Part-Time | Hybrid | Seattle-Based | Estimated 8–12 hrs/week | Starting at $21.30/hr
Start Date: May 2026

Seattle Open Arts Place (SOAP) is seeking a collaborative, systems-minded, and community-rooted Technical Director to steward our tech infrastructure, support artists, and co-lead production readiness in our creative sanctuary. We’re a small but mighty arts incubator based in Seattle’s Central District, committed to serving artists who often fall through the cracks.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in collaborative, problem-solving environments, is self-starting, and wants to grow with a grassroots organization on the rise.

🛠️ What You'll Do:

• Oversee and maintain SOAP’s lighting, sound, projection, and streaming systems

• Lead tech orientations and exit walkthroughs for rentals and co-productions

• Keep our stage, rep plot, tech booth, and storage areas clean, functional, and future-ready

• Create and maintain documentation for all technical systems (routing trees, rep plots, etc.)

• Support co-productions and internal events as a board op or tech consultant as needed

• Build a roster of board ops, stream engineers, and learning artists

• Collaborate on slides and stream overlays with the Marketing Director

• Participate in planning tech budgets and long-term infrastructure growth

• Be on call for tech support during performances and rentals if needed

• Train staff and support SOAP’s dream of building a technical pipeline for learning artists

• Support bar shifts at least 3x/month (SOAP covers MAST permit)

• Report directly to the Executive Artistic Director

🔧 You Might Be a Great Fit If You...

• Have experience in live tech for theater, events, or multimedia installations

• Have experience with programming and maintaining lightboards

• Are deeply organized and calm under pressure

• Enjoy mentoring artists and building sustainable systems

• Can communicate clearly across artistic, technical, and administrative languages

• Value equity, accessibility, and transparency

• Are available for evenings and weekends (hybrid role with high in-person requirements)

• Are you familiar with platforms like OBS, Vimeo, Google Drive, Trello, and CAD programs—or excited to find resources and learn? 

⚡ Why Now?

After several years of transition and transformation, SOAP is ready to invest in consistent, accessible, and innovative tech leadership. As we grow our co-production calendar and deepen our commitment to emerging artists and experimental work, this role is critical in shaping the heartbeat (and literal sound and light) of our shows. We’re looking for someone ready to build something lasting.

❤️ SOAP Perks

• Free tickets to all SOAP events and co-productions

• Flexible scheduling and workflow

• A front-row seat to Seattle’s boldest and most boundary-pushing artists

• Deep community connection and real impact

• Cash Bar tips from FOH shifts

• Radical joy, weirdness, and laughter

💌 How to Apply

Send the following to info@seattleopenartsplace.org:

• Your resume

• A short note about why this role excites you and what you’d bring to SOAP

• 2–3 work samples (PDFs, links, or cloud folders welcome). You may include:

  • A tech packet or rep plot diagram you've created

  • A tech schedule or production calendar from a past event

  • A short description of a production you’ve tech’d and your role in it

  • Documentation you've created for a system, space, or team

  • A brief video walkthrough or visual tour of a setup you've helped design

Don’t have all of these? That’s okay—show us your strengths.

📎 Access Note:

If you need to submit your materials in a different format or require accommodations during the application process, please reach out. We’re committed to making this process accessible and human-centered.

Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. Priority given to submissions before April 30, 2026.