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- Outreach Coordinator-Dance Data Project®
Organization Description
Founded in 2015, Dance Data Project® (DDP) is a global resource for the study and analysis of major national and international dance companies, venues, and choreographic awards. In addition, DDP surveys competitions, festivals and scholarship programs worldwide. We provide resources for those seeking information about female choreographers, set, costume & lighting designers, as well composers of classically inspired dance music. In addition, we produced the online Global Conversations series during the pandemic, researched available Covid-19 resources, and compiled a growing list of female performing arts leaders worldwide.
Recently, we have broadened our scope to include global surveys of resident choreographers and season programming. DDP also now surveys modern & contemporary dance companies and now ranks the largest 150 classically based companies by budget. We have added two new online series: Raising the Barre and a short series on motherhood and dance, Moving Forces.
DDP’s work has been featured in the New York Times, NPR, NBC, Forbes, Fortune, the Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, and both on radio and television.
Position Description
Reporting to the Chief External Affairs Officer, the Outreach Coordinator will assist in the acquisition, organization, and storage of media assets from outside organizations, as well as assist in the creative direction of affiliated projects.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
- Utilize Bailey’s Blog to source leads in female created works nationally and internationally
- Organize outreach efforts to targeted companies to acquire media assets surrounding the promotion of that work
- Update contact lists (when necessary)
- Manage the storage and proper photographer/videographer crediting for obtained assets
- Assist the Chief External Affairs Officer in the development of related projects, when applicable
- Adhere to DDP communications brand guidelines in both internal and external projects
- Must be able to meet minimum hours. While this is a part-time role, it is crucial to the organization and requires a consistent focus each week. The role will need to be a weekly priority for the applicant.
Requirements: Education, Experience, and Skills
- An interest in dance research.
- Well organized, attentive to detail, and in possession of effective time management and organizational skills.
- Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
- Nurtures positive and collaborative working relationships with team members as well as external resources.
- Deep commitment to diversity, gender equity, racial equity, and inclusion into organizational routines and practice is required.
- Interest in and knowledge of ballet, modern, and/or contemporary dance is recommended.
- Background in or willingness to learn creative campaigns for non-profit organizations
- Must complete the DDP onboarding process as well as sign an NDA (we throw ideas around freely, and many of them do not reach fruition).
- Timely completion of Friday Status Reports (FSRs) as well as invoicing (EOM) on a monthly basis.
Part-Time Position:
- 10 hours with possibility for up to 15 (with proven work)
- $22/hr, commensurate with experience
- 100% remote work
- Has Taylor Swift Transcended Critics?
There has long been a disconnect between how music critics and Swifties consume Taylor Swift’s work, but never before has that split been so pronounced. – The New Yorker
- Rather Than Something To Be Avoided, Anxiety Helps Focus Our Creativity
Even if we are fated to anxiety by our very nature, we needn’t be anxious about being anxious. Contra those who would abolish every form of friction or frustration, he insists that anxiety is a way of honoring who and what we are. – Washington Post
- What Matters In The Age Of Distraction
For years, we have heard a litany of reasons why our capacity to pay attention is disturbingly on the wane. Technology hounds us. Modern life, forever quicker and more scattered, drives concentration away. For just as long, concerns of this variety could be put aside. – The New Yorker
- What Does The Rise Of AI Writing Suggest About Human Creativity?
If a computer can write like a person, what does that say about the nature of our own creativity? What, if anything, sets us apart? And if AI does indeed supplant human writing, what will humans—both readers and writers—lose? – The New Republic
- Astonishing Ancient Construction Found In France
Researchers from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (INRAP) unearthed the monument while excavating a prehistoric site in the eastern commune of Marliens. – Smithsonian
- Art Gallery Of Ontario Strike Revealed A Class Divide
If the union made scant material progress, the strike looks mainly like a huge strategic error on the AGO’s part. — The Globe & Mail
- So What’s The Deal With Actors’ Superstition About Saying “Macbeth” Inside A Theater?
