Production Manager - #270010
Western Carolina University Cullowhee, NC
The primary location of this position is on-site in Cullowhee, NC. This position is designated as being exempt from the State of North Carolina Human Resources Act (EHRA).
The Production Manager serves as the central organizational and communication hub for productions within the School of Stage and Screen. The position oversees production planning, scheduling, purchasing, procedures, communication, and compliance across the School’s theatre and film production activities.
The School produces four fully realized theatrical productions each academic year, numerous student films, a web series, and the annual Controlled Chaos Film Festival. The Production Manager develops and maintains integrated production calendars; organizes and facilitates production meetings; tracks deadlines and deliverables; coordinates information among production areas; and identifies scheduling, resource, safety, and compliance concerns.
The Production Manager provides leadership and mentorship to student stage managers and supports the organization of student film processes. The position establishes consistent production-management procedures and helps students develop professional practices in scheduling, documentation, collaboration, communication, and production leadership.
This position teaches a regular cross-listed three-credit production course comprising THEA 270, Theatre Arts Workshop I; THEA 371, Theatre Arts Workshops II; and THEA 486, Theatre Production.
The Production Manager may teach additional courses in stage management, production management, or related areas as workload and scheduling permit.
Evening and weekend work is required during technical rehearsals, performances, film productions, festivals, and other scheduled production activities.
The School of Stage and Screen serves approximately 180 students across five degree tracks and a dance minor. The School offers a BFA in Theatre with concentrations in Musical Theatre, Acting for Stage and Screen, and Entertainment Design and Technology; a BA in Stage and Screen; and a BFA in Film and Television Production. Its experiential curriculum emphasizes storytelling across all degree tracks.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
The Production Manager serves as the central organizational and communication hub for productions within the School of Stage and Screen. The position oversees production planning, scheduling, purchasing, procedures, communication, and compliance across the School’s theatre and film production activities.
The School produces four fully realized theatrical productions each academic year, numerous student films, a web series, and the annual Controlled Chaos Film Festival. The Production Manager develops and maintains integrated production calendars; organizes and facilitates production meetings; tracks deadlines and deliverables; coordinates information among production areas; and identifies scheduling, resource, safety, and compliance concerns.
The Production Manager provides leadership and mentorship to student stage managers and supports the organization of student film processes. The position establishes consistent production-management procedures and helps students develop professional practices in scheduling, documentation, collaboration, communication, and production leadership.
This position teaches a regular cross-listed three-credit production course comprising THEA 270, Theatre Arts Workshop I; THEA 371, Theatre Arts Workshops II; and THEA 486, Theatre Production.
The Production Manager may teach additional courses in stage management, production management, or related areas as workload and scheduling permit.
Evening and weekend work is required during technical rehearsals, performances, film productions, festivals, and other scheduled production activities.
The School of Stage and Screen serves approximately 180 students across five degree tracks and a dance minor. The School offers a BFA in Theatre with concentrations in Musical Theatre, Acting for Stage and Screen, and Entertainment Design and Technology; a BA in Stage and Screen; and a BFA in Film and Television Production. Its experiential curriculum emphasizes storytelling across all degree tracks.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Production management and scheduling: Knowledge of entertainment production processes, production calendars, meetings, rehearsals, performances, and production documentation.
- Communication and coordination: Ability to organize and communicate complex information among faculty, staff, students, guest artists, and campus partners.
- Project management: Ability to manage overlapping productions, establish priorities, monitor deadlines, anticipate conflicts, and support timely completion of production work.
- Procedures and compliance: Ability to develop production procedures, maintain records, apply institutional requirements, and coordinate with university offices.
- Teaching and mentorship: Ability to teach undergraduate production courses and mentor student stage managers and production personnel.
- Collaboration and judgment: Ability to facilitate meetings, resolve competing priorities, respond to changing circumstances, and develop practical solutions under deadline pressure.
- Technology: Proficiency with Microsoft Office or similar programs for scheduling, project-management, spreadsheet, document-sharing, and communication systems.
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