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The Lighting Director position is part of a team of live production professionals on Full Sail University’s Winter Park, FL campus. The successful candidate will work alongside staff and students who have a passion for live event production and are eager to support every event that happens at Full Sail. This position will primarily support Full Sail Unversity’s premier production space Full Sail Live, and our new eSports facility The Fortress. In addition, the Lighting Director will be involved in a wide range of events both on and off campus. This position is part of the Live Events team and will report to the Director, Event Technical Operations.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Attend pre-production meetings as required to understand the needs of our internal and external clients for upcoming events
  • Generate paperwork documenting lighting systems across multiple venues. Update paperwork as necessary so there is always a current, working documentation archive for all lighting systems
  • Generate show specific paperwork when required for large events such as Full Sail’s Hall of Fame
  • Create, manage and store console show files across multiple venues and console types
  • Coordinate with the crewing manager to ensure lighting positions are adequately staffed for each event
  • Train, mentor and cultivate students to work alongside the live event team, helping them to develop their skills. The ideal candidate will actively seek out opportunities to mentor students who show an interest in lighting.
  • Ability to operate shows when required and delegate smaller events to trained and qualified students

Other Responsibilities:

  • Make recommendations for lighting equipment rentals and purchases
  • Assist the Director of Event Technical Operations with building annual capital budgets for lighting equipment
  • Assist the Director, Event Technical Operations with building annual operating budgets for items such as freelance labor, service contracts, equipment rental, expendables and routine maintenance
  • Manage routine maintenance of lighting systems, utilizing a mix of staff and student crew
  • Other duties as assigned

Supervisory Responsibilities: None

Competencies:

  • The ideal candidate is a well-rounded individual who is primarily focused on lighting, but isn’t afraid to do occasional audio or video when needed
  • In-depth, practical knowledge of lighting control consoles, most importantly GrandMA2
  • In-depth, practical knowledge of lighting control protocols such as Art-Net, sACN, MA-Net
  • An understanding of safe rigging and hanging practices is essential to this role. Safety is our number one priority when producing events
  • Ability to generate professional lighting paperwork in Vectorworks is essential to this position
  • A working knowledge of media servers is required for this position. Previous experience with Hippotizers is preferred.
  • Experience lighting stages for video is a required skill for this position
  • Cable construction and maintenance skills are essential for DMX, Cat5e/Cat6, socapex, twistlock and edison
  • Basic networking skills are required for this position. The ideal candidate would be eager to expand their networking knowledge alongside the Live Events team.
  • Familiarity with LED walls and LED processors is required
  • Previous experience troubleshooting and repairing moving lights is preferred
  • Excellent communication skills. The job will require a high degree of professionalism, interaction with outside clients and interaction with student production crews
  • This position often requires night and weekend work as dictated by the production schedule.

​Education and/or Experience:

  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in the live event industry
  • Degree related field preferred

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

  • Relevant certifications welcomed, but not required

Computer Skills:

  • Proficiency using software programs such as MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Vectorworks, and Outlook

Environmental Factors/Physical Demands:

This position will primarily support Full Sail University’s premier production space Full Sail Live, and our new eSports facility The Fortress. In addition, the Lighting Director will be involved in a wide range of events both on and off campus. Will be subject to bending, reaching, kneeling, stooping and lifting up to fifty (50) pounds.

Full Sail is an Equal Opportunity Employer.