Stagehand at InsideHigherEd
Job Description
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Job Description
Stagehands serve as intermittent staff for the Schottenstein Center and provide general support for special events, including load-in and load-out. Stagehands follow direction from staff and road crew, interact and communicate well, work safely as part of a team, and are flexible and accepting of changes in a creative environment.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Truck loading/unloading
- General labor including box pushing
- Driving a forklift
- Setting construction carpentry/staging and props
- Performing fly rail and loading bridge operations
- Installing and operating lighting and electrical
- Installing and operating sound equipment
- Running video presentation components (camera, switcher, projector, display screen)
- Rigging installation/operation
- Managing stage crew
Required Qualifications
- High School diploma or GED
- Experience handling show production equipment and using hand tools
- Must be able to lift 50 lbs. safely, work at height from ladders and personnel lifts and have the ability to reach, climb and kneel
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