53 documented roles across the events Free Press Houston produced. This index records people who worked those events in non-editorial capacities — talent buying, artist relations, production, operations, visual and art direction, and event administration. Editorial and creative contributors are indexed separately under Contributors. Each role is stated only where the archive holds evidence for it.
Three editions, 2015—2017: music programming, art curation and festival management.
Founder · Music Programming · 2015—2017
Conceived the festival in 2014 with Kiffer Keegan; Free Press Houston's own 2016 lineup announcement states the music lineup was curated by Afra and Chris Wise.
Talent Buyer · Music Programming · 2015—2017
Talent buyer on the festival's music programme alongside Omar Afra and Dante DiPasquale across all three editions; named in the paper's 2016 lineup announcement, and the held 2017 schedule grid was circulated from his desk.
Talent Buyer · 2015—2017
Named to this archive as a talent buyer on the festival's music programme alongside Omar Afra and Chris Wise. No canonical person record is held; no outside source in the archive names the role.
Co-Founder · Creative Direction · 2015—2017
Conceived the festival in 2014 with Omar Afra; named on the surviving announcement page as Work-Order's creative partner on the first edition.
Art Curator · 2015—2017
Named on the surviving announcement page as curator of the festival's visual programme; interviewed as its curator in the paper's own IFAQ column.
General Manager
Her own site records the role in her terms: general manager, Day for Night Festival.
Video / Visual Documentation
Directed the festival's video and visual documentation; the held staff boxes carry him as Free Press TV creative director.
Curatorial Assistance
Assisted curator Alex Czetwertynski on the festival's art programme.
Social Media Manager · 2016
Role supplied to this archive directly by Marlene Rivera herself; stated alongside additional festival support duties as needed.
Street Team Manager · 2017
Role supplied to this archive directly by Marlene Rivera herself; stated alongside additional festival support duties as needed.
Media Buyer
Rice University's staff profile records her work for Day for Night as media buyer. No edition years are established.
Administrative Assistant
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: worked under Marini van Smirren and Omar Afra on promotions, accounting and general administrative support. No years are established.
Artist Relations
Role stated to this archive by the paper's publisher, who describes extensive Day for Night artist-relations work: liaison between the festival, performing artists, management and booking agencies, and a substantial share of artist advancing.
DFN Event Staff
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: assistant to Omar Afra, street team and event production for Day for Night. No edition years are established.
Technical Team
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: Day for Night technical team, from Generations Production Staff, helping make the festival's art installations come to life. No edition years are established.
Associate Producer · 2016—2017
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: associate producer for Day for Night, 2016–2017. The archive's surviving 2017 staffing folders also list him under core staffing.
Site Manager · 2015
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: site manager for the inaugural 2015 Day for Night.
Nine editions, 2009—2017: production, sponsorship, site management and festival artwork.
Site Director · Promotion, Administration, Logistics and Festival Operations
Foundational operational leader across the festival's first three years, stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: Site Director, with responsibilities spanning promotion, administration, logistics and festival operations. Known within the staff as “Wolf”.
Founder · Producer · 2009—2017
Founded and produced the festival; the held posters, site plans and production files come out of that work.
Co-Founder · Talent Buyer
Co-founded the festival and bought its talent; the archive's held lineup records name him among the festival's curators, and independent coverage held here reports he started it in 2009 with Omar Afra.
General Manager
Role stated to this archive by the paper's publisher. No years are established.
Poster Artwork · Festival staff (2013 crew) · Development and installation of external signage · Maintained the festival's brand and design across print and web; installed print signage on site · 2009 · 2013—2015
Credited by the archive's curator as the artist of the held 2009 festival poster. Named in the archive's post-edition staff records for 2013; department and tasks are not published from those records. Recorded in the archive's 2014 staff roster (Free Press Summer Fest, Signage: development and installation of external signage) and in the 2015 roster (Free Press Houston, Design · Signage: maintained the festival's brand and design across print and web; installed print signage on site). Roster records publish name, organisation, department and tasks managed only.
Festival Artwork · 2013—2016
Credited as the artist on held festival artwork in the archive's FPSF record.
Assistant Talent Buyer
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: assistant talent buyer for Free Press Summer Fest. No edition years are established.
Festival staff · 2013
Named in the archive's post-edition staff records for 2013. Department and tasks are not published; no commentary from those records is reproduced.
