Mercedes Coley

Education

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About me

I have been working in the entertainment industry for the last ten years, both in an educational and professional environment. I have worked in a variety of situations, from concert halls to festivals to theatre productions and understand the difference and needs of each situation. As a stage manager, I am well accustomed to dealing with punch lists and meeting deadlines, working with personnel and outside vendors to organize equipment and logistics for productions and events. People ask me what is my career, and I tell them that it is my passion, because I get to wake up and do what I love as my job. Being a part of high-energy entertainment and being able to understand what is technically and artistically needed to maintain integrity and communication to provide the highest quality of service. Working in a concert environment has also given me the ability to think quickly on my feet for creative and non conventional solutions to unusual situations that arise, while coordinating production needs and load ins and load outs on one-off days and multiple stages at once, and the comfort and general mood of the company. I am excited by the fact of being in an administrative and hands-on leadership environment, and having to adapt to each event and finding solutions to work with the given situation and with available product on hand. I understand the necessity and function of maintaining the artistic and production vision and what it takes to keep the top-notch quality. I have worked with many different technical and artistic elements of varying complications, which allows me to have a good understanding of what entertainment requires in each scenario. This also provides me with a solid grasp of how to communicate with production personnel and artistic staff to keep it of the utmost quality.
Additional skills:
Valid passoort (exp. 2024), driver's license, setup and running of automated stages and rigging, performer flying operation and calling, puppetry, timecode and show control, MS Office, Apple and PC, Lightwright and Vectorworks, international communication, running and management of deck tracks, complicated scheduling, payroll, advance paperwork and vendor communication, lighting setup and programming, audio setup and programming including QLab and SFX, reads music, trained dancer and musican, prop running and maintenance (including weaponry), CPR and first aid certified (American Heart Association), Child wrangling, animal wrangling, loves to travel, always smiling and ready to go.
Referees:
Available upon Request.

Skills

Job Titles	Special Effects (SFX) Artist, Director, Production Assistant (PA), Stage Manager, Production Manager, Production Coordinator, Production Supervisor, Production Support, Set Builder, Lighting Tech / Operator, Events Management / Support, General Staff, Teacher, Theatre Technician, Automation / Flying
Years in industry	6+ years
Organisations / Memberships	SMA (UK), USITT (United States Institute for Theatre Technology)
Work Permits	USA