Well, turns out there’s a history of very bad things happening during productions of “the Scottish play” going all the way back to Shakespeare’s own company in 1606. Actors getting injured or killed onstage. Theaters burning down. Massive audience brawls. The 1849 Shakespeare riots in New York? Yep, over Macbeth. – Mental Floss
- How Daniel Radcliffe Got Past Harry Potter
When he’d auditioned for a British TV adaptation of David Copperfield, it was less out of great hope or ambition than because he’d been having a rough time at school and his parents (his father was a literary agent; his mother, a casting agent) thought that the experience of auditioning might boost his confidence. – The Atlantic
- Why Cathy Marston Turned Ian McEwan’s Novel “Atonement” Into Ballet
“Briony’s idea of being able to rewrite someone’s life for the better is, for any sensible brain, a ridiculous notion. Yet there’s scientific evidence that we feel our experiences differently according to the stories we tell about them. … Whether we change the truth through stories we tell is a very relevant topic.” – Pointe Magazine
- What Scientists Are Telling Us About Our Relationship With Music
More and more, science is allowing us to understand our attraction to music and what it does for us — and consequently, what makes us human. – San Francisco Classical Voice
- With “Illinoise”, Justin Peck Has Expanded The Idea Of What A Broadway Musical Can Be
“The 37-year old’s directorial debut is the result of a three-force collaboration: the dance is by Peck himself to Stevens’s introspective coming-of-age album with a narrative written by playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury. A group of singers perform the album’s songs while dancers express Sibblies Drury’s storyline without uttering any lines.” – The Guardian
- Australian Arts Organizations Struggle With Inflation In Costs
Unfortunately, it’s not only large-scale music festivals that are copping severe losses, as many other vital players within the performing arts are battling rising costs in a funding environment that is simply not keeping pace with the price hikes associated with presenting arts events. – ArtsHub
- Puccini The Modernist?
“Puccini is typically seen as representing the end of a tradition, but might he actually have sown the seeds of a variety of new traditions? We can hear nods to his style in works by Janáček, Korngold, Orff and Berio.” – Bachtrack
- How Your Sense Of Time Impacts Your Creativity
When it comes to how you would ideally plan your days, the research suggests that people differ, with some more drawn to clock time and some more to event time. – Psyche
- Well, Here’s What Happened When Another Large Country Banned TikTok
“After (a 2020) border skirmish, the Indian government banned the app. … As the app’s 150 million US users swipe through videos in limbo, the story of India’s TikTok ban shows that users are quick to adapt, but also that when TikTok dies, much of its culture dies with it.” – BBC
- One-Quarter Of Young-Adult-Lit Readers Are More Than 28 Years Old
“According to the report (commissioned by HarperCollins), 74% of YA readers were adults, and 28% were over the age of 28. The research suggests this is due to behavioural changes described as ’emerging adulthood’: young people growing up more slowly and delaying ‘adult’ life.” – The Guardian
- Climate-Protesting Art Vandals In Paris Arrested Before They Could Vandalize Art
“Two people were arrested on Sunday morning at the entrance of the Musée d’Orsay for being suspected of attempting to damage classified property. … When they were arrested, they were ‘in possession of a white liquid – glue and a viscous whitish mixture – and were wearing” t-shirts of an environmental activist group. – ARTnews
- When James Baldwin Went To Hollywood
He loved cinema all his life and wrote some genuinely great film criticism. Yet, says one Baldwin scholar, he “craved an Oscar almost as much as he did a Pulitzer” and pitched a number of ideas to directors. Some filmmakers approached Baldwin themselves; Fassbinder suggested filming Giovanni’s Room. – The Guardian
- Álvaro Mutis on the Real Nowhere Man<a href="https://www.artsjournal.com/herman/2024/05/alvaro-mutis-on-the-real-nowhere-man.html" title="Álvaro Mutis on the Real Nowhere Man” rel=”nofollow”><img
- State Of The Arts In The US: Cultural Organizations’ Staffing Levels Post-COVID
“On average, organizations retained their full-time staff through pandemic shutdowns. Average staff size has grown over the last two years (2022 to 2023) through the addition of permanent part-time positions. Payroll has also increased over the period analyzed, outpacing inflation by 11%.” – SMU DataArts
- Author Paul Auster Dead At 77
“Called the ‘dean of American post-modernists’ and ‘the most meta of American meta-fictional writers,’ Auster blended history, politics, genre experiments, existential quests and self-conscious references to writers and writing. … Starting in the 1970s, Auster completed more than 30 books, translated into dozens of languages.” – AP
- Toronto’s Largest Art Museum Reopens After Monthlong Strike
“The Art Gallery of Ontario, which closed to the public on March 26 as more than 400 unionized workers went on strike, (reopened) on April 30. The employees, whose ranks included curators, archivists, designers, researchers, technicians, and front desk staff, … had sought wage increases and protection for part-time workers.” – Artforum
- Mahler in Sioux Falls (with yet another glance at Klaus Makela)
- What Does Culture Look Like Without Nightlife?