Festival staff · 2013
Named in the archive's post-edition staff records for 2013. Department and tasks are not published; no commentary from those records is reproduced.
Festival staff · 2013
Named in the archive's post-edition staff records for 2013. Department and tasks are not published; no commentary from those records is reproduced.
Sponsor Activation & Marketing Coordinator · 2010—2015
Recorded in her own terms on her own site, with the years stated there.
Assistant Site Manager · RFP Manager
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: Assistant Site Manager under Paul Holzhauer and RFP Manager, negotiating and managing major infrastructure vendors including power and water, and working directly with the City of Houston on site operations. No years are established.
Vendor Manager · Market Vendor Manager
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher and corroborated by Rice University's staff profile: coordinated participating vendors before the show, placed them across the site, resolved vendor logistics and served as liaison to participating companies. No edition years are established.
Site Team, Ice Distribution · 2009
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: site team and ice distribution from the founding 2009 edition, with asset deployment and geodesic-dome installation work across the festival grounds.
FPSF Event Staff
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: a member of the FPSF site team. No edition years are established.
Office Manager · Revenue, Payouts and Artist Reimbursements
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: served in the festival's early years as its de facto office manager, handling incoming revenues, payouts and band and artist reimbursements when the event economy was largely cash-based. No edition years are established.
Site Infrastructure · Power, Water and Cash Collection
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: worked the festival's early years on site infrastructure, including power, water and on-site cash collection. No edition years are established.
Intern
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: began with the festival as an intern. No edition years are established.
Main Stage Manager · 2009—2017
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: main stage manager at every FPSF edition, from LD Systems. No further year detail is held.
Artist Relations / Artist Advance · 2011—2016
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: artist relations and artist advance across six editions, coordinating technical, hospitality, logistical and backstage advance requirements for touring talent.
Site Manager · 2013—2016
Stated to this archive by the paper's publisher: site manager for Free Press Summer Fest, 2013–2016. Corroborated for 2014 by the archive's held production correspondence, which records Tony Terwilliger circulating the festival's final site map to the 2014 festival team.
Social Media Assistant · Street Team · Promotion · Administrative Staff
Roles stated to this archive by the paper's publisher. No years are established.
Poster Design · Production · 2012—2013
Circulated the festival poster as proofs in 2012 and 2013, stating the poster as his own work for Free Press Summer Fest. No final printed state is held.
Festival staff · 2013
Named in the archive's post-edition staff records for 2013. Department and tasks are not published; no commentary from those records is reproduced.
Festival staff · 2013
Named in the archive's post-edition staff records for 2013. Department and tasks are not published; no commentary from those records is reproduced.
Talent buying, artist relations and marketing · 2014
Recorded in the archive's 2014 staff roster: name, organisation, department and tasks managed. No canonical person record is held.
Trailer and RV coordination, placement and maintenance; artist-relations and sponsorship support; general site support · 2015
Recorded in the archive's 2015 staff roster: name, organisation, department and tasks managed. No other field is published.
Oversaw box-office operations · 2015
Recorded in the archive's 2015 staff roster: name, organisation, department and tasks managed. No other field is published.
Recruited artist-relations staff, advanced local and touring acts, and supported day-of-show site operations · 2015
Recorded in the archive's 2015 staff roster: name, organisation, department and tasks managed. No other field is published.
Advance and on-site coordination of sponsor activations · 2015
Recorded in the archive's 2015 staff roster: name, organisation, department and tasks managed. No other field is published.
Credentialing, staff check-in, guest list, box-office operations and ticketing · 2015
Recorded in the archive's 2015 staff roster: name, organisation, department and tasks managed. No other field is published.
Newsletters, web-app content management and sponsor web-activation coordination · 2015
Recorded in the archive's 2015 staff roster: name, organisation, department and tasks managed. No other field is published.
The free Montrose street festival where the paper learned festival production.
Producer · 2005—2009
Produced the block party for Free Press Houston; the held posters and site plans come out of that work.
Production Staff
A critical member of the block party staff before Free Press Summer Fest; stated to this archive by the paper's publisher.
Production Staff · 2008
Free Press Houston's own October 2008 block party thanks names him among the staff who produced it.
Documented event roles the held record does not tie to a specific festival or year. They are listed without an event rather than assigned to one.
Photo Pit
Role stated to this archive by the paper's publisher. No event or year attribution is held.
