Christopher Townsend Email & Phone Number

Las Vegas, Nv, Us

Create, develop, and implement music festival concepts for independent musical artists and national touring artists which are unique to specific regions of the country. The focus is on bringing together music, food, fashion, art, and education together in one place and creating an immersive experience for patrons.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Manage and oversee staffing of concert touring personnel including staffing of extra board personnel for warehouses across the country in large entertainment markets (New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, San Francisco, Las Vegas). • Responsible for placement of new hire personnel into concert touring prep positions while coordinating with touring crew chiefs to ensure new hire personnel were appropriate for tour positions. • Created, designed, and implemented a recruitment and tracking system for discovery of new talent in addition to recruitment of candidates from various sources/companies.• Designed workflow of pre-screening of potential candidates once candidate information was entered into LASSO Workforce Management Software. • Managed and conducted all interviews of potential candidates for various positions, including department heads, supervisors, on-site managers and leads, and touring personnel in all positions.• Coordinated and managed hiring of shop work personnel in order to reduce costs for outside labor during peak volume.• Oversee recruitment efforts including venue site visits across the country and locally to view in-house personnel for potential placement in PRG concert touring division. • Developed and implemented a through-line concert touring program for University theater programs which provided direct opportunities for graduates to enter the concert touring field.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

• Entertainment Director for three hotel/casino properties: Stratosphere, Arizona Charlies – Boulder, Arizona Charlies – Decatur.• Prepared, managed and tracked strategic plan to drive annual multi-million-dollar operational budgets for 3 departments. Monitored monthly budget evaluations and projections and reviewed causes of deviations for month-end review. • Ensured compliance with various Collective Bargaining Agreements for Union personnel while effectively managing and supporting all employees, creating avenues of opportunities for growth.• Routinely researched, developed, prioritized, and directed bid process for all yearly Capital Expenditures.• Evaluated and approved all monthly purchase requisitions and services for all departmental needs.• Conducted annual reviews for all personnel to determine pay increases, promotions, and cross-training.• Screened and interviewed potential employees with Entertainment Manager.• Created and managed weekly staff schedules for Non-Union Technicians to cover nightly show operations, lounge entertainment, and special event operations.• Monitored and reviewed nightly ticketing revenue reports for Production Shows and Comedy Club Shows to track show revenues and follow trends in town for time of year/occupancy forecasting. • Monitored and reviewed nightly shift reports from multiple property venues with Food and Beverage Management to ensure smooth operations, superior guest services, while creating the best overall guest experience.• Reviewed all submissions for production show options, special event options, and lounge entertainment options and oversaw master calendar for all production shows, special events and lounge entertainment.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

• Oversaw and managed all operations for 15 shows a week, 6 days a week in the 640-seat Theater of the Stars showroom. Combined annual revenues before expenses of upwards of $5 million.• Managed Entertainment Department for three hotel/casino properties (Stratosphere, Arizona Charlies – Boulder, Arizona Charlies – Decatur).• Coordinated all production requirements with show management for two production shows, American Superstars and Bite.• Created and prepared annual budgets for 3 departments and evaluated budgets on a monthly basis. Processed daily and weekly payroll edits for 23-person staff. • Routinely researched, developed, prioritized, and directed bid processes for all yearly capital expenditures.• Managed staff including evaluation and approval of all monthly purchase requisitions and services for all departmental needs as well as conducting annual reviews for all personnel to determine pay increases, promotions, and cross-training. • Screened and conducted interviews for all potential employees as well as administering corrective counseling and final separation for all employees.

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

‘Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular’ The Venetian Las Vegas• Project Manager for the $5 million “Chandelier Flying Effect” installation into the Phantom Theater – the featured main attraction for the show production.• Streamlined and directed all system testing and adjustments with mock-up chandelier and conducted same procedures with final show chandelier.• Worked with Theater designer and Architect and show producing team on creating, programming and modifying 3D flight paths of chandelier system to finalize show cues. Changes were updated and modified throughout the rehearsal and pre-show opening process.‘La Reve’ Wynn Las Vegas• Project Manager for the “Lighting Pods” show effect placed into the show as an upgrade.• Managed all elements of the mechanical and control system concept and design process including parts procurement related to the project budget, all mechanical and control system fabrication and testing with shop management.• Directed and coordinated installation process of all custom mechanical and control systems in Le Reve Theater including winch platforms, rigging positions, hardware, winches, control cabinets, and “Lighting Pods”.Front Feature Wynn Las Vegas• Project Manager for the “Dancing Orbs” show effect added to the front feature production show.• Planned and directed all elements of the mechanical and control systems concept and design process and all parts procurement relations to the project budget. Assisted shop management with all mechanical and control system fabrication and testing.• Supervised and coordinated installation process of all custom mechanical and control systems into the front feature around normal show operations.• Installation elements including winch frames, winches, winch covers, rigging integration, control cabinets, and front-end operations software upgrades to Navigator control system to accommodate the 3D flight movements of the Dancing Orbs.

Las Vegas, Nevada Area

Managed all daily company operations.Sales Director for new Account developments and advertising.Oversaw monthly operating budget and helped to prepare annual budgetEvaluated, hired and trained staff