SSTI's Tech Education Director is a tone-setting leadership role on the SSTI campus. Serving approximately 15 advanced technical theatre artists per session across six focus areas, this individual designs and oversees a rigorous, personalized educational experience aligned with each participant's artistic and collegiate goals.

The ideal candidate is highly organized, fluent across a broad range of technical disciplines, experienced in the modern college interview process for BFA-bound designers and technicians, and energized by working deeply with motivated, career-focused young artists. The ideal candidate will have the ability to communicate with the modern student, including a native understanding of modern portfolio and website software, such as Canva, Wix, and the Adobe Suite. The position is supported by a decade of established templates, lecture materials, and documentation, as well as an assistant for large-group instructional sessions.

Specifically, this individual (along with a part-time assistant) will over the:

-Designing, coordinating, and overseeing the full technical theatre curriculum, including daily classes, specialty workshops, masterclasses, and project-based learning.

-Preparing and distributing pre-summer educational communications, assignments, and placement surveys to support individualized scheduling, spotlight projects, and departmental readiness.

- Collaborating with production leadership to align educational goals with production needs, including daily student area assignments, run crew assignments, and scheduling considerations.

- Managing the strategic use of an assistant that is available as needed for specifically delegated tasks, larger projects/event days (such as mock interview day or tech for actors day), but otherwise remains a member of the scenic department.

- Leading and supporting instructional staff through educator preparation sessions, class development guidance, and ongoing mentorship throughout the session.

-Overseeing student progress, including spotlight projects, portfolio and resume development, mock interviews, and professional readiness benchmarks.

- In conjunction with the Production Manager, overseeing the planning, scheduling, and managing special tech events, including spotlight fairs, mock interviews, tech parent programming, and masterclass weeks.

- Advocating for daily educational assignments through company production meetings; ensuring clarity, accuracy, and consistency for staff, students, and families.

-Monitoring the scheduled use of instructional spaces and materials to ensure educational activities align with facility needs, production schedules, and safety standards.

TO APPLY

To be considered for a position at SSTI, please email the following materials with your name and the job title in the subject heading of the email to:

jobs@SummerTheatreInstitute.com

- Resume with three references
- Portfolio or website (if applicable)

Please visit www.summertheatreinstitute.com/jobs for complete job breakdowns with FAQs, sample schedules, and more.


THE DETAILS

Contract Dates: June 1 - August 4, 2026
Contract W2 Salary: $785 p/w
Company additionally provides:
-Private bedroom housing
-Travel stipend or round trip air
-Weekly gas stipend, if driving
-Nightly dinners