Joseph Redd

• Unique experience installing complex production lighting systems in obtuse venues
• Upper echelon clientele demanded perfection from all aspects, high pressure work in various broadcast studios and for multiple brands.
• Opportunities gained include:
• Programmed and operated lighting in the New York Times building for fashion week
• Installed concert lighting with a crew for the 2019 US Women's Open at Arthur Ashe Stadium
• Installed lighting for underground Apple Store grand opening

• Contracted fly-in lighting designer used for boutique high-budget weddings and small crowd/ high budget corporate concerts across the Eastern Seaboard
• Arrived on-site with minimal knowledge of pre-designed setup and quickly worked out a design with the client and busked the show
• Pushed the limits of disguising large production elements in an elegant and clean, almost invisible, fashion

• Contracted lighting designer responsible for designing touring lighting systems under space and time constraints (Artistic Dance Exchange)
• Pre-programmed and visualized live show for client twice a year, delivering a new product every cycle
• Traveled onsite the day before show, adjusted programming and operated 30 stops a cycle
• Designed, installed, and operated dozens of high end corporate events in the tri-state area using Lightwright and Vectorworks to send to on-site labor during pre-production

Primary project: Artistic Dance Exchange

• Associate Technical Director responsible for working with in-house creative teams to determine what was possible for various permanent and temporary shows
• Overseas working experience
• Extensive experience staffing and running installations and productions in 6 states and 2 countries during my time there, including permanent theatrical work for Disney Cruise Lines and Busch Gardens Parks + American Dream Mall
• Gained vital experience ordering heavy equipment for various projects, staffing technical specialists, as well as ordering equipment for permanent and temporary installs

• Freelance lighting crew chief specializing in a on-demand role, showing up to a gig with almost no info beforehand and adapting to the situation at hand and effectively communicating with a new client daily
• Advanced technical installation and crew management experience
• Main point of contact for touring lighting designer on-site
• 4 years experience doing corporate tours as fly-in lighting designer reproducing the same show reliably for various clients from Houston to New Orleans to Miami

• Work closely with various clientele to realize creative vision for one's event, including pre-production meetings and creative sessions
• Design, draft, and execute arena + festival + theatrical rigging and lighting designs using learned standards to make a safe and visually pleasing product
• Program and operate live concerts and theatrical productions of all scope and size on various lighting control surfaces
• Timecoded show programming for a reproducibly stunning visual product show after show for touring acts and corporate events.
• Repair entertainment technical elements including all manner of moving head lights and lighting consoles, dimmer racks, LED wall panels, chain hoists, special FX elements such as foggers and pyro/cryo

Clients include:

• Oasis Stage Werks
• Clear Lamp AV
• Webb AV
• Fat Fish Media
• Utah Jazz Basketball Organization
• Inspire Solutions
• Encore Global
• etc. etc. (complete list available upon request)

• Continuing role as a self employed free-lance lighting designer / programmer / operator
• Constant growth through pushing the boundaries of my craft and technical know-how by constantly pursing and acquiring difficult clientele from an artistic/budget perspective
• Various regional tours with supporting acts throughout the years, including festival LD work for Freaky Deaky, Rolling Loud, River City Rock Fest, and festival Crew Chief work for Austin City Limits and SXSW
• Constant business upkeep and clientele relationship work

Touring Acts Include:

• Jason Kane & the Jive - Head lighting designer
• Power Trip - Electrician
• Buried Under Texas - Electrician

• Well versed in electrical theory
• DMX troubleshooting
• 6 years lighting design experience
• 7 years crew chief experience
• 4 years dedicated touring experience at any level
• 8 years lighting programming experience
• 10 years experience as entertainment technician
• ~9,500 hours spent programming on show sites, countless hours spent studying outside of work
• ETC, HOG4, and GrandMA 2 certified, continuing education (i.e. activiely pursuing various ETCP certs)
• ~7,500 hours spent rigging or operating rigging elements
• ~10,000 hours spent operating heavy machinery (boom lifts, scissor lifts, fork lifts both telescoping and traditional)
• Moving head luminaire troubleshooting and repair
• Entertainment lighting technology repair and maintenance (Dimmers, consoles, etc.)