Focus Area 2: Production Oversight and Quality Management

Success Statement: AcA presentations are world-class experiences, and audiences come away with a lasting impression of thoughtful artist interaction and seamless production quality.

Performance Standard:

1. Create dynamic and surprising ways to engage audiences and extend the performance experience beyond the theater space.
2. Advance technical requirements with support of Technical Director to ensure presentations fit AcA’s technical capabilities. 
3. Lead detailed planning of all productions and oversee schedules for night of show to ensure AcA presentations are well organized, communicated, and executed.
4. Serve as on-site organizational representative during show nights to ensure safe, clean, and responsive management of the venue.
5. Serve as direct contact to artists and agents while on-site to ensure hospitality needs are met and schedules are followed.

Focus Area 3: Program Management and Development

Success Statement: AcA approaches artistic planning and collaboration with a thorough knowledge of its organizational resources, mission, and environment.

Performance Standard:

1. Work with leadership to ensure budgetary and fundraising parameters are met in the booking of artists and development of programs.
2. Communicate future plans and ideas for programs to ensure seamless management of programs and to identify new opportunities for collaboration between performance and education, visual arts, outreach, and community development programs.
3. Engage existing and target audiences to solicit feedback and incorporate this data into decision-making.
4. Maintain project files for individual performances and prospective season offerings.
5. Drive continuous improvement of services through thoughtful documentation of processes and procedures.
6. Participate in national conversations and conferences in performing arts programming to ensure AcA is informed by leading trends.
7. Serve as a conceptual partner with leadership and project manager for special performance projects that serve AcA’s broader mission needs.
8. Serve as a subject-matter expert for the development of educational, outreach, and community development programs related to performing arts

Focus Area 4: Workplace Relationships

Success Statement: AcA has a cohesive team that supports one another and the mission of the organization.

Performance Standard:

1. Report to executive director.
2. Manage communications and task flow with producers, agents, and artists.
3. Work with leadership to set and follow budgets for all programs.
4. Prepare for and participate in regular staff meetings, committee meetings, and board meetings.
5. Participate in meetings with leadership, as requested.
6. Assist other staff members and board members, as appropriate.
7. Assist with special projects, as appropriate.

Qualifications

1. Demonstrated experience managing talent booking and negotiating contacts is required.
2. Demonstrated experience managing live productions is required.
3. Demonstrated experience managing venues and house staff is required.
4. Bachelor’s degree in performing arts, music, business, or other applicable field required.
5. Demonstrated ability to engage and activate diverse audiences is highly desired.
6. Demonstrated ability to write successful grant proposals is highly desired.

This position is full-time, benefits-eligible, and reports to Executive Director.