Technical Director

Deadline to apply: June 8, 2025 at 5:00pm EST

Location: Online

Contract Dates: July 7, 2025 - August 29, 2025

Hourly wage: $18.25

     

About the job

We’re looking for technical directors to support Single Thread Theatre Company’s XR projects, mainly the Performance and XR (PXR) conference, an annual hybrid event that takes place in VR and in-person across Canada. The conference brings together artists and technologists to discuss and share all things related to XR (virtual, augmented, and mixed reality)performance. The ideal candidate must have experience world building in VR. This position is funded by the Government of Canada’s Canada Summer Jobs program and Single Thread Theatre Company. 

Responsibilities will include:

  • Lead the world build of the PXR Conference alongside the Producers, Events and Operations Manager, and the Associate World Builder;

  • Design and build the environments for the PXR world build;

  • Lead all Technical and Logistic sessions with the support of the Events and Operations Manager;

  • Work with presenters on a case-by-case basis to assess and carry out their technical needs, e.g. youtube uploads, multiplayer coding, asset compression, modeling and texturing;

  • Provide own equipment necessary to accomplish tasks related to the Technical Director role;

  • Use a Single Thread email address for all correspondence, to also be used to upload all of your completed work to the Single Thread Google Drive;

  • Attend weekly all-hands meetings and world building check-ins and be prepared to provide updates on ongoing work;

  • Support the testing of event tools.

  • Be 'on-site' full time for the week of the Conference and for the PXR Launch Party and lead the streaming and recording of all conference events;

  • Be available during the conference to problem-solve and implement solutions for technical issues and bugs.

Qualifications

  • Be between 15 and 30 years of age at the beginning of the employment period (as per Canada Summer Jobs funding requirements).

  • Have a valid Social Insurance Number at the start of employment and be legally entitled to work in Canada.

  • 3+ Years experience in Unity Building for VR. Experience with virtual events and/or events in the arts or tech sector is an asset.

  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills

  • Able to work well independently and meet deadlines.

  • Highly organized with attention to detail.

  • Passion for and/or a creative practice rooted in immersive theatre and/or XR is a strong asset.

How to apply

Email a cover letter and resume to jobs@singlethread.ca with the subject “Technical Director” before 5pm EST on June 8, 2025.

Single Thread is committed to removing barriers to employment, and encourages all applicants who identify as IBPOC, LGBTQ2S+ and/or disabled to apply. Single Thread is committed to providing a barrier-free and equitable application process. If you require any accommodations let us know and we can work with you to ensure your needs are met.

We thank all applicants for your interest, but we will only be contacting those who meet the requirements for an interview..

About Single Thread

Single Thread Theatre Company creates immersive theatre experiences in Canada and internationally that seek to advance the art of immersive storytelling through innovation and the presentation of new works.

For the past two decades, Single Thread has played a role in shaping enthusiasm and best practices for ‘site-specific’ and ‘immersive’ theatre in Canada and worked with hundreds of emerging and established theatre artists.

About Single Thread XR

Single Thread XR builds the capacity of artists to engage with XR, brings together artists and technologists to share work in performance and XR, and seeks to create new work that explores the intersections of immersive theatre and XR. 

In 2020, Single Thread partnered with Electric Company Theatre with support from the Canada Council for the Arts to produce PXR 2020 - a four day symposium which brought together over two hundred artists, administrators, academics and technologists from diverse backgrounds across Canada in virtual reality using the AltspaceVR social platform to discuss how artists are using XR media and feature presentations from thought leaders in the area of XR, panel discussions, host networking events for artists and technologists. PXR has since become an annual event taking place on VRChat, a free-to-use social VR platform.