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Organization: American Ballet Theatre
Job Location: New York, NY
Reporting to the Director of Marketing, the Audience Development and Group Services Manager is primarily responsible for the cultivation of volume-driven ticket transactions and customer service programs for American Ballet Theatre's (ABT's) New York City appearances, including an emphasis on group sales (15+ attendees) and annual subscription telemarketing campaigns. Renew current and cultivate prospective groups of 15+ attendees primarily through direct telephone contact and electronic media. Track group deposits and payments as well as process group orders directly with box office. Develop the group sales database to track current buyers, inquiries and sales history. Pursue digital communications strategy for developing group sales and targeted audience development initiatives, including use of social media, SEO, email and online marketing. Assist with managing subscription telemarketing campaigns in offsite call centers. Provide timely and accurate group sales and subscription telemarketing reports. An ability to analyze and interpret sales trends is critical. Initiate and implement audience development efforts to drive engagement among new for volume-based ticket transactions, especially among group sales and subscription series buyers. Offer excellent customer service. Assist with general marketing department support including, but not limited to, proofreading and selling merchandise during NYC seasons.
Bachelor’s degree required. 5+ years direct sales experience. 3+ years of campaign management for group sales and telemarketing. Knowledge of ticketing software, especially Tessitura. Strong organizational, communication and presentation skills. To apply, please email your resume to James Timm. Salary requirements must be included.
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Organization: Ballet Society/Lassalle Project
Job Location: virtual
Application Deadline: September 20, 2013
Ballet Society/Lassalle Project seeks to hire a Webmaster/Design Master. This is a part-time opportunity (with 3 months of guaranteed work beginning October 1, 2013 with additional hours per funding). The ideal candidate will have a degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Software Engineering or related field, and three to five years experience with a passion for the arts.
Description of Duties
Required Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Interested? Email your resume/vita, letter of introduction, and 3 references with Webmaster/Design Master in the subject line.
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The Canadian Dance Assembly is seeking a full time Executive Director.
Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director is charged with leading the Canadian Dance Assembly with its mission, vision, and community values as a guide. The Executive Director will help ensure that the milieu is viable, dynamic, and cohesive, building a unified voice for dance, and leading the community as a whole into its next stage of development. The scope of responsibility will include oversight of external and community relations, membership services, revenue generation, long range planning, and the overall internal operational, financial, and administrative responsibility for the organization. The Executive Director will maintain an institutional culture that balances the diversity and richness of the Canadian dance milieu with the efficacy of best business practices, fiscal accountability, and institutional impact.
Job responsibilities include:
Advocacy and Organizational Advancement
Identify stakeholders, develop strategies, and define how key messages will be delivered to various individuals, funders, and organizations to maximize visibility, brand, and earned and contributed revenues. Guide the public image and brand awareness of the organization, clearly articulating its mission, vision, programs, and impact, and acting as a primary spokesperson with the Board President and/or the Chair of the Strategic Advisory Committee.
Operational and Strategic Planning and Management
Oversee short-term operational and long-term strategic planning and implementation processes, including the effective mentoring and supervision of the organization’s professional and volunteer human resources, mobilization of technical resources and decision making related to appropriate use of fiscal resources.
Finance
Working in close collaboration with the Board, the Executive Director will be responsible for resource management, including the preparation of government and foundation funding proposals for operations and projects; development of a workable annual budget, monitoring financial activity and cash flow regularly, ensuring ongoing accurate and informative reporting, and making decisions in accordance to financial realities, priorities and risk management contingencies and development of marketing and public relations programs that achieve earned income goals.
Governance
Provide support to best utilize the talents and resources of the Board, stimulate involvement, recruit new members and work closely with the Board to ensure fiscal health and effective governance of the organization.
Qualifications include: a graduate degree or commensurate professional experience; strong reading, writing and verbal skills in English, with a competency in communicating verbally in French; broad ability to interact with internal and external stakeholders in a positive manner with superior interpersonal, verbal and written presentation abilities; and results-oriented leadership with ability to organize and motivate people to accomplish goals while creating a sense of order and strategic direction.
Submit a cover letter and resume to the Canadian Dance Assembly Search Committee.
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Job Location: Washington, DC
Application Deadline: August 30, 2013
The Director of Marketing & Communications is responsible for developing and implementing a clearly defined integrated marketing strategy; leading all internal and external communications and public relations initiatives; and overseeing the development and implementation of all online and print materials. Responsibilities include managing a staff of one full-time Marketing Coordinator and a part-time social media coordinator. This position reports to the Executive Director and works closely and collaboratively with the entire staff in order to build and support the brand and profile of the overall organization as well as each of its many individual programs.
Key Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Organization: Kansas City Ballet
Job Location: Kansas City, MO
The School Director is a senior member of the artistic and administrative staff of the school who manages the department, faculty, and students. The School Director, in conjunction with the Artistic Director, determines, communicates, and enforces curriculum requirements; supervising teachers; and evaluating students. The School Director works with the Artistic Director of Kansas City Ballet to ensure shared, cohesive artistic vision between the School and Company.
