Position purpose: 
The Director of Production and Events serves as a key strategic advisor and facilitator for the College of Music and Performing Arts (CMPA). The director will provide facilitation and oversight of performances and events assigned through the Dean's office of the college. For those assigned projects, the Director of Production & Events will plan production functions, logistics, and event details in cooperation with college staff and faculty associated with the project. The director will create a sustainable planning model to manage recurring events and performances while creating new processes for planning related to special events and large-scale performances. They will serve as a liaison to campus or external partners while guiding college collaboration to meet the intended outcomes of each event or performance.

Essential Functions: 

1. Organize and lead logistics, planning, project timelines and collaborative work to support select large, college level performances/events each academic year in CMPA.  Serve as a project liaison with external and campus partners.

2. Develop and lead efficient planning and advancing processes for events and performances in CMPA resulting in effective collaboration with CMPA production staff, faculty directors and campus partners.

3. Ensure financial, artistic, and operational goals of each event or performance are set and accomplished.

4. Develop and help manage production/events budgets for projects in conjunction with involved faculty and staff. Maintain archives of budgets, production details, spending trends, and other production related materials for future planning.

5. Serve as a project liaison with external and campus partners.

6.  The above statements describe the job’s essential responsibilities and requirements.  They are not an exhaustive list of the duties that may be assigned to job incumbents.