Last year, 125 grassroots music venues closed permanently and 1,293 pubs shut their doors across Britain. According to the Night Time Industries Association, more than 3,000 pubs, clubs and venues have closed down in London alone since the pandemic began in March 2020. – The Guardian
- Mind Blown: The Vegas Sphere As Experience
I don’t know whether the Sphere is the future of live music—it’s very expensive, both to build and attend, and the venue’s path to profitability isn’t clear at all. But I do know this: The Sphere is a mountain. – The Atlantic
- Senior Director of Communications – Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Does This Sound Like You?
Are you intrigued and moved by the power of music and the arts? Does being in close proximity to the artistic process drive your curiosity for constant learning and being part of enriching experiences? If you’re ready to bring these qualities to the forefront of your next professional role, then this opportunity is for you! If you’re a savvy and meticulous communications leader with a passion for collaborative process in the performing arts, come join like-minded individuals as the Senior Director of Communications with Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO). This is a full-time, hybrid position based out of our office located in historic Heinz Hall for the Performing Arts, a cornerstone of Pittsburgh’s cultural district downtown.
Who is the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra?
Known for its artistic excellence for more than 120 years, today the PSO is the region’s national and international cultural ambassador. A two-time 2018 GRAMMY® Award-winning orchestral ensemble credited with a rich history of concerts, performances, and recordings with the world’s finest conductors and musicians. The PSO consistently is demonstrating a genuine commitment to Pittsburgh’s citizens, regional communities, and vibrant cultural scenes.
Job Purpose:
The Senior Director of Communications is responsible for developing and develops and implements an array of communications and public relations strategies for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, directly managing communications activities that promote, enhance, and elevate the organization’s brand and products on a regional, domestic and international level. This position is responsible for the development, integration, and implementation of a broad range of activities relative to the strategic direction and positioning of the organization, its leadership and its programming. As an ambassador for the organization, the Senior Director of Communications will advance the organization’s position universally. This position creates and tells the story of the PSO through a multitude of traditional and emerging channels.
Creating the Story
Senior Leadership
- Collaborate with PSO departments to develop and implement a holistic, strategic institutional communications plan to advance the PSO’s brand identity aligned with its strategic plan; broaden awareness of its priorities, mission, and vision; and increase the visibility of its programs locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
- Partner with the Marketing team to implement institutional messages through all marketing channels, digital, and traditional.
- Working in close coordination with the marketing team to design and implement integrated strategies to increase awareness of the PSO’s concerts, programs, and initiatives, and enhance brand awareness.
- Act as principal interdepartmental liaison to facilitate institutional communication flow and ensure message alignment and brand consistency.
- Serve as a senior spokesperson and lead point person on media interactions and crisis communications strategy mitigation.
- Embody discerning and prudent judgment as a leader, mentor, and colleague.
Telling the Story
Media and Community Engagement
- Develop media and community partnerships that enhance and grow public awareness of the PSO’s mission and activities.
