Technical Director / Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

Technical Production Leadership:

• Take overall technical ownership of assigned events from pre-production through execution and breakdown.
• Develop the technical production strategy for each event based on the creative concept, venue, audience, programme, and client requirements.
• Translate creative concepts, event designs, and production briefs into detailed technical plans.
• Determine technical requirements for staging, lighting, audio, video, LED screens, power, rigging, special effects, structures, and other production elements.
• Establish technical standards and production procedures across the organisation.
• Provide technical leadership during rehearsals, live events, and post-event breakdowns.
• Act as the final technical escalation point for major production issues.

Technical Design & Production Planning:

• Develop detailed technical drawings, production plans, equipment schedules, site plans, and technical specifications.
• Conduct technical site inspections and venue assessments.
• Evaluate venue infrastructure, access, power availability, rigging capacity, loading areas, audience configuration, and other technical considerations.
• Develop technical solutions that balance creative ambition, functionality, safety, quality, and budget.
• Conduct technical risk assessments and develop contingency plans.
• Coordinate technical rehearsals and production run-throughs.

Audio, Visual & Lighting Production

Provide oversight across key technical production areas, including:

• Professional audio and sound reinforcement systems.
• Stage lighting and intelligent lighting systems.
• LED screens, projection, video walls, and display systems.
• Live streaming and broadcast production.
• Video capture and content playback.
• Stage management and show control.
• Intercom and communication systems.
• Power distribution and backup systems.
• Rigging and structural production.
• Special effects, where applicable.
• Technical integration of interactive and experiential technologies.

Vendor & Supplier Management:

• Build and maintain relationships with reliable technical production vendors and suppliers.
• Source and evaluate vendors based on technical capability, reliability, pricing, and production quality.
• Prepare technical equipment requirements and request quotations.
• Review vendor proposals and ensure alignment with project specifications.
• Negotiate technical production costs where required.
• Coordinate vendor mobilisation, installation, rehearsals, event execution, and demobilisation.
• Maintain an approved technical vendor database.
• Evaluate vendor performance following each major production.

Budget & Cost Management:

• Develop technical production budgets in collaboration with the production and finance teams.
• Prepare detailed technical bills of quantities and equipment schedules.
• Ensure technical requirements remain within approved project budgets.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimisation without compromising production quality or safety.
• Review supplier quotations and validate technical deliverables against costs.
• Track technical production expenditure and flag budget variances early.
• Support the commercial team during proposal development and client costing.

Event-Day Technical Management:

• Take technical command during live event execution.
• Coordinate all technical vendors, crew, operators, stage managers, and production personnel.
• Ensure timely setup, testing, rehearsals, show calls, and breakdown.
• Conduct comprehensive technical checks before doors open.
• Monitor technical performance throughout the event.
• Troubleshoot and resolve technical issues quickly and discreetly.
• Coordinate technical cues with stage management, show callers, performers, speakers, and production teams.
• Ensure the event follows the approved technical run-of-show.

Health, Safety & Compliance:

• Establish and enforce technical health and safety standards across productions.
• Conduct technical risk assessments before events.
• Ensure appropriate safety procedures for electrical systems, rigging, staging, structures, pyrotechnics, special effects, and heavy equipment.
• Ensure technical vendors and crew comply with applicable safety requirements.
• Identify and mitigate technical hazards before and during events.
• Maintain appropriate emergency and technical contingency plans.

Team Leadership:

• Lead and coordinate technical production teams, technicians, operators, stage crew, and external specialists.
• Define technical crew requirements for each production.
• Brief technical teams before events and conduct post-event debriefs.
• Develop the capabilities of junior technical staff and freelancers.
• Establish clear roles, responsibilities, reporting lines, and escalation procedures.
• Maintain a high-performance culture focused on technical excellence and accountability.

Client & Stakeholder Management:

• Participate in client briefings and technical production meetings.
• Provide clients with professional advice on technical possibilities, limitations, and recommendations.
• Translate technical information into clear language for non-technical stakeholders.
• Manage client expectations regarding technical delivery.
• Represent the company professionally during venue meetings, production meetings, rehearsals, and events.
• Work closely with the creative and client service teams to ensure the technical execution reflects the approved creative vision.

Innovation & Technology:

• Stay abreast of emerging event technologies and production trends.
• Explore innovative approaches to lighting, sound, video, immersive experiences, digital integration, and live production.
• Recommend new technologies that can improve audience experience and differentiate the company's productions.
• Evaluate new equipment, technical suppliers, software, and production methodologies.
• Develop scalable technical solutions that can be adapted across different event formats and budgets.

Post-Event Review

• Conduct technical post-mortems following major productions.
• Document technical issues, lessons learned, vendor performance, and recommended improvements.
• Maintain technical production reports and documentation.
• Review equipment utilisation, production efficiency, and technical performance.
• Recommend improvements for future productions.

Requirements:

• Minimum 5 years of experience in live events, event production, technical production, broadcast, concerts, theatre, experiential marketing, or a related field.
• Demonstrable experience delivering large-scale corporate, entertainment, experiential, or public events.
• Experience managing technical vendors, freelancers, production crews, and significant event budgets.
• Experience working with premium brands, corporate clients, government institutions, international organisations, or major entertainment productions is an advantage.