 7th St SW
    Orange City, IA 51041
    712-707-7102
    vpaa@nwciowa.edu

 

Assistant Professor of Technical Theatre

PURPOSE:    Coordinate the technical aspects of main stage shows and studio theater productions.

REPORTS TO:           Chair, Communication Department

RESPONSIBILITIES: Essential job responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Design and deliver quality scenery for main stage shows and studio theater productions.  Supervise scene shop staff, student workers, and scenic budgets.  Maintain Fine Arts Procenium Theatre and Studio shop, stage, storage facilities, and equipment. 

  • Work with faculty Artistic Director in overseeing technical and dress rehearsals and performances. 

  • Provide safety training for shop and stage student employees and student crews. 

  • Teach a six credit load in Communication per semester.

Secondary job responsibilities include but are not limited to:

  • Provide lighting, sound, or scenic design as appropriate.

  • Assist with development and maintenance of shop budget.

  • Assist with miscellaneous department duties as requested by the Chair.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Minimum Education and Experience:

MFA and professional experience required.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Ability to interact with a variety of individuals in a professional, courteous, and tactful manner

  • Ability to prioritize tasks, completing accurately and by predetermined deadlines

  • Knowledge and expertise in construction techniques and computer drafting

  • Strong interdepartmental communication and collaboration skills

  • Strong verbal and written communication skills

Working Conditions:

Mental/Motor Demand Factors:

  • Ability to demonstrate time awareness, verbal reasoning, self-direction, concentration, and tact approximately 75% of the time

  • Ability to demonstrate math reasoning, independent action, writing skill, and problem solving skill approximately 60% of the time

  • Ability to demonstrate mechanical skill, estimating skill, and memory approximately 35% of the time

Physical Demand Factors:

  • Ability to stand stationary approximately 30% of the time, walk approximately 30% of the time, and sit approximately 40% of the time

  • Ability to demonstrate talking and hearing skill approximately 75% of the time

  • Ability to demonstrate reaching, fingering, near vision, far vision, depth perception, accommodation vision, color vision, and field of vision approximately 60% of the time

  • Ability to lift while stationary, up to 50 pounds, carry while moving, up to 50 pounds, demonstrate climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, and handling skill approximately 35% of the time

Environmental Condition Factors:

  • Ability to work alone or with others or around others or with customer/public contact 100% of the time

  • Ability to work with noise, electrical equipment, and mechanical equipment approximately 60% of the time

  • Ability to work with vibration, pressurized equipment, burning material/equipment, explosive material/equipment, in high places, and with gases approximately 35% of the time

Work Environment:

The work environment involves working in a suburban, Christian college, a demonstrated commitment to the mission and values of the College, and an agreement to abide by all College policies

The aforementioned statements are not intended to encompass all functions and qualifications of the position; rather, they are intended to provide a general framework of the requirements of the position.  Job incumbents may be asked to perform tasks not specifically addressed in this job description. 

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