Student Events & Audience Services Assistant
Apply @ employment.ku.edu/student/28852BR
Contact: Kate Lorenz, Events & Audience Services Director @ katelorenz@ku.edu / 785-864-2774
Job Description
- 30%: Opening and closing the building and managing public events. Coordinating and managing volunteer ushers on site: giving detailed usher briefings and assignments, opening/closing doors, managing ticket scanning and will call ticketing.
- 30%: Handling ticket transactions and Ticket Office customer service
- 10%: Preparing for events: signage; room layouts and seating; technology needs; printed programs, etc.
- 10%: Interacting directly with rental clients and managing event set-up and execution of events. Serving as the primary contact and liaison on site. Setting up, operating and troubleshooting A/V and presentation equipment: projectors and computers, basic sound, and lighting equipment.
- 10%: Interacting with Lied Center staff and outside vendors: ticket office staff, technical services staff, parking attendants, security, concessions, and catering services.
- 5%: Interacting directly with artists and their support staff: setting up and clearing artist hospitality and assisting with inventory of hospitality supplies.
- 5%: Managing merchandise sales: setting up sales areas, counting inventory, making sales, handling cash and financial settlements.
Additional Candidate Instructions
- A complete application consists of a resume, cover letter, three references and completion of the online application.
- To ensure consideration apply before the application review date 8/26/2024.
Lied Center Student Technical Crew
Apply @ employment.ku.edu/jobs/students/student-technical-crew-lied-center/28761br
Contact: Ann Hause, Technical Director @ ahause@ku.edu / 785-864-2796
Job Description
Positions available on the Student Technical Crew for the Lied Center, which is a presenting venue on West Campus. The Lied Center is host to professional music, dance and theatrical tours, University ensembles and organizations, and Community events. Members of the Student Technical Crew are responsible for assisting with the set-up, running and tear-down of Lied Center events. Students will be asked to hang and focus lights, change lamps, repair cables, run lighting consoles, move curtains, load and unload counterweight arbors, set-up and strike acoustical shell and large music ensembles, set up and run audio systems, set up and run cameras, run video projections, lay dance floor, sweep, mop, launder & press costumes, clean up production areas as needed and help repair, maintain all equipment and otherwise support the technical aspects of the facility with the supervision of full-time technical staff. Students will work as part of a team (50+ crew) and be expected to meet deadlines.
Training is provided.
- A complete application consists of a resume, cover letter, three references and completion of the online application.
- To ensure consideration apply before the application review date 8/22/2024.