To apply, please submit cover letter, curriculum vitae, five professional references who know you well personally and professionally via email.
back to topOrganization: The Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography
Job Location: Tallahassee, FL
Application Deadline: October 14, 2013
The Florida State University School of Dance is now accepting applications for the position of Director for the Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, a one-of-a-kind choreographic research institute within Florida State University.
Applicants must have a masters degree in dance, arts administration, or related field; or an undergraduate degree in a related field and at least five years experience in arts administration.
A successful applicant will also demonstrate a history of successful leadership, development, and artistic vision. This is a non-tenure track faculty position. To apply, click here, select “Browse Job Openings” and then select “Faculty Job Openings.” Application requires a letter stating qualifications and a curriculum vitae.
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Organization: MATCH: Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston
Job Location: Houston, TX
The MATCH will be a multi-venue arts facility that will provide a home for a broad spectrum of Houston’s arts organizations, and create an accessible destination that will bring Houstonians together to enjoy art and enliven a neighborhood.
The MATCH seeks an Executive Director to fulfill the vision of the MATCH. Reporting to the Board of Directors, the Executive Director will implement the MATCH business plan, working in concert with the Board. The individual should have a background in facilities management as well as nonprofit and arts administration, and should also have experience with fundraising, financial management, strategic planning, supervisory experience, and the ability to work well with artists and arts organizations.
Responsibilities include:
Email your inquiries to MATCH Human Resources.
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Organization: Miami City Ballet
Job Location: Miami Beach, FL
Miami City Ballet (MCB) is one of the world’s foremost professional Ballet companies, performing at home and abroad with major coverage in national and regional media. The MCB School is one of the industry’s leading pre-professional training programs, and has launched the careers of multiple generations of dancers gracing stages worldwide.
Under the guidance of new Artistic Director Lourdes Lopez, MCB has embarked on an ambitious mission to champion new additions to the contemporary ballet repertoire; to preserve and interpret the masterworks of Balanchine for a new generation; to impact our home community with expanded education and engagement projects; and to perform at the highest level as one of the world’s leading touring companies and pre-professional schools.
The Public Relations Manager for MCB and MCB School (a full-time position) will protect and promote our brand, create phenomenal publicity for our performances and events, and ensure proactive communications with all media including English, Spanish, and Portuguese language television, print, radio, and web.
The ideal candidate is
General Responsibilities:
Interested candidates should email a resume, cover letter, and press samples.
No agencies or phone calls, please. Compensation is from the mid-forties with full benefits.
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The position of part-time faculty member will focus on implementing the artistic vision and curriculum standards set forth by the Artistic Director and School Dean. Their primary duties will consist of teaching and developing the students of School of Nashville Ballet. Part-time faculty members will also work closely with full-time faculty members in the development of School of Nashville Ballet's curriculum through constant communication. In addition, they will be expected to uphold Nashville Ballet’s reputation for artistic excellence and make regular and active contributions to a creative and enthusiastic working environment. Part-time faculty members will also be expected to adhere to the policies and procedures set forth by School of Nashville Ballet with regards to appearance, demeanor, work ethic, completion of time sheets, and important employment paperwork and maintaining a collegial atmosphere.
Click here for full job description and application instructions.
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The Patel Conservatory at the David A. Jr., Straz Center for the Performing Arts seeks a Lead Contemporary Dance Teacher reporting to the Dance Department Chair. Consistently ranked among the five largest performing arts complexes in the U.S., the Straz Center is located in downtown Tampa. The Straz Center features one of the nation's leading Broadway series and is regarded nationally for producing grand opera, as well as, presenting a wide variety of concerts, performances, and events. In addition, we provide high quality, diverse arts education through its school for the performing arts, the Patel Conservatory.
The successful candidate will be responsible for overseeing all training of students in the traditions, vocabulary and demanding standards of contemporary, jazz, hip-hop dance working with both recreational and pre-professional dancers.
Major Duties and Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Expertise in newer dance forms including contemporary, hip-hop, Broadway, urban and jazz styles. Extensive background in training pre-professional serious dancers along with a professional dance performance career. This individual should have a record of building a program creating a following of students. The ideal candidate will have a background that includes successful choreography and five years teaching experience. Extensive knowledge of contemporary, jazz, urban and hip-hop dance is required. College degree preferred. Equivalent experience may be substituted. Two years administrative experience.
For consideration, send resumes to Human Resources.Organization: Princeton University (Lewis Center for the Arts)
Job Location: Princeton, NJ
Application Deadline: October 1, 2013
Princeton University invites applications for the Fellows in the Creative & Performing Arts funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Fellowships will be awarded to early-career artists demonstrating extraordinary promise in any area of artistic practice and teaching. Fellows will be in residence for academic years 2014-2015 and 2015-2016 at Princeton, interacting with students, faculty, and staff in an artistically vibrant university community. Fellows will teach a course or take on an artistic assignment.