- Oversee the development and implementation of Social Media strategies, grounded in organic content creation. Collaborate with cross-departmental teams to ensure that institutional messaging is deployed throughout.
- Social Media strategies oversight, grounded in organic content creation and cross collaboration with marketing for content marketing efforts.
- Supervise the coordination of all guest artist, musician, and Music Director interviews for live radio broadcasts, pre-concert videos, promotional videos, and miscellaneous projects.
- Proactively engage, cultivate, and manage press relationships to ensure coverage surrounding the PSO’s core products, community projects, special events, and public announcements.
- Facilitate and oversee media interest in the PSO’s concerts, events, and programs, and ensure regular contact with target media and appropriate response style in a timely fashion.
- Oversee all interviews and public appearances for Music Director, Musicians, Senior Leadership, Board Chair, and guest artists; coach and provide talking points/key materials.
Materials Development
- Oversee the strategy, writing and distribution of all organizational press releases and public statements for core PSO products, community news, foundation and individual giving, financial updates, collective bargaining updates, and institutional news.
- Serve as senior editor and publisher of PSO Program Books, including developing and implementing strategies for Program Books to align with audience engagement goals.
- Oversee the development of and collaborate on video and visual-based storytelling to amplify the PSO brand and programming.
- Collaborate internally to develop season themes and messages that amplify key programming and link back to the larger institutional communications plan.
- Lead and manage the PSO Season Announcement event(s) and internal communications rollout of season announcements and programming updates.
Touring, Team Mentoring, Budget, Archives
- Work closely with international consultants to ensure optimal media coverage surrounding the Music Director and the PSO’s tours.
- Manage and mentor the Communications Associate and Social Media Specialist to ensure they are successful contributors and collaborators within the Marketing & Communications Department and overall organization.
- Develop, manage and provide forecast updates to the communications budget.
- Oversee the PSO Archives, including budget management and supervising staff- and/or project- archivists.
Necessary Skills, Experience and Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required; Communications, Journalism, Public Relations or related field preferred, and at least eight years of communications or public relations experience. Master’s degree is a plus.
- Demonstrated experience and leadership in developing, directing and managing comprehensive, integrated, strategic communications plans and programs, including public relations that advance an organization’s mission and goals.
- Background, personal experience, or passionate interest working in the Performing Arts, and/or knowledge of the Performing Arts, Entertainment Industries, or General Arts & Culture Fields.
- Excellent editorial, written, and verbal capabilities, including clear, concise and creative writing skills and ability to line edit with a critical eye for detail.
- Proficient in MS Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Social Media Platforms and Features.
- Highly independent and self-motivated and able to prioritize multiple projects with a high level of energy.
Compensation and Location:
This is a full-time, exempt position with an annual salary range between $85,000 – $100,000 depending upon experience. We also offer a comprehensive benefit package which includes paid holidays, paid time off, health benefits, as well as retirement savings options. Heinz Hall in downtown Pittsburgh is the work location for this position. Success in this position requires local presence and relationship building. The PSO supports a flexible, hybrid work environment, which currently includes three days per week in-person work, including occasional work on weekends and evenings during PSO and Heinz Hall concerts or events.
To apply for this position, please go to https://www.pittsburghsymphony.org/pso_home/web/about-landing/career-opportunities/employment.
Pittsburgh Symphony, Inc. (PSI) provides equal opportunity to all qualified employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, ancestry, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other class or category protected by local, state, or federal law.
The PSI recognizes that an individual with a disability may require a job modification/ accommodation to enable them to successfully perform a job function. Consideration will be given to such requests. Such requests should be directed to Human Resources.
- The Rockefeller Brothers Fund seeks Executive Director of The Pocantico Center
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund invites applications and nominations for the position of Executive Director of The Pocantico Center, a 200-acre campus located in the scenic Hudson Valley of New York where thought leaders and practitioners, both individually and collectively, have the opportunity to push boundaries, imagine the future, and become agents for change across the broad spectrum of the arts, culture, public affairs, and contemporary thought.
