When building your team, it's crucial to understand the legal and financial differences between employees and independent contractors. Employees work under your control and are entitled to benefits like vacation pay and statutory deductions. Contractors, on the other hand, operate independently, invoice for their services, and handle their own taxes. And figure out who is best to hire when!
As an artist, the idea of a "regular" or "steady" job probably doesn't apply to you. These days, people are earning income in a variety of ways. When it comes to reporting to the government, though, they want as little ambiguity as possible: they classify workers as either contractors or employees. There are pros and cons to being an employee or a contractor. Let's break them down.
A dramaturg (or dramaturge, depending on who you ask), is vital in the process of both play creation and productions of established plays. In Canada, this is a severely underfunded (and by result, misunderstood) craft. This page of APR aims to give an understanding of what to expect when hiring and working with a dramaturg.
An intimacy director (or intimacy choreographer) is responsible for safely and effectively implementing practices and choreography for staging intimacy onstage.
A Professional Voice/Dialect coach works with the performers in all aspects of voice including, but not limited to, Voice Production (timber, clarity, and pitch) skills, learning/integrating a specific required accent, foreign language text, idiolect, or aspects of English clarification for their role. Having a good base technique for this, for their vocal instrument, ensures the longevity for the performer's voice and accuracy for the role.