Production Assistant [PA]

What is a Production Assistant [PA]?

An assistant to the producer who supports many different tasks at an event as needed. The production assistant offers a support role, providing assistance to crews of various departments. Tasks may include anything from general office duties to construction of sets.


Additional Information: PA’s are sometimes called “runners” because they are constantly moving from one task to another or running production schedules or cue sheets to various teams as they are updated. Because of this, they are known to be a jack-of-all-trades in the live event industry.

Pronunciation [Production Assistant]

Shoflo Explained

Production Cue Sheet/Rundown Software

Other Terms

Production Cue Sheet

A production cue sheet is an item-by-item sequence of events that will happen within a show. The detailed outline shows…
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Production Schedule

A production schedule is a report that shows where all live event personnel should be during set up, show and…
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Green Room

A Green Room is an area or room, usually backstage, where the talent or presenter wait for their time to…
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Floater Tech

A live event technician who has a general knowledge of audio, video, and lighting who can be called upon to…
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About Shoflo

Shoflo is an Orlando based company focused on software solutions for the broadcast and live event production industry.