Performance Production Manager

Manage, schedule and run rehearsals for the performance.

Allocate staff and resources to different activities in the artistic production. Take into account the needs of the production and coordinate with the involved parties.

Organise rehearsal schedules for actors and crew, collect and update necessary contact information as well as organise any additional meetings for the actors and crew.

Establish daily priorities for staff personnel; effectively deal with multi-task workload.

Develop activities adapted to the outreach and/or audience. Take into account difficulties and needs observed and identified from the perspective of enhancing curiosity and general capability to access to art and culture.

Create the timeline for the production of a motion picture, broadcast program or artistic production. Decide how long each phase will take and what its requirements are. Take into account the existing schedules of the production team and create a viable schedule. Inform the team of the schedule.

Oversee the day-to-day coordination of production tasks so that the organisation fits within the desired artistic and business policies and in order to present productions in a uniform corporate identity to the public.

Keep the stage and backstage areas organised. Define and label areas for different purposes, such as storage, dressing and meeting. Coordinate organisational decisions with the users of the space.

Arrange events in cooperation with local stakeholders which promote local culture and heritage.

Establish and maintain sustainable partnerships with cultural authorities, sponsors and other cultural institutions.

Maintain the liaison and exchange of information with regional or local authorities.

Coordinate activities with other artistic and creative departments.

Work with artists, striving to understand the creative vision and adapting to it. Make full use of your talents and skills to reach the best possible result.

Make sure all production needs are clear before you plan the schedule. Take into consideration the demands of the choreographer, artistic director and company director and the the specific needs of the performers/dancers as well as the available budget. Take into account work space, logistics, staging, lighting, sound, multimedia requirements. Factor in requirements related to costumes, makeup, hair and props.

Create logistic framework for transporting goods to customers and for receiving returns, execute and follow up the logistics processes and guidelines. Adapt the production processes to the contingencies and constraints of the medium.

Analyse, estimate and list the artistic production needs.

Developing artistic project budgets for approval, estimating deadlines and material costs.

Coordinate the final checks before a performance in order to ensure a safe, optimal functioning environment that is fully ready to start the show.

Direct daily operations of different units. Coordinate program/project activities to assure the respect of costs and time.

Promote and respect diversity, and advocate for equal treatment of genders, ethnicities and minority groups in organisations in order to prevent discrimination and ensure inclusion and a positive environment.

Lead and manage according to the organisation's code of conduct.

Monitor and control the flow of supplies that includes the purchase, storage and movement of the required quality of raw materials, and also work-in-progress inventory. Manage supply chain activities and synchronise supply with demand of production and customer.

File and document a production in all its phases right after the performance period so that it can be reproduced and all relevant information remains accessible.

Act as representative of the institution, company or organisation to the outside world.

Plan, monitor, report on the budget and prepare set production budgets.