Job Description

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Description

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Phantom of the Opera are looking for a Deputy Head of Automation to join their team at His Majesty's Theatre, London.

The ideal candidate will have proven experience befitting of a large-scale musical of the highest calibre.



Applications will be reviewed as we receive them, and the final deadline for new applications is Sunday 11th May 2025.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and have an equal opportunity approach across all personal characteristics.

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Key Responsibilities

Assist the head of department in the co-ordinating the efficient management of the Automation department; Cover the backstage automation plot for performances, rehearsals and other events as required; Operate the automation desk for performances, rehearsals and other events as required; Cover the Head of Automation when they are absent; Ensure that the automation and wider technical teams respect the standards and regulations pertaining to the safe operation of automation equipment and apply safe working practices. Thoroughly comprehend and help maintain all automation equipment to a high standard. Assist in the creation and maintenance of up-to-date show running documents and maintenance records. Be prepared to teach or learn any show plots when necessary; Attend meetings or training courses as required; Provide accurate time sheets on a weekly basis Attend promotional events such as publicity and photographic calls, press and media interviews and press junkets as required; Be aware of the Producer's health and safety policies and ensuring that requirements in relation to health and safety are met within the department; Uphold and promote at all times the Producer's child protection policy and related procedures and guidelines; Comply with the Producer's policies and procedures in force from time to time, including but not limited to the Producer's policies on Equal Opportunities, Bullying and Harassment, Safeguarding, Social Media, Data Protection. Undertake any other reasonable duties asked for by the Producer
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Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

About You:

Experience in large-scale theatrical and entertainment automation systems. Experience in a senior role within a small team of employees and freelancers. Strong communications skills both written and verbal. A proven ability to calmly and practically troubleshoot technical issues. A working knowledge of current health and safety regulations and working practices. Comfortable working at height and using power tools.
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About Cameron Mackintosh Ltd

Cameron Mackintosh has been producing shows since 1967 and remains the world's most prolific producer of musicals in theatre history.



As well as producing three of the world's longest running musicals, Les Miserables, The Phantom of The Opera and Cats, his legendary productions include Miss Saigon, Mary Poppins (co-produced with Disney), Oliver!, Side By Side By Sondheim, Little Shop Of Horrors, Song And Dance, Tomfoolery, The Witches Of Eastwick and Five Guys Named Moe. His acclaimed new productions of My Fair Lady, Oklahoma and Carousel have all been International successes, as have his reinvented new productions of Les Miserables, Miss Saigon and The Phantom of The Opera. Cameron is also co-producer with Jeffrey Seller of Hamilton in London.

In 2013, alongside Working Title Films and Universal, Cameron produced the hugely successful Oscar, Golden Globe and BAFTA award-winning film adaptation of Les Miserables which is one of the most successful movies ever of an original stage musical. The concert version of Les Miserables, which was first staged in 1989 at Domain Park in Sydney, has proved to be just as successful as the staged musical around the world. It has been filmed three times - at the Royal Albert Hall, the O2 Arena and the Gielgud Theatre and is continually rescreened on TV and in cinemas throughout the world and, alongside his spectacular Royal Albert Hall production of The Phantom of the Opera, regularly breaking attendance records for live recording performances of musical theatre.

Cameron owns and operates eight historic London theatres which have all been spectacularly rebuilt and refurbished for the 21st century. They house many of London's most successful hits. The Sondheim, formerly known as the Queen's, has been rebuilt and renamed in honour of Cameron's great friend, theatrical legend Stephen Sondheim who died in 2021. The last show he and Cameron were working on, Old Friends, premiered onstage and then TV as a sensational all-star gala last year and is now open at the Gielgud Theatre for a limited season with a terrific cast, headed by Broadway legends Bernadette Peters and Lea Salonga.



In 1990, Cameron inaugurated the Chair of Contemporary Theatre at St. Catherine's College in Oxford University, with Stephen Sondheim as his visiting professor and his current professor is Adjoa Andoh, co-star of Bridgerton.



Music Theatre International, the world's largest owner of secondary rights of many of the greatest musicals ever written, is now one of Cameron's companies. Cameron was knighted in the 1996 New Year's Honours for his services to British theatre and he is the first British producer ever to be elected to Broadway's Theater Hall of Fame.


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