Kino Alvarez

Non-Profit Production Company. (25 - 35 Direct Reports)

Approximate season budget: 150k

• Bolstered strong working relationships with key stakeholders, enabling a successful production season.
• Developed comprehensive production schedules that aligned with the company's objectives, deadlines, and tour dates.
• Monitored team budgets to keep projects on task and avoid waste.
• Determined suitable crew requirements, scheduled employees, and worked with human resources to meet changing production schedules.

Responsible for 7 Productions. (15 - 20 Direct Reports)

Approximate combined budget: 150k - 200k

• Managed multiple production processes concurrently, ensuring each production remained on schedule and within budget.
• Foster collaborative environments between faculty, staff, designers, technical managers, and crews.
• Increased overall productivity by identifying bottlenecks in the production process and proposing effective solutions.
• Provided support to the safety office by ensuring all technical design elements were up to code.

Classroom size: 10 - 15

• Developed two seminars, including lesson plans and tangible deliverables for students.
• Promoted positive learning environments by establishing clear expectations and maintaining consistent classroom management techniques.
• Boosted student performance by providing individualized support and targeted feedback.
• Initiated new learning methods, eliminating instructional gaps and improving comprehension.

Consultancy and General Contracting services. (20 Direct Reports).

• Administered integral perspective, strategic planning, and successful execution of organizational goals and client-based projects.
• Monitored important global economic trends to decrease operating costs, and increase revenue effectively.
• Established and administered project budgets with effective contingencies to prevent overruns and minimize burn rate. Strategic negotiation tactics were also utilized to maintain profit margins without sacrificing product value.
• Controlled daily business operations by; Prioritizing short and long-term goals, together with utilizing project scheduling tools and time management software.

Audio Engineering and Show Production School.

• Implemented data storage and data retrieval systems to facilitate centralized operations and ease of access.
• Boosted organizational operations by providing strategic direction and introducing new and updated syllabuses, which ultimately increased unit sales revenue.
• Facilitated critical field-training opportunities for students, and in some cases provided advanced training sessions to students and teachers, thus increasing local talent pools of trained and certified technicians.

Medium-sized Design and Production Company. (10 Direct Reports)

• Prepare departmental budgets and event budgets to ensure that finances are utilized wisely throughout production life cycles.
• Advise on hiring and cross-training matters, as well as maintain high-quality services by conducting regular assessments of employees, SOPs, and systems.
• Populate production schedules with production team information, production meeting dates, deadline dates, rehearsal dates, and performance dates, as well as coordinate with venues and vendors to ensure deliveries and load-ins are on schedule and within budget.
• Prepare and negotiate contractual agreements with; Design/Production teams, vendors, and service providers, to streamline expenditure.

Performance venue with a seating capacity of approximately 1000.

• Performed site surveys to determine technical and design requirements of audio equipment for various types of live events.
• Prepared relevant documentation including; input riders, audio plots, and schedules, for various productions.
• Set up and test equipment prior to events, broadcasts, and recordings, including microphones, speakers, audio mixers, and audio playback systems.
• Created clear and balanced audio mixes from Front of House position, for various productions ranging from music festivals to Broadway-style productions.
• Created clear and balanced mixes for performers on floor monitors and In-Ear monitor systems, when needed.
• Functioned as system manager, and monitored audio levels from all media sources, to ensure consistent quality, in accordance with established industry standards.
• Managed a team of 4 audio technicians and 2 audio-visual technicians, for load-ins, set ups, rehearsals, performances, break downs and load outs.
• Facilitated school tours and demo sessions with students of primary, secondary and tertiary schools.