Sound Technician

## Description

**Position Title: Sound Technician**

**Reports To: Sound Supervisor**

**Reporting Staff: None**

**FLSA Classification: Full-Time Non-Exempt**

**Pay Range: IATSE Local 2 CBA $32.01 per/hour; annualized $66,580.80**

**POSITION OVERVIEW**

Chicago Shakespeare Theater seeks a self-directed and highly-motivated individual with strong communication and diverse technical skills to join our sound department. CST is a world-class theater company producing work of the highest caliber due, in large part, to a supportive team philosophy. The House Sound Technician position is an integral full time part of an ambitious program averaging 12 productions per season in a 500-seat mainstage, 200-seat black box, a new groundbreaking flexible performance space seating up to 850, as well as several touring productions. This position’s responsibilities will be primarily focused in the sound department, but in certain parts of our season will switch to carry responsibility in other departments as needed. They will work with professional designers and directors from Chicago and around the world managing both produced and presented work, and will need to work in a fast-paced and interdisciplinary manner to address challenges.

The position is governed by a collective bargaining agreement with IATSE Local 2.

**ESSENTIAL DUTIES**

*To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be requested to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.*

• Working with sound department to install and strike sound systems.
• Serving as A2 on select productions, working with orchestras and actors on mic and monitoring infrastructure.
• Serving as A1 cover on select productions, including straight plays, line-by-line mixing of large musicals, and presented work.
• Managing Clear-Com infrastructure.
• Installing, troubleshooting, programming, and running QLab rigs.
• Operating sound for special events both in the theater as well as in other spaces inside and outside of our faci