The current Executive Director, who has served Pocantico with distinction, will step down at the end of 2024. The Rockefeller Brothers Fund has engaged the Catherine French Group to assist them in identifying and recruiting the Center’s next Executive Director.
About the Rockefeller Brothers Fund
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund (RBF) advances social change that contributes to a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world. As a private foundation rooted in the Rockefeller family tradition of philanthropy, the Fund takes the long view to experiment and take risks, to share learning, and to leverage all resources for the common good. Through grantmaking, mission-aligned investing, convening, performances, public engagement, and philanthropic leadership, the RBF supports people and organizations in building lasting solutions to the challenges facing today’s increasingly interdependent world.
About the Culture
The RBF is committed to deepening anti-racism, anti-sexism, and anti-bigotry. This commitment is central to the RBF’s mission and impact. The Fund has historically examined and supported causes that entrench inclusion and equity to advance systemic change. In recent years, the Fund has focused on cultivating an internal learning and transformation disposition that has resulted in shared language and understanding and a commitment to achieving an external impact that recognizes the centrality of multiculturalism.
About The Pocantico Center
Once home to the Rockefeller Family, The Pocantico Center is a thoughtfully designed and curated retreat that offers guests an immersive experience of inspiring beauty, with breathtaking gardens and grounds, historic architecture, and a renowned art collection in which to find inspiration and respite. Pocantico has hosted some of the last century’s most influential leaders, thinkers, and creative minds. Beginning in 1979, Nelson, Laurance, and David Rockefeller each bequeathed their shares of the family estate to the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Under a special arrangement with the Trust, the Rockefeller Brothers Fund has maintained and operated these properties since 1994.
Today, through robust programming that includes conferences, artist residencies, performances, exhibitions, and educational programs for the broader community, Pocantico continues to bring together people from near and far to learn, share, and imagine a better future.The Opportunity
The Executive Director of The Pocantico Center (ED) brings leadership, vision, and oversight to all aspects of a campus comprised of 14 buildings and 200 acres of property. The ED is responsible and accountable for leading the strategic planning, management, budgeting, and staffing of the Center. The ED oversees Pocantico’s activities and stewardship of its historic buildings, grounds, and accredited museum collection of fine and decorative art. The ED actively participates in the broader community surrounding the campus.
The ED’s responsibilities include:
- Ensuring the highest standards of excellence and service in all Pocantico’s convenings, programming, and activities.
- Collaborating with the Fund’s Culpepper Arts & Culture team to provide leadership and vision for public programming at The Pocantico Center, including artists residencies, performances, and exhibits.
- Ensuring that The Pocantico Center is managed in a fiscally responsible manner. This includes operations, programming, conservation, and capital needs. The ED oversees the development of all Pocantico-related budgets, monitors performance against budgets, and achieves approved financial outcomes.
- Monitoring the administrative, maintenance, and security services provided by the Greenrock Corporation.
- Representing the Fund in contractual relationships with the National Trust for Historic Preservation and Historic Hudson Valley.
- Deepening relationships with local, regional, and national non-profit and philanthropic partner organizations.
Reporting to the Executive Vice President, Finance, Operations, and Pocantico, the ED additionally works with the Fund’s President and CEO, a cross-section of the institution’s staff, the Board of Trustees, and Pocantico Committee and interfaces with members of the Rockefeller Family and their staff. The ED may serve on the boards of institutions that partner with The Pocantico Center.
The ED supervises the Director of Pocantico Operations and Administration, the Curator, the Manager, Public Programs and Residencies, and consultants as needed. They also co-supervise the Administrative Assistant.
Candidate Profile
The successful candidate will be a strategic thinker with the demonstrated ability to analyze problems, recognize opportunities, and develop and implement short- and long-term plans to achieve programmatic and institutional goals. The candidate will have substantial prior experience in executive leadership and management positions, preferably with mission-based not-for-profit organizations in the arts, cultural, philanthropic, historic preservation, or academic fields. Specific experience in financial management, program management, and administration is required.
