Careers

Full-Time Positions

Director of Production

The Director of Production serves as a key member of the Center for the Arts' leadership team, reporting directly to the Executive Director. This role provides strategic oversight of day-to-day event production and technical operations across all center activities, including presented performance programs (spanning the full range of performing arts genres), exhibitions, and rental events. The Director of Production leads a team of seven full-time employees plus wage staff in production management, audio/video, staging/rigging, and lighting operations in a variety of diverse facilities, including the 1,200-seat Anne and Ellen Fife Theatre, the Cube (black box theatre), performance halls, galleries, lobby spaces, and outdoor event locations. This position balances planning and administration with active engagement in day-to-day operations, combining hands-on technical expertise with strategic leadership to advance the center's artistic mission while maintaining operational excellence.

Learn more and apply here.

Student Positions

Did you know that more than 100 student workers, including graduate assistants, help support the Center for the Arts at Virginia Tech? Most students work for our patron services and production teams, while positions are sometimes available in marketing and administration.

Applications for student positions will reopen in late August. Please check back soon!

Wage Positions

The Center for the Arts has non-student positions available at times in the patron services wage pool (box office, gallery attendant, and usher) and production wage pool. Apply here.

The patron services position performs a variety of customer service and administrative tasks in support of events at the center. Typical work may include box office staffing, ushering, and/or visual arts gallery supervision. Positions require strong customer service and interpersonal skills, evening and weekend availability, punctuality, and strong computer skills. Leader positions available.

Virginia Tech is an equal opportunity/affirmative action institution.