Performing Arts Operations Specialist Supervisor, Center for the Performing Arts

Applicants must have 6+ years of professional experience in technical production, production operations, performing arts venue management, or a related field.

• Demonstrated supervisory experience leading full-time and part-time technical or production staff, including training, scheduling, workflow coordination, and providing day-to-day operational support

• High attention to detail and accuracy

• Effective written and verbal communication skills

• Excellent collaboration and interpersonal skills; inclusive and respectful when working with others

• Demonstrated ability to foster engagement through active listening, responsiveness, and relationship-building

• Effective systems-thinking and execution skills, including the ability to connect staffing, scheduling, facilities, equipment, budgets, policies, and institutional processes into coordinated production workflows and operational plans

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate people, resources, timelines, and technical systems while managing multiple priorities, maintaining accountability, and ensuring consistent follow-through in a complex environment

• Effective problem-solving and risk-assessment skills, including the ability to identify operational issues, evaluate alternatives, and implement practical solutions that improve workflow and execution

• Demonstrated success improving operational processes, implementing innovative solutions, and establishing consistent operating standards to support evolving organizational and production needs

• Experience building repeatable systems and consistent operating practices that improve quality, fairness, efficiency, and team accountability

• Experience working in distributed, multi-venue, outdoor, community-based, or nontraditional performance environments

• Experience leading teams through organizational change while maintaining continuity, operational clarity, and forward progress

• Demonstrated leadership in coordinating technical teams, budgets, vendor relationships, and production logistics in complex environments

This position will report to the Managing Director of the Center for the Performing Arts.

The Center for the Performing Arts, part of the College of Arts and Architecture, collaborates with artists, scholars, innovators, and community partners to co-create powerful arts and learning experiences.

The College of Arts and Architecture is supportive of flexible work arrangements when aligned with the ability to meet the needs of the unit and the essential duties of the position. Questions related to flexible work should be directed to the hiring manager during the interview process.

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