Job Prep

Resources:

Professional Organizations:

• Audio Engineering Society (AES)
• United States Institute for Theatre Technology (USITT)
• National Systems Contractors Association (NSCA)
• CEDIA
• Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association (TSDCA)

Additional Training/Certifications:

• Synergistic Audio Concepts (SynAudCon)
• audiokinetic Wwise (video game audio middleware) also see Fmod although they don’t have certification only training.
• Audinate Dante Certification
• QSC Q-SYS Certification

Scholarships:

• USITT has a variety of programs to fund attendance at the conference
  • Student Assistant Program
  • MainStage Assistant Program
  • Student Ambassador Program
  • Stage Management Mentor Project
  • Gateway Program – opportunities for those who identify with an underrepresented population
  • Young Designers, Managers, and Technicians Awards
• AES provides a scholarship for graduate study
• NSCA has scholarship opportunities for those interested in installation and technology integration

Job Listings:

• Off Stage Jobs
• Playbill
• Gamasutra
• USITT
• Mandy
• MusicMatch Jobs (they also have a media match service)
• Indeed backstage job listings
• TechCareers
• Juju
• ProductionHUB
• Monster
• W+iT Ongoing Internships & Apprenticeship Directory

Facebook Groups:

• MTU VPA Students & Alumni
• Hey Audio Student – for AES student members, or anyone
• TSDCA Student Sound Designer Connection
• NYC Theatrical Sound

Other resources:

• Off-Broadway Assistant Designer Resources – excellent resources for freelance designers
• BIPOC Theater Designers and Technicians list – add your name to the list if you identify
• Theatrical Designer Pay Resource – going rates
• MIT Living Wage Calculator – see how much you need to make just to be able to afford living in that city (often more than minimum wage)