Ashland University invites applications for 12-month Technical Director position starting August 1, 2018. MFA in Technical Theatre or BA/BFA with appropriate professional experience required. Experience with sound, electrics and welding helpful. Candidates must possess strong collaborative, instructional, organizational, communication and leadership skills and a commitment to mentoring undergraduate students. Manage day to day scene shop operations, equipment maintenance, engineering, implementation and installation of all scenic, lighting, and sound elements, serve as master carpenter, draft shop drawings (Vectorworks), oversee undergraduate student crews and construction for two theatres and three main stage productions each year. Serve as facility manager for the theatre spaces and teach one technical theatre course per semester. Maintain production and rehearsal facilities, and ensure a safe working environment. Ability to hire, train and manage work-study students and student crews, and flexibility to work nights and weekends. Review of applications will begin immediately. Send cover letter, resume and contact information for 3 references to theatre@ ashland.edu. Ashland University meets fully its obligation of nondiscrimination under federal and state laws and is actively committed to diversity in its workplace. Employment will require a criminal background check. -- [image: AUseal_sig_300.png] *Dr. Teresa Durbin-Ames* Associate Professor & Artistic Director Department of Theatre | 235 Center for the Arts (w) 419.289.5821 tdurbin@ashland.edu