Technician
Salary: £33,000 per annum
Terms: This is a full time permanent contract
Reports to: Technical Director
Works with: Duty Manager, Hosts, Contractors and Suppliers
Hours: 44 hours per week, across a 5 day week (including weekends)
Holiday: 20 Days, plus 8 public holidays per annum pro rata
Probation: 3 Months
Notice: 2 weeks during probationary period; 1 month thereafter
Location: Lightroom, 12 Lewis Cubitt Square
Deadline: 14th August 2024, 12PM
Interviews: W/C 19th August 2024
ABOUT LIGHTROOM
Lightroom is a new permanent projection-based arts venue which opened in Kings Cross, London in February 2023. Created through a joint venture between 59 Productions and London Theatre Company, Lightroom creates remarkable artist-led shows for audiences in London and across the world.
We invite the world’s leading creative minds to use our vast space and revolutionary technology to create something completely new. Launching with collaborations with the much-loved British artist David Hockney (Bigger & Closer (not smaller & further away)) and actor and producer Tom Hanks (The Moonwalkers), Lightroom aims to be the home of stories from the world’s most exciting voices across all disciplines of the arts, music, popular science or beyond.
Lightroom is located in King’s Cross on Lewis Cubitt Square, adjacent to Coal Drops Yard and Central St Martin’s. The innovative showspace was designed by 59 Productions in close collaboration with Haworth Tompkins, who designed the venue as a sister space to the award-winning Bridge Theatre. Along with a generous Foyer and gift shop, the space also contains a bar and seating area in collaboration with St John. In late 2023, Lightroom Seoul opened in the South Korean capital.
ABOUT THIS ROLE
The Technician is a core member of the operational team at the Lightroom venue, responsible for day to day delivery of the crucial Video, Lighting and Sound Experience to the visitors in a consistent and exemplary way.
In this new venue, the primary output of the creative team is via a technically delivered medium- Video, Lighting and Sound. It is therefore essential to its effective operation that the venue gather a solid team of Technicians who understand the importance of this and are committed to the delivery of a consistently excellent visitor experience.
To give access to the maximum audience, Lightroom operates 7 days per week, especially evenings and weekends. A Duty Technician must be on site for operation.
Day to day, the Duty Technician will be responsible for establishing that all systems are operational and ready for visitors, opening the venue and working alongside colleagues to ensure that the system remains operational and functioning until the last visitor leaves at the end of the day. The Lightroom approach to venue operation draws strongly from the theatre and live event industry in ensuring that every visitor experience is the best it can be and is not a traditional visitor attraction in its operation. This means digging deeper into the day to day technical operation, not accepting down time, and maintaining ‘show ready’ status every day.
In order to achieve this, Technicians will be equipped with the best available equipment skills in the industry, following on from design principles based in the operation of large scale stadium shows and theatre productions of international acclaim. Training and preparation will be provided, and applicants from all backgrounds and levels of experience and education will be welcomed- as long as they can demonstrate that they support the fundamental ethos that every visitor should be welcomed and that their experience matters.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Day to day responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
- Working as part of the technical team to run power up or power down.
- Video Line Up in Projector and in disguise Media Server (training can be provided)
- QLab day to day operation
- Operation of the show systems generally, including rig check and shutdown
- Performing end user maintenance duties of show related equipment
- Managing upgrades and updates for all equipment to ensure manufacturer support
- Troubleshooting Video, Lighting and Sound systems in a methodical way
- Ensuring the venue standards meet the expectations of the visitors, artists and creative
- Reporting and noting opportunities for improvement in visitor experience and technical operations
- Delivering commercial rental opportunities, and protecting the core visitor offering
- Responding to emergencies and unplanned events, in accordance with established frameworks and procedures
PERSON SPECIFICATION
- Google Workspace and associated software competence required
- Digital native, with complete ability to learn new systems
- Knowledge of Video, Lighting and Sound content workflows and software
- Understanding of Projection Mapping principles and associated skills
- Disguise Media Server experience advantageous but not required
- QLab experience advantageous but not required
- ETC EOS experience advantageous but not required
- Technical Problem Solving to the highest level under commercial pressure
- Strong Communication Skills
- First Aid Qualification will be required, but can be provided
- IPAF 3a and 3b will be required, but can be provided
HOW TO APPLY
To apply, please submit your CV and Cover Letter via this link HERE, under the advert for this role. Your covering letter should detail how you meet the criteria within the person specification and why you would like to be considered for the role.
We also kindly request that you fill in an Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form either via this link or the web page.
Should you wish to reach out for an informal conversation about the nature of the role, please contact our Stage Door team via 0330 500 2148 who will direct your call accordingly.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS
Applications for this opportunity will close on 14th August at 12 noon with interviews taking place W/C 19th August in person at Lightroom. Strictly no interviews will be held by video conferencing.
Should you require any special assistance with your application, please reach out via email to recruitment@lightroom.uk or call 0330 500 2148.
We look forward to receiving your application.
We are an equal opportunities employer and value diversity. We encourage applicants from different backgrounds and different experiences.