The successful candidate will have substantial knowledge and experience in one or more areas of focus in the performing arts, visual arts, historic preservation, or other related fields. An advanced degree or equivalent experience in a specific discipline or subject area is preferred.
The successful candidate will have a work history that reflects a deep personal commitment to anti-racism, anti-sexism, and the principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. The candidate will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as well as the grace and diplomatic skills to work effectively with people of all economic, social, and educational backgrounds.
The successful candidate will be creative, innovative, curious, and persistent. They will have the ability to recruit, motivate, and inspire others to meet and exceed expectations. They will be a person of integrity and high ethical standards. The successful candidate will fully embrace the mission of the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and accept the challenge to advance social change that contributes to a more just, sustainable, and peaceful world.
Compensation
The range of compensation for this position is $200,000 to $250,000 based on qualifications and experience. RBF offers comprehensive benefits including medical insurance; a generous 401(k) plan; significant paid time off to ensure work-life balance; matching gifts benefits of up to $8,000 per year; and up to $4,000 per year for personal career advancement.
The Pocantico Center also offers benefits that are both unique and immeasurable, including exposure to internationally significant collections of visual and decorative arts; attendance at music, dance, and theatre performances of the highest quality; and the opportunity to listen, observe, and participate in discussions with RBF partners, including some of the most influential leaders and thinkers of our time.
Applications
The Rockefeller Brothers Fund welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of race, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, religion, ethnicity, or national origin. Applicants should submit a letter that speaks to specific interest in the position and qualifications as described in the position specifications. Please include a resume and contact information for at least three references. All applications will be treated as confidential, and references will not be contacted without the applicant’s agreement. Electronic submissions in Adobe Acrobat PDF format are requested.
The position will remain open until filled. Review of credentials will begin in mid-May.
Please submit application material to: applications@catherinefrenchgroup.com
- Premier Vocal Ensemble Seeks Dynamic VP of Marketing & Communications
Reports to: President & CEO
Supervises: Graphic Designer, Marketing Manager, Digital Content Manager
Salary Range: $135,000 – $165,000Summary of Duties
As a member of the Master Chorale’s leadership team, the VP of Marketing and Communications (VPMC) plays the lead role in a broad range of deadline-driven and detail-oriented projects designed to extend the Master Chorale’s influence. The VPMC administers the activities of a full-service, in-house creative agency responsible for branding, communications, and public relations for the organization. The VPMC is responsible for goal setting and managing the earned ticket revenue budgets in collaboration with the VP of Finance/CFO and the CEO. The VPMC directs the organization’s “idea incubator” in support of peer department marketing campaigns, ensuring communications are consistent with brand identity. Leads the Marketing team to develop content that is strategically designed for maximum awareness and successful promotion of performances and programming.
The VPMC’s leadership is essential to conversations about critical institutional issues that have a lasting impact on the organization. The VPMC possesses a deep appreciation and passion for the art form and its place in the community that drives a desire to ensure all marketing, branding and communications reflect the Master Chorale’s mission and standard of excellence. The VPMC is the primary creative content director, creator and storyteller for the Master Chorale and will prioritize an ongoing elevated national and international reputation by leveraging all assets of a world-renowned, all-professional choral organization.
