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Event Assistant
Description
Description
The event assistants are responsible for hauling gear and setting up/tearing down for TIMARA-sponsored departmental events. They ensure gear is safely transported to the venue and help setup and teardown run smoothly and quickly. They also assist with other tasks during the event as assigned by faculty including video recording, sound checking, retrieving miscellaneous items from the TIMARA studios, and etc.
Qualifications
Qualifications
Event assistants must:
- Be a TIMARA major or else have successfully completed one TIMARA course within a year of the assistantship start date.
- Be responsible, punctual, consistent, and have excellent attention to detail.
- Have strong communication skills and respond promptly to emails.
- Be familiar and comfortable setting up a variety of equipment.
- Know how to wrap cables correctly.
Hours
Hours
To be arranged with the studio engineer or event organizer
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
General Responsibilities:
- Haul equipment to and from venues
- Assist in setup and teardown of equipment for events
- Organize equipment used and ensure proper care is taken of items
- Additional tasks vary from event to event, but can include setting up video recording of event or assisting in sound checking
Please note that the TIMARA Department relies on event assistants as a critical community resource. Please only apply for this position if you can commit to being punctual consistently, and to attending or finding substitutes (and alerting the studio engineer or concert organizer) for any missed shifts. Please arrange for substitutes at least one week in advance of the shift you plan to miss. If you are sick, please attempt to find a substitute, even if it is less than a week before your shift. If an event assistant is consistently late or misses many shifts, their hours may be reassigned.
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