Labor Hire & Crew Roles (TD, PM, A1/A2, V1/V2, L1/L2)

What is Labor Hire for Events?

Labor hire is how productions get the specialist crew they need without carrying a full-time staff — and Beatrox supplies vetted event crew from Portland, Oregon to shows nationwide. Live events run on defined roles — the TD owns the technical systems, the PM owns schedule and budget, the A1 mixes front of house while the A2 runs monitors and RF, the V1 drives the screens while the V2 manages playback and switching, and the L1 designs and calls the lighting with the L2 on programming and focus. Each role is a career skill, and shows succeed or fail on who's sitting in those chairs. The challenge for most producers is finding people who are genuinely good — not just available. A resume full of acronyms doesn't tell you how someone behaves at hour fourteen of a problem load-in, or whether they can hold a show together when a playback system hiccups mid-keynote. That's what a labor partner solves: vetted professionals, matched to the actual demands of your show, booked under one accountable umbrella. You get the right number of the right people — no more, no less — plus the supervision and insurance structure that comes with an established production company.

Common Applications

What BEATROX Provides

We staff productions from our own team and a trusted network of specialists we've worked with across years of shows. Every hire is matched to the gig — the media server operator who's actually programmed the platform you're running, the TD who's directed builds at your scale — and every role arrives with clear reporting lines, call times, and deliverables. We can supply a single V2 to round out your department or a complete crew with a crew chief and stage manager running the floor. Our crews have carried high-stakes rooms: for Super Bowl 2020 in Miami, our team provided pre-visualization and on-site technical direction for the Adidas VIP headquarters, running projection mapping and interactive systems through a weekend of VIP programming. At BuzzFeed's 2016 NewFronts, our engineers handled media server programming and full lighting programming for a mapped, multi-screen presentation at Moynihan Station. And on Projekt X, we delivered the technical direction behind a touring stage element engineered with extensive rigging points and flown orientations — the kind of build where rigger and TD judgment is everything.

How We Work

1. 01Scope — We define every role, skill set, and call time your show needs
2. 02Match — Crew selected from our team and vetted network for exact fit
3. 03Book — Contracts, rates, insurance, and scheduling confirmed
4. 04Brief — Advance documents and show files distributed before load-in
5. 05Supervise — On-site leadership through build, show, and strike
6. 06Wrap — Timesheets reconciled and performance feedback collected

Why BEATROX

Frequently Asked Questions