Essential Duties, Responsibilities, Functions
Marketing Service Agency
- Responsible for the creation and alignment of marketing content as well as execution of marketing campaigns in accordance with the strategic visions of peer departments
- Collaborates with the Artistic Director and the artistic production team with respect to imagery and brand consistency
- Defines key performance indicators, measures and tracks effectiveness of marketing and communications strategies and related campaigns
- Creates and manages a Marketing master project schedule, communicates project timelines with team members, project owners and senior leadership
- Creates and executes the social media vision for the Master Chorale
- Determines the Master Chorale’s needs for design work and manages the graphic designer and any relationship with an external design firm engaged
Brand Management
- Responsible for building and sustaining a strong, compelling brand identity consistent with the Master Chorale’s mission
- Oversees marketing projects across peer departments to ensure brand visibility and consistency
Communications and Public Relations
- Oversees the development of concept and copy for all high-level communication projects
- Collaborates with VP of External Affairs to support partnerships and working relationships with local, national and international media to ensure positive Master Chorale coverage and expand brand reach
- Plans, develops, and directs social media strategies designed to optimize the Master Chorale’s ability to reach and engage donors, key stakeholders and the general public
- Serves as media spokesperson, when needed, and coordinates communication strategies with an outside public relations firm if one has been engaged
Administration
- Responsible for day-to-day operations of Marketing team, with particular attention to deadlines and workload balance
- Oversees the annual marketing expense and revenue budget, in collaboration with the VP of Finance/CFO
- Serves as the key point of contact with our box office, which we outsource through the Los Angeles Opera
- Manages vendor relationships to ensure adherence to proposed budgets and schedules
- Develops, maintains and manages relationships with marketing professionals on the Music Center campus, as needed
- Fosters a collaborative culture and builds constructive relationships both within the Marketing team and with other peer departments
- Attends and supports Master Chorale concerts and events, including serving as point person for front-of-house
Qualifications
- A Bachelor’s degree with at least 5 years’ experience in a senior marketing, or the equivalent combination of education and experience
- Expertise in the nonprofit performing arts sector is required
- Eagerness to think outside-the-box on marketing partnerships and to lead with creativity in marketing initiatives
- Familiarity with customer relationship management systems is required
- Strong Microsoft Office skills, particularly in the development and oversight of multi-sheet Excel reporting models, are required
- Ability to collaborate effectively with board members, senior staff, other Master Chorale administrative staff and volunteers, providing them with strong support and inspiring them to productive action
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to think strategically, generate new ideas, set priorities, execute goals and objectives, and meet financial goals and deadlines
- High degree of professionalism and integrity
- A passion for the mission and aspirations of the Master Chorale and an ability to eloquently articulate the organization’s mission, values, achievements, potential, and future goals to internal and external audiences
Application Process
Please submit a cover letter specifying how your experience relates to this position with the LA Master Chorale and a current résumé. Please attach documents in .pdf or .doc format.
Submit application materials at jobs@lamasterchorale.org
The Los Angeles Master Chorale provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, the Los Angeles Master Chorale complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
The Los Angeles Master Chorale expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper interference with the ability of the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge. - What Tony Nominations Tell Us About Broadway Right Now
The Tony nominations, announced in New York on Tuesday morning, paint a portrait of another year of transition on Broadway. – Los Angeles Times
- Art Isn’t Supposed To Be Safe
Here on my screen was the distillation of a peculiar American illness: namely, that we have a profound and dangerous inclination to confuse art with moral instruction, and vice versa. – The New York Times
- Gordon Cox: Ten Takeaways From This Year’s Tony Nominations
With a season packed to the brim with late openers vying for awards attention, the 2024 Tony nominations were full of unexpected twists and turns. Here are the 10 biggest snubs and surprises. – Variety
- Your TV Is Spying On You
Back in the day, a TV was a TV, a commercial was a commercial, and a computer was a computer. They have now been mixed into an unholy brew by the internet and by opportunistic corporations, which have developed “automatic content recognition” systems. – The Atlantic
- Why Was Penguin Books Named After A Flightless Antarctic Waterfowl?
“Inspired by the existing Albatross Books, (Allen) Lane’s nascent company wanted an animal for (a) mascot. Many years (later), designer Edward Young explained that after a couple hours of fruitless brainstorming, ‘we were in despair. Then suddenly the secretary’s voice piped up from behind the partition. ‘What about penguins?”” – JSTOR Daily
- Marrying Arts And Tech In The Building So They Can Feed Off One Another
At the new gateway to the campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology the 180,000-square-foot Student Hall for Exploration and Development offers views into two nearly transparent cubes. In one, actors rehearse a theater performance; students are practicing their moves in a dance studio in the other. – Bloomberg
