{"id":678,"date":"2017-12-08T10:55:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T14:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hub.vpa.mtu.edu\/?p=678"},"modified":"2025-02-03T22:28:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T02:28:18","slug":"job-prep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hub.vpa.mtu.edu\/index.php\/2017\/12\/08\/job-prep\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Prep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Resources:<\/p>\n<p>Professional Organizations:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audio Engineering Society <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aes.org\">(AES)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>United States Institute for Theatre Technology <a href=\"http:\/\/www.usitt.org\">(USITT)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>National Systems Contractors Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsca.org\">(NSCA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmod.com\">CEDIA<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Theatrical Sound Designers and Composers Association <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsdca.org\">(TSDCA)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Acoustical Society of America (<a href=\"https:\/\/acousticalsociety.org\">ASA<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Additional Training\/Certifications:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Synergistic Audio Concepts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prosoundtraining.com\">(SynAudCon)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Audiokinetic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audiokinetic.com\/learn\/certifications\/\">Wwise<\/a> (video game audio middleware) also see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fmod.com\">Fmod<\/a> although they don&#8217;t have certification only training.<\/li>\n<li>Audinate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.audinate.com\/learning\/training-certification\/dante-certification-program\">Dante<\/a> Certification<\/li>\n<li>QSC <a href=\"https:\/\/training.qsc.com\/mod\/page\/view.php?id=560\">Q-SYS<\/a> Certification<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Scholarships:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>USITT has a variety of programs to fund attendance at the conference\n<ul>\n<li>Student Assistant Program<\/li>\n<li>MainStage Assistant Program<\/li>\n<li>Student Ambassador Program<\/li>\n<li>Stage Management Mentor Project<\/li>\n<li>Gateway Program &#8211; opportunities for those who identify with an underrepresented population<\/li>\n<li>Young Designers, Managers, and Technicians Awards<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>AES provides a scholarship for graduate study<\/li>\n<li>NSCA has scholarship opportunities for those interested in installation and technology integration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Job Listings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.offstagejobs.com\/jobs.php\">Off Stage Jobs<\/a> &#8211; Live Entertainment Jobs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.playbill.com\/jobs\">Playbill<\/a> &#8211; Live Entertainment Jobs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gamasutra.com\">Gamasutra<\/a> &#8211; Video Game industry news &#8211; used to have job listings.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usitt.org\/jobs\">USITT<\/a> &#8211; Live Entertainment Jobs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mandy.com\/\">Mandy<\/a> &#8211; Film and more jobs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.media-match.com\/usa\/music\/jobsboard.php\">MusicMatch Jobs<\/a> (they also have a media match service)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indeed.com\/jobs?q=backstage&amp;utm_source=bing&amp;utm_medium=cpc&amp;utm_campaign=284100614&amp;utm_term=kwd-78065420662085:loc-190&amp;utm_content=backstage\">Indeed backstage job listings<\/a> &#8211; Links directly to entertainment jobs, also have lots of other jobs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techcareers.com\">TechCareers<\/a> &#8211; Tech jobs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.juju.com\">Juju<\/a> &#8211; all jobs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.productionhub.com\/jobs\/\">ProductionHUB<\/a> &#8211; Film and other jobs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monster.com\">Monster<\/a> &#8211; All kinds of jobs<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1_-wXkbexM1S9Tw1bzgTfYWQ4pMAxCtWA4ZNtcZW0D7w\/edit?usp=sharing\">W+iT Ongoing Internships &amp; Apprenticeship Directory<\/a> &#8211; Spread sheet of theatre internships<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hitmarker.net\">Hitmaker<\/a> &#8211; Video Game and E-sports jobs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Facebook Groups:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/118898348144817\">MTU VPA Students &amp; Alumni<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/heyaudiostudent\/\">Hey Audio Student<\/a> &#8211; for AES student members, or anyone<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/TSDCA.Student.Sound.Designer.Connection\">TSDCA Student Sound Designer Connection<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/NYCTheatericalSound\/\">NYC Theatrical Sound<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Other resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.assistantdesign.org\/\">Off-Broadway Assistant Designer Resources<\/a> &#8211; excellent resources for freelance designers<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1aHAyQ9Kd4uzh6cG0xLeRp7n1Bp1ARWZrpTGrXVe8MMM\/edit?usp=sharing\">BIPOC Theater Designers and Technicians<\/a> list &#8211; add your name to the list if you identify<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1myTM4B4VGfv21iJovNLYiIopUtsDClzSGLsFOsAZHi4\/edit?usp=sharing\">Theatrical Designer Pay Resource<\/a> &#8211; going rates<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livingwage.mit.edu\/\">MIT Living Wage Calculator<\/a> &#8211; see how much you need to make just to be able to afford living in that city (often more than minimum wage)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>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) Acoustical Society of America (ASA) Additional Training\/Certifications: Synergistic <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"http:\/\/hub.vpa.mtu.edu\/index.php\/2017\/12\/08\/job-prep\/\" title=\"Job Prep\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[33],"tags":[41,42],"class_list":["post-678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-advising","tag-jobs","tag-organizations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7tfSI-aW","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hub.vpa.mtu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hub.vpa.mtu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hub.vpa.mtu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hub.vpa.mtu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hub.vpa.mtu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/hub.vpa.mtu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1312,"href":"http:\/\/hub.vpa.mtu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions\/1312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hub.vpa.mtu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hub.vpa.mtu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hub.vpa.mtu.edu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}