Associate Production Manager

At a glance

Employment: Permanent, Salaried

Hours: FT (40 hrs); includes overtime, weekend and evening work as based on a schedule of shows and events

Start Date: ASAP

Salary: $70,000 annually

Location: Calgary (in-office)

To apply, send your resume and cover letter to: employment@werklundcentre.ca

Closing Date: July 13, 2026

Associate Production Manager

Reporting to the Associate Director, Production, the Associate Production Manager plays a key role in bringing events to life for Werklund Centre Presents and other third-party clients. You’ll help deliver exceptional experiences while upholding the highest standards of quality, safety, and collaboration.

Passionate about the arts, you bring a blend of technical expertise and strong administrative and operational skills to ensure every production runs seamlessly. You are a confident and collaborative leader who thrives in fast-paced, creative environments. Skilled at managing multiple priorities, supporting your team, and keeping calm under pressure, you approach every production with precision and care, ensuring both stage safety and an outstanding client experience.

Who we are:

Werklund Centre (formerly Arts Commons) is the steward of Western Canada’s largest arts centre and the artistic and civic cornerstone of Calgary’s downtown core that fosters the arts through live performance, educational opportunities, and artist development. For 40 years, it has been a key contributor to the social, economic, cultural, and intellectual life and well-being of Calgarians—a commitment that is being renewed through the Werklund Centre Transformation project, the largest cultural infrastructure project in Canadian history.

At Werklund Centre:

Our Belief

Equitable access to the arts is a basic human right

Our Responsibility

To redefine a bold and adventurous Calgary by championing and investing in creativity

Our Mission

We pursue artistic leadership through shared cultural experiences—creating opportunities that bring people together to celebrate who Calgary is today and spark the conversations that will shape our city’s future

What we offer

We cultivate a diverse community that encourages collaboration, connection, and empowerment. On top of the excitement of working with a team of cultural enthusiasts passionate about welcoming people into our spaces at one of Canada’s top performing arts facilities, Werklund Centre also offers:

• A collaborative, engaging and values driven work environment
• An annual salary of $70,000
• A comprehensive health and dental benefits package, with RSP matching and access to an Employee & Family Assistance Program (EFAP)
• A Health Spending Account providing annual employer-funded coverage for eligible health and wellness expenses
• A dynamic role that will have you engaging with the arts and communities in many different areas, and through different types of events and productions
• A positive working culture, keeping employee health and wellness a priority with generous paid time off policies and an annual lifestyle allowance

What we value:

We are looking for individuals who share our vision of building a creative and compassionate society, inspired through the arts. Our team is made up of people with a diverse range of interests — singers, actors, musicians, playwrights, coaches, teachers, gamers, bakers, photographers, athletes, dancers. People whose interests encompass the widest spectrum. We even have furry, four-legged friends in the office. We value people who strive to do the right thing, and work to be their best. People with open minds, hearts, and arms.

What you will get to do here:

As the Associate Production Manager, you help to achieve creative goals, anticipate problems, and drive solutions. You ensure that the administrative, advancing and technical needs of the Production department, internal and external clients, and all events are appropriately planned for and executed. As a supervisor and liaison, you will be a communication hub, along with advancers, between clients, performers, crew, and all other necessary staff members.

This role is responsible for coordinating production calendars and team activities, initiating crew calls, and scheduling casual crew members. The Associate Production Manager collaborates closely with the Programming team to advance event planning and works with external clients to facilitate and settle labor billing. Additionally, this position is responsible for installing, managing, and maintaining various technical systems throughout Werklund Centre, including sound, video, lighting, rigging, broadcasting, and security.

Strategic Goals:

Assist in managing each aspect of the performance process from the administrative, advancing and technical Production lens, while maintaining the integrity of creative products and live events through to curtain close.

Where you fit within our ecosystem:

The Associate Production Manager is part of the Production team within Werklund Centre’s Venue Operations department. Reporting to the Associate Director, Production, this position collaborates regularly with members of the Event Services team, Programming team, as well as internal, third-party clients, and external vendors. The Associate Production Manager also works closely with the Building Operations and Security teams to ensure smooth operations on the day of any shows or events, and the general maintenance and safety on the stage.

You will be a great fit if you…

Must haves:

• 3-5 years’ supervisory or management experience with increasing responsibilities in a theatre, concert hall, roadhouse or multi-venue facility
• Experience coordinating and managing the production of live events
• Have sound working knowledge of all elements of technical Production
• Excellent project and workflow management that is accurate and timely, with rigorous attention to detail, logistics and financial acuity
• Strong working knowledge of audio and video production systems.
• Experience installing and maintaining production and technical systems
• Knowledgeable and able to work confidently within Microsoft Office 365
• Demonstrated strong organizational skills necessary to prioritize and accomplish concurrent or competing assignments
• Excellent communication and negotiating skills – listening, receiving, clarifying, consolidating, mediating, and conveying
• Must be able to read technical, mechanical and theatrical drawings
• Positive attitude and comfortable working in collaborative environments
• Values and Customer Service driven
• A passion for the arts!

Nice to have

• A relevant diploma/degree from a recognized theatre school or comparable technical education and experience
• Experience with software such as ReQlogic, CAD and Ameresco an asset
• Experience with video capture and streaming technology, an assett

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements:

• Occasional evening and weekend work required
• Occasional lifting and movement of materials or event supplies (up to 25 lbs)

If you are interested in applying to this exciting opportunity, please forward your resume and cover letter in confidence to:

Human Resources

Werklund Centre

205 - 8th Ave SE Calgary, Alberta T2G 0K9

Email:employment@werklundcentre.ca

Interviews will be conducted on an on-going basis and the job posting will officially close when a suitable candidate is found. For best consideration, please apply by the deadline date. While we hope to fill this position as earliest as possible, our commitment to finding the right candidate may require more time.

We thank all interested applicants in advance but will only be contacting those selected for an interview.

If you have any specific questions to ask in relation to the role, please send them to the email address above and a member of our team will do our best to respond to you in a timely manner.

Commitment to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility (IDEA)

As part of our organization’s commitment to IDEA, we work to remove barriers in collaboration with a broad range of voices. Removing these barriers begins with the hiring process. To that end, we are committed to recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting qualified people of all backgrounds, and providing accessible employment practices. Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process, and applicants are asked to make their accommodation needs known.

We strongly encourage applicants who identify as part of underrepresented groups, including women, people of colour and those with disabilities to apply. Even if your past experiences do not align perfectly with every qualification, we strongly encourage you to apply anyway! An excitement and passion for Werklund Centre can go a long way here, whether it’s in this role or another.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $70,000.00 per year

Benefits

• Dental care
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Paid time off
• RRSP match
• Vision care

Work Location: In person