Live Production Team 2025
The Live Production Team is responsible for supporting and facilitating in-person rehearsals, performances, and recording sessions. Ensure facilities and equipment are prepared and available as needed. The team consists of several different roles, which will be assigned based on each individual's strengths, experiences, and interests. In the pre-screening questions of this application, please select which roles you are most interested in.
Full-time summer employment contracts range from 8 -16 weeks, May through September. Post-secondary students are welcomed and encouraged to apply for this position as part of their program requirements for a co-op or work placement. Contracts are funded by the Government of Canada, and offered at the Ontario minimum wage.
During the rehearsal period, the live production team will be required to support a rehearsal schedule based in Barrie, ON at our studio and at the local theatre. When you are not directly supporting a rehearsal, you will be training through a variety of methods, which typically involves job shadowing professional technical personnel, completing online learning modalities and/or researching equipment. The location for training activity is in your project constituency. Some training will take place with our production team directly. Please note: Accommodations and transportation are your responsibility during the rehearsal period.
Tour Performances will take place in mid-July and August and will require you to travel for multiple days in southern Ontario. Bus/van transportation, accommodations and meals are provided for all working days when we are out on a leg of the tour. We expect to fulfil three tour legs of 3-7 days.
Participants must be 18 years of age to work on the live production team.
Due to federal funding requirements for this position, eligible applicants must:
Be 15 - 30 years of age on their first day of work
Be a Canadian citizen, have permanent resident status, or be protected under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
Be present in Canada while working
Hold a valid Social Insurance Number, and be legally entitled to work in Canada in accordance with relevant provincial or territorial legislation and regulations
Be aware that not all positions are funded in all locations
Stage Manager/Assistant Stage Manager
Stage Managers provide indispensable practical and organizational support to directors, performers, designers, and technical crew throughout the production and rehearsal process, and supervise onstage and backstage activity during performances to make sure the show goes off without a hitch. They facilitate communication across all creative and technical departments; act as a right hand to the director; oversee sets, props, lights, and sound; and call all technical cues during performances and assisting with a variety of clerical duties.
Playback Engineer
Playback Engineer works in Ableton Live working with click, cue, and stem tracks for rehearsals and performances. Must have a high level of musicality and confidence.
Production Assistant
Production Assistants prepare schedules and budgets, secure and set up equipment, make travel arrangements, relay messages between the crew and performers, and other duties related to the broadcasting and production of technical rehearsals and performances.
Wardrobe Attendant
Wardrobe Attendants maintain and coordinate all wardrobe elements before, during, and after technical rehearsals and live events, and assists cast as needed to facilitate high calibre performances.
A/V Technician
A/V Technicians provide expanded support for sound reinforcement, lighting, computer, and audio-visual support, as well as logistical and operational support to rehearsals and live events. Facilitate all the technical aspects and support required to mount the production onstage, including the operation and maintenance of lighting, sound, and related equipment and systems used in support of stage productions and stage management.
Craft Services
Craft Services ensures food safety standards at all times backstage. Attention to detail for food temperatures and time is critical. If you are not already a certified food handler in the province of Ontario, training and certification will be provided.
Personnel Manager
Personnel Manager is responsible for scheduling cast and approving the crew schedule. Using Master Tour Software they will provide both real-time updates and advances for all persons on the tour. Payroll approval will be completed daily to ensure processing is on schedule. This role is a representative of the Human Resources Team and is in-person at rehearsals and on the road.
Typical Work Hours
Typically 35 hours per week
Rotational coverage for evenings and weekends as scheduled
The Co-op seeks individuals who enjoy collaboration, creativity, learning new skills, and engaging with artists and the community. This position includes some evenings and weekends as scheduled.
Any additional documentation (e.g., your own past projects or school assignments) should be included via the pre-screening box Additional Documentation. Please utilize a Google Drive, Dropbox, or equivalent platform to link these files (for preview in browser) to ensure that hiring staff can open the files.
Applications are only accepted via our branded GetHired portal. All pre-screening questions must be completed. If you have found this job posting on a website other than GetHired, visit https://CanadianMusicians.coop and click on the Summer Employment Opportunities button in the top right corner of the page to access the application portal and the full list of open positions.
To have your application successfully advance to screening, please ensure you complete all pre-interview questions.
Following our initial screening, applicants may be invited to a formal job interview. Interviews take place in March/April onwards until positions are filled.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Canadian Musicians Co-operative welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. Please email jobs@canadianmusicians.coop if you have any questions or require accommodations to apply, or for your interview.
Co-op membership is not required to participate in the competition for this position, and no preference is given to existing members in our ranking process. Please note that you do not need to be a member of The Co-operative to apply. If you choose to accept a position with The Co-operative, you will be expected to join as a professional member upon acceptance of employment. Co-operatives are autonomous, self-help organizations controlled by their members.
Applicants not selected in this role are welcome to join the Co-op, as membership in a cooperative is open to all people who can reasonably use its services and stand willing to accept the responsibilities of membership. Professional Creator members enjoy access to the same live or digital resources, support and community as those in our Emerging Artist programs.
We thank you for your interest in Canadian Musicians Co-operative and submitting your application. Only those candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.
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