Film Technician (Theatre & Cinema Specialist)
Catalyst Institute for Creative Arts and Technology is a creative production learning community, housed in the legendary Funkhaus, delivering Bachelor's and Master’s degree programmes. Organised into a Music School and Film School, our diverse and ever-growing programmes are based on the values and concepts of progressive, project-based education whilst complying with the rigorous requirements of a UK university qualification.
Aiming to become the international creative production and performance learning institution of choice, we encourage students to push their creative boundaries way beyond what they thought possible, at the same time engaging with their personal growth as a human being. With students from over 75 different countries, our creative community is a working environment that is international and multicultural.
/// What are we looking for?
—A team member
Moving beyond outmoded ways of working together, striving toward a conscious people-centred culture, we operate in a distributed leadership model, which we can describe in more detail in-person. We are excited to invite team members who have the courage to bring more of their own interests, insights, and backgrounds to the mix.
Whilst the aims of the school are what bring us together, what keeps us together in our dynamic community is the idea that people can bring more of their authentic selves and not just their “professional” selves to the workplace.
A film technician
Join our Film School and Facilities Team as a Film Technician, where you will play a role in
curating dynamic and purposeful environments. Your responsibilities will encompass providing essential daily assistance to both students and staff, guiding and acquainting tutors with the array of equipment and studio facilities, and overseeing the maintenance, repair, arrangement, and readiness of all operational aspects within the spaces. Your role will also involve the overall maintenance and tidiness of the facility, ensuring a seamless experience for everyone.
—Key accountabilities:
- Overseeing the operation and maintenance of the new theatre and cinema.
- Renting out equipment & Studios.
- Helping Students & Staff with studio or equipment issues.
- Preparing equipment for classes.
- Documenting loss / theft.
- Preparing event spaces for special occasions such as guest lectures, graduation, student.
- performances/ viewings.
- Maintaining the safety of faculty, students, and guests.
—About you
The ideal candidate for this role is someone who thrives both within a collaborative team
environment and when working autonomously with self-initiative in their designated areas of accountability. Proficiency in independent documentation of processes and policy creation is essential, highlighting the significance of adeptness in administrative functions. Exceptional interpersonal abilities are crucial, as the position involves direct interaction with students and handling a range of potential scenarios with finesse.
—Technical proficiency:
- Knowledge of DMX control for stage lighting.
- General experience in lighting technical and creative.
- Expected to do pre-production work for the plays and performances.
/// What you can expect from us:
We offer a working environment where learning and exchange are invited and encouraged. Within our vibrant creative community, we share a lively and flexible work environment. By design, the working environment invites fuller expression of yourself, taking initiative in shaping your own role(s), and opening up possibilities to develop yourself as a technician as well as a creative professional (if applicable).
Part of what animates our work together is trying to find ways of delivering a progressive and rigorous education to our students, whilst centring community and belonging. We therefore strongly encourage applications from those who would traditionally be excluded from an educational institution. For Catalyst that means we envision a constellation of team members that is diverse in its gender, race, class, ability, age and sexual orientation backgrounds.
/// Next steps:
Instead of sending a traditional cover letter, describe to us in 500 words your perspective on a progressive creative education and how you feel you would contribute to this endeavour (in PDF format). Please also include your most