Production Apprentice, Electrics

Description: 

The electrics apprentice will act as an assistant head electrician during the season, and may have the opportunity to fill the role of head electrician. The apprentice will participate in prepping, hanging, and focusing for productions, as well as general maintenance of the Electrics Shop’s inventory and spaces. Assignments may also include light board and spotlight operator.

 

Compensation: 

The salary is $18.50 per hour for 40 weeks, or a contracted amount of $29,600.00 for the school year.

 

About the Professional Apprentice Program: 

This program offers a unique and immersive training opportunity for emerging technicians and administrators in the performing arts. It is widely recognized that practical training programs are essential for aspiring arts professionals to secure sustainable employment in the field. For more than four decades, the program has successfully prepared recent graduates, early-career professionals, and individuals undergoing career transitions for employment in the cultural sector. This is achieved through a combination of hands-on experience, professional development activities, and networking and mentorship opportunities.

For more information about the program, please refer to the Professional Apprentice Program Page on the Juilliard Website.

 

Working at Juilliard

Founded in 1905, The Juilliard School is a world leader in performing arts education. The school’s mission is to provide the highest caliber of artistic education for gifted musicians, dancers, and actors from around the world so that they may achieve their fullest potential as artists, leaders, and global citizens.

Excellence and professionalism are important guides in how we go about our work, but we also connect to the mission as individuals in the workplace. We thrive because of our variety of backgrounds and our ability to be open and honest, and we also thrive because we enjoy each other’s company. We believe that each employee has the responsibility to help shape the Juilliard organizational culture, and we provide opportunities to participate in team-building throughout the year. Our organizational values focus on excellence, creative enterprise, and equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging.

We encourage you to read more about how we achieve our mission on our website, juilliard.edu.

 

Role Responsibilities:

• Work with Electrics staff and overhire crew in prepping, hanging, focusing, and running productions across 5 venues .
• All apprentices will act as an assistant head electrician during the season, and will typically have the opportunity to fill the role of head electrician, as well as various run crew positions such as light board operator, deck electrician, and spotlight operator.
• Develop and utilize a working understanding of navigating and manipulating paperwork with Vectorworks and Lightwright .
• Work with staff electricians or overhire crew to assist with video support for productions when applicable.
• Work on hang, focus, notes, and work calls in all spaces as the schedule allows.
• Fulfill maintenance duties on a daily, weekly, and yearly basis in the theatres and in the electrics shop.

 

Minimum Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s Degree or a combination of related educational and professional experience of four (4) years.
• Experience working in lighting for theater, dance, or events, as well as a basic understanding of current lighting equipment, including control consoles.
• Comfortable working at heights and in tight spaces. This position requires working in a public area, being on your feet for long periods of time, and will often include working nights and weekends depending on show assignments.
• Computer literacy.
• Able to work with others and lead others on projects as needed.
• This is a full time, on-site, in person position.

 

Preferred Background:

• Must be comfortable in an educational setting.
• Experience with Vectorworks and Lightwright is a plus.

 

Benefits:

• All Juilliard performances are free to Juilliard employees.
• Discounts on day-of tickets to partner organizations at the Lincoln Center campus.
• Tuition-free extension classes. Feel free to browse available courses here.
• Generous paid time off, including personal leave, sick leave, and scheduled school holidays.
• A culture of excellence, best practice, and employee engagement with like-minded colleagues.

 

Nondiscrimination Policy:

The Juilliard School is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its relations with its faculty, staff, students, and other members of the Juilliard community, and does not discriminate on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, religion, creed, age, sex, national origin, alienage, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, physical or mental disability, medical condition, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital status, partnership status, or any other basis prohibited by applicable local, state, or federal law. This nondiscrimination policy covers, but is not limited to, recruitment, hiring, training, benefits, rates of pay and other forms of compensation as well as student admission, access, and treatment in school programs and activities.