An annual salary is provided.
Click here for full details, guidelines, and the on-line application.
back to topOrganization: Princeton University (Lewis Center for the Arts)
Job Location: Princeton, NJ
Application Deadline: October 1, 2013
Princeton University invites applications for the Hodder Fellowship which will be given to writers and non-literary artists of exceptional promise to pursue independent projects at Princeton University during the 2014-2015 academic year (no formal teaching is involved). Potential Hodder Fellows are writers, composers, choreographers, visual artists, performance artists, or other kinds of artists or humanists who have "much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts;" they are selected more "for promise than for performance."
Given the strength of the applicant pool, most successful Fellows have published a first book or have similar achievements in their own fields; the Hodder is designed to provide Fellows with the "studious leisure" to undertake significant new work.
A $75,000 stipend is provided. Fellowships are not intended to fund work leading to an advanced degree.
For full details, guidelines, and the on-line application, click here.
back to topOrganization: Spotlight Events
Job Location: Eagle, ID
Application Deadline: September 27, 2013
Spotlight Events (SE), is a touring national dance competition organization and producers of one-of-a kind competitive dance events throughout the U.S. With a focus on excellence in everything we do, SE's culture is dynamic and inspiring. SE is hiring for a newly created Event Production Manager position to provide upper-level oversight of our nationwide events.
Candidates for this position will possess an extensive background in event management, production, logistics, staff supervision, knowledge of staging, lighting, sound, customer service, and the coordination of all activities related to producing successful dance events.
The Event Production Manager (EPM) will be responsible for articulating the organization’s vision and facilitating our long-range strategic plans while leading, managing, and participating in event functions. The EPM serves as the bridge between the management team and the production department(s) by effectively transitioning strategy to implementation and subsequently managing the event staging process. This person will be involved in the pre-production (planning) stage as well as the production (control and supervision) stage.
For a full job description please click here.
To apply please email your resume, three professional references, and a cover letter.
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Organization: Texas Ballet Theater
Job Location: Fort Worth, TX
Texas Ballet Theater (TBT) is seeking a Marketing Director.
Reporting to the Managing Director, the Marketing Director is an action-oriented position responsible for all aspects of TBT’s marketing program. The position is charged with the development and implementation of short and long-term strategic marketing plans aimed at maximizing ticket sales and revenue as well as enhancing TBT’s brand and reputation through a variety of media, both traditional and new, including print and online publications, TV, and radio. The Marketing Director ensures long-term audience growth and serves as a member of the senior management team, advising other leaders regarding successful promotion to attract and retain audiences. This position is also responsible for planning, organizing, staffing, training, and managing all marketing functions.
Email a cover letter, resume, and list of references for consideration.
back to topOrganization: Texas Ballet Theater
Job Location: Fort Worth, TX
Texas Ballet Theater (TBT) is looking for a positive, upbeat individual to fill a sales position. This position will spend most time (90%) on the phone soliciting for ticket sales, as well as general office duties. Some inbound sales and work at venue box offices may be required, all while providing excellent customer service and integrity of patron data.
The position is part-time, starting at 20 hours/week with the opportunity to increase up to 30, with very flexible scheduling during regular office hours.
Email cover letter and resume to TBT for consideration.
Organization: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Dance Department
Job Location: Milwaukee, WI
The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Dance Department is in search of an Assistant Professor of Contemporary Dance.
The faculty member will be expected to teach all levels of undergraduate and graduate courses in the following: contemporary dance technique with a somatic perspective; improvisation and/or dance composition; 20th Century Contemporary Dance History; and one or more additional dance academic courses.
Minimum Qualifications:
Candidate must have a terminal degree (MFA in Dance or PhD in Dance, Performing Arts or a related field) by the start of the appointment; a minimum of four semesters (or six quarters) of university-level teaching experience in contemporary dance technique for dance majors (at least two semesters at an intermediate and/or advanced level). Distinguished and active professional performance and choreographic career. University experience in teaching improvisation or dance composition, and lecture-based course(s). Preferred Qualifications: Experience utilizing Dance and technology; and/or substantial experience in African Dance and/or African Diaspora and/or other cultural forms; and/or a 500+ hour certification in a Somatic discipline. For a full job description click here.
Persons interested in being considered for this position must apply through the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Employment Site. Completed online application will include the following: 1) a letter of application addressing the job requirements; 2) a curriculum vitae (not more than 10 pages in length); 3) a one-page document listing the names, titles, addresses, and telephone numbers of three references (reference letters will not be considered by the committee); 4) a one-page teaching philosophy; 5) a one-page work sample description with online links to both choreographic and performance samples; and 6) a one-page description of recent and projected creative and/or scholarly research. Screening of candidates begins September 3, 2013 and continues until position is filled. Applications received after September 2, 2013 may not be considered.
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