Posted by Single Thread Theatre Company
Deadline to apply: May 24, 2024 at 5pm EST
Location: Online, with ability to work in-person in either Toronto, ON or Kingston, ON during the conference in November 2024
Contract Dates: June 17, 2024 – December 13, 2024
Salary Range: $13,000 – $14,000
This position begins part-time, scaling up to full-time to support the PXR Conference in the fall. This position has flexible working hours and can be done remotely, with the exception of the conference dates when in-person attendance in either Toronto or Kingston is required.
About the job
We’re looking for a producer to support Single Thread Theatre Company’s XR projects, mainly including the Performance and XR (PXR) 2024 conference, an annual hybrid event that takes place in VR and in-person across Canada. The conference brings together artists and technologists to discuss and share all things related to XR (virtual, augmented, and mixed reality)performance. The ideal candidate will have experience producing in theatre or digital media. No previous experience in XR is necessary, just an interest in learning!
This is a managerial role, which will be shared by the successful candidate and the current XR Producer, Amanda Lin. You will work in tandem with Amanda Lin (XR Producer) and Justine Katarenchuk (Events & Operations Manager) under the supervision of Liam Karry (Executive Producer). You will oversee a small team who will work to bring the conference and its associated programs to life in November 2024. You will be trained to work at the intersection of XR and live performance, on a national scale.
This position is funded by the Government of Canada’s Canada Summer Jobs program and Single Thread Theatre Company.
Responsibilities will include:
- PLANNING: Working with the Single Thread team to establish project timelines, goals, and benchmarks, and communicating these out to the team;
- EXECUTION: Ensuring that each phase of PXR planning goes smoothly, including call for proposals, media outreach, announcements, initiatives, application selection, launch, registration, onboarding, debrief, archiving and project wrap-up;
- CURATION: Working with the producing team and steering committee to accept applications for conference presenters, reaching out to potential presenters, and curating PXR2024;
- PARTNERSHIP: Sourcing and creating new sponsorships and partnerships, as well as caring for Single Thread’s relationships with organizational and artistic partners;
- FUNDING: Researching possible funding streams, grant writing for upcoming initiatives;
- MANAGEMENT: Assisting in the hiring of production teams, overseeing a team and giving them the support they need to reach the organization’s goals;
- ADMINISTRATION: Creating and executing contracts, tracking payments, and onboarding new artists and staff;
- BUDGETING: Working with the producing team to create and manage the budget;
- MEETINGS: Coordinating regular team meetings and attending and presenting at quarterly steering committee meetings;
- EVENTS: Providing live support during digital and in-person events;
- COMMUNICATION: Overseeing the marketing and outreach plan, executing some social media content creation and posting;
- COMMUNITY: Representing Single Thread at meetings and events, welcoming guests, and stewarding the Single Thread XR community
- REPRESENT: Acting as a project representative in the enforcement of Single Thread’s anti-harassment policy;
Qualifications
- Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the beginning of the employment period (as per Canada Summer Jobs funding requirements).
- Have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada.
- Experience producing theatre, digital media, or events. Experience with virtual events and/or events in the arts or tech sector is an asset.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to write for different audiences.
- Able to work well independently and meet deadlines.
- Highly organized with attention to detail.
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Google Suite.
- Content creation skills are strongly valued.
- Existing relationships with Canadian artists and arts, media, and technology organizations is an asset.
- Passion for and/or a creative practice rooted in immersive theatre and/or XR is a strong asset.
How to apply
Email a cover letter and resume to jobs@singlethread.ca with the subject “XR Producer” before 5pm EST on May 24, 2024.
Single Thread is committed to removing barriers to employment, and encourages all applicants who identify as IBPOC, LGBTQ2S+ and/or disabled to apply. Single Thread is committed to providing a barrier-free and equitable application process. If you require any accommodations let us know and we can work with you to ensure your needs are met.
We thank all applicants for your interest, but we will only be contacting those who meet the requirements for an interview.
About Single Thread
Single Thread Theatre Company creates immersive theatre experiences in Canada and internationally that seek to advance the art of immersive storytelling through innovation and the presentation of new works.
For the past two decades, Single Thread has played a role in shaping enthusiasm and best practices for ‘site-specific’ and ‘immersive’ theatre in Canada and worked with hundreds of emerging and established theatre artists.
About Single Thread XR
Single Thread XR builds the capacity of artists to engage with XR, brings together artists and technologists to share work in performance and XR, and seeks to create new work that explores the intersections of immersive theatre and XR.
In 2020, Single Thread partnered with Electric Company Theatre with support from the Canada Council for the Arts to produce PXR 2020 – a four day symposium which brought together over two hundred artists, administrators, academics and technologists from diverse backgrounds across Canada in virtual reality using the AltspaceVR social platform to discuss how artists are using XR media and feature presentations from thought leaders in the area of XR, panel discussions, host networking events for artists and technologists. PXR has since become an annual event taking place on VRChat, a free-to-use social VR platform.