Production Manager
Ear Taxi Festival 2025 - Production Manager
The Ear Taxi Festival, Chicago’s premier new music festival, is now hiring a Production Manager. Beginning its third festival season, the Ear Taxi Festival is a program of New Music Chicago and builds upon the success of previous festival seasons in 2016 and 2021. The 2025 Ear Taxi Festival will take place in October 2025.
The Production Manager Role
The Production Manager works closely with the Managing Director, Curatorial Director and leadership team, musicians, composers, venue staff, guest artists, Festival staff, and vendors. An effective team player, the Production Manager is responsible for managing event production throughout the Festival.
ADMINISTRATIVE DUTIES
- Work with Ear Taxi Festival leadership in planning events
- Communicate with artists and venues regarding production needs
- Create production plans and stage plots
- Organize production files and records
EVENT MANAGEMENT
- Oversee event setup and tear down
- Set up and manage rehearsals, concerts, and other events, working with venues and artists
- Plan and administer aspects of concert production such as stage and technical requirements, instrument rental, other logistical arrangements, working with venue partners
- Create and update scheduling and production documents including stage, pit plots, and production sheets
- Work with ETF leadership to arrange transport of ETF branding materials to events.
- Work with vendors for post-performance reception setup
- Serve as point of contact for Festival production and artistic staff including directors, designers, stage management, lighting and sound technicians, and others. Schedule meetings and communicate information
- Supervise production assistants as needed.
- General responsibility for storage and maintenance of ETF inventory.
- Other duties as assigned.
This position is a part-time contractor during the Ear Taxi Festival and its planning phase, September 2024 - October 2025.
Full details online at https://www.eartaxifestival.co...
