Amy Sand

**** ********* ****** *****

Palm Springs, CA 92262

Phone: 760-***-****

QUALIFICATIONS

Proven success at remaining on or under budget while staying on or ahead of schedule. Able to project plan and streamline operations with limited time and resources. An organizer, communicator, researcher, negotiator and innovator, who is loyal, pro active, flexible and accountable. Experienced in; supervising, contingency planning, recruiting, contract negotiation, training, coordinating, documenting.

EDUCATION

1988-1990 M.A. in Theatre, C.W. Post, Long Island University

1976-1980 B.A. in History, Syracuse University

EMPLOYMENT

1997-2008 Assistant Director/ Production Manager, The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies.

Organizing:

·Created and coordinated Production and Producer’s schedules. Allowed contingency for Producer’s need to change all artistic elements throughout an eighteen-month schedule, while incorporating the schedules of off site artistic staff and vendors to meet the original and continually changing goals.

·Created and developed daily schedule system, company wide, allowing executives, managers and supervisors to prioritize departments and track projects daily. Incorporated annual schedules into the system, allowed for continuity of projects and tasks. Provided successful contingency plans if schedules fell behind.

·Produced weekly report to Producer of all items relating to the current and upcoming productions.

Supervising:

·Utilized staff meetings, email, radios, land lines and cell phones to keep in touch with my staff who worked half of the year on separate shifts and the other half they ran a show six hours a day, which limited my access to them.

·Use of schedule system described above and formatted electronic daily reporting by staff allowed me to be on top of the department’s needs and productivity.

·Made unannounced visits to work sites and spoke to employees casually. This provided me additional insight to how we were doing as a team.

·New tasks were assigned with clear intention of goal to be met and available tools to be used. Projects were monitored while in progress to be certain staff was on the correct track.

·Attended disciplinary meetings, which created mutual respect with staff.

·Met with supervisors when changes were required, kept them in the loop and got their input, which allowed for smooth efficient transitions.

·Praised and thanked staff in front of upper management, for exceeding expectations.

·These techniques allowed me to develop strong working relationships with staff.

Training:

·Wrote job descriptions and procedures to train staff. Created cross training so when employees were not available, we could smoothly continue operations. This system of cross training allowed us to use middle management to train incoming staff and to combine jobs as our budget and needs demanded.

Budgeting:

·Required to spend less then the previous year, I would recommend where materials and labor cuts in the coming year could be made.

·Developed a form on which labor could be projected throughout a year. This allowed me to make best scheduling choices to meet the budget.

·Maintained and monitored annual production budget.

·Provided bi-weekly budget reports to the Producer.

Contracts and Negotiating:

·Processed bids, contracts, scopes, and purchase orders. Created a “Request for Bid Form”, which allowed me to obtain comparable quotes and evaluate choices more efficiently.

·Developed strong relationships with vendors.

·Able to cut excess from bids while getting the same value from the contract.

·Created daily “In House Reporting System of Work in Progress”, that allowed me to intercept and stop any unnecessary delays or additional costs. Made unannounced visits to the work site to monitor work being done.

·Created and maintained a tracking system for vendors building products off site, which directly related to payment releases, eliminating unnecessary delays or additional costs.

Recruiting:

·Saved money by finding most economical ways to advertise.

·Substantially increased response to recruitment ads by participating in national conferences to make our theatre well known among potential candidates.

·Responsible for all phases of the recruiting process for production.

·Developed checklist form to track process of the interview.

·Developed questionnaires for each job in production, segmented for all managers who had to take part in the interview. Allowed for ease of one manager conducting an interview for another if required.

·When interviewing for unique technical positions, I contacted experts in the field to do technical interviews for me.

Documentation:

·Refined company’s policy and procedures by organizing them by category and on to spreadsheets, made them accessible to managers. Scheduled employees to review these spread sheets as was required through out the year. When a more formal procedure process was requested, I worked with MIS to develop the form and system. Each time a procedure was used by my staff, I required that it was vetted as being up to date or to have updates made to it.

·Created a system to maintain archival libraries of our production plans, contracts, show history, audition files, act submissions, research books, sheet music and media files. Allowed for efficient access to tools and materials needed annually to produce the show.

1990-1997 Master Electrician, Post Theatre Company

·Implemented and maintained light plots for college theatre while training students on basic theatrical lighting.

·Provided a safe working environment, taught them to overcome fears of climbing a ladder and reading blue prints. By training them to read information presented, ask questions and to take things step by step, they not only learned how to hang lights, but how to accomplish any tasks in the future.

1991-1993 Adjunct Faculty, C. W. Post, Long Island University and Suny/Old Westbury

·Taught stage management and supervised technical training in conjunction with Technical Directors at each college.

·Supervised students who stage-managed shows. Mentored students, getting them jobs working with me or recommending them for jobs.

1989-1996 Production Manager, Assistant General Manager, Stage Manager, Company Manager, Assistant Stage Manger, Props Master, Electrician, Stage Hand, for various theatre companies in the New York area.

·During this time I was Stage Manager for Slim Goodbody Productions, Assistant Stage Manager of two touring musicals for Robert Young Associates and National Touring Musicals and held a Production Manager internship with Manhattan Theatre Club. Responsibilities of various positions:

·Production Manager responsible for; shows coordination, budget, sets, costumes, props, performers, contracts and performances.

·General Manager and Company Manager; maintained company budget, coordinated travel and accommodations, supervised front of house staff, managed box office.

·Stage Manager; scheduled and ran rehearsals and performances, conducted production meetings, daily reporting during rehearsals and shows, called shows.

·Assistant Stage Manager; same as above and in addition, assisted the Stage Manager, supervised unloading and loading of trucks, ran backstage, trained tech staff on all moves of show.

·Props Master; made, purchased and maintained props, created the running order and ran them during a show.

·Electrician; hung and cabled lights, trouble shooting, programmed boards, ran boards or spotlights.

·Stage Hand; loaded and unloaded scenery, set construction, scenic painting, and moved scenery during show.

1985-1988 President of Microwave Communications Corporation.

·Co owned company.

·Responsible for accounting, purchasing, managed office and hired personal for a small satellite communications company.

1981-1985 Purchasing Agent for Struthers Electronics Corporation.

·Negotiated, purchased, expedited, and maintained inventory.

1980-1981 Production Control Manager for Communication Techniques.

·Pulled all blue prints or ordered new ones to build a job and released jobs to the factory.

·Maintained inventory and made requests to Purchasing for all additional parts needed.

·Tracked job while it was on the floor and expedited between departments.

·Worked after shift and weekends building electronic components.

References available on request.

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