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Job Openings
DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT
Atlantic – an award-winning Off-Broadway theater and NAST-accredited acting school – seeks an experienced Director of Development to build, direct, and manage initiatives to support the company’s fundraising programs. The director will manage a four-member team and report to the Managing Director. In addition they will work with the Manager of Campaign Initiatives on special projects.
The Director of Development oversees all aspects of the annual fund, institutional giving and patron events. Responsibilities include developing donor solicitation strategy to expand the major gifts program, cultivating relationships with prospective and current major donors, overseeing donor stewardship programs, researching new funding opportunities and working with the institutional grant writer to create a plan for foundations, government and corporate giving. Additional responsibilities include tracking and managing annual departmental budgets for both income and expense and working collaboratively with board members, staff and artists on fundraising.
Ideal candidate must be a skilled communicator with superior interpersonal, verbal, and written skills. One should have great time management, organizational and leadership skills with a minimum of six years of comprehensive fundraising experience including identifying sources of funding, writing solicitation letters and grants, and meeting organizational fundraising goals. Three years of senior management required.
Atlantic Theater Company is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates who identify as BIPOC, queer, trans, non-binary, candidates with disabilities, or candidates who are parents or immigrants are encouraged to apply. Atlantic is committed to providing and maintaining a gathering place that is free of known hazards.
This is a full-time position with a salary range from $95,000 to $115,000 per year (commensurate with experience) and a full benefit package including paid time off, health, dental and optional employee-contributed vision insurance, life insurance, long and short-term disability upon eligibility, an employee sponsored 401K plan, a Flexible Spending Account, and Transit Check Benefits. Please email a cover letter, resume, and include salary requirements to jobs@atlantictheater.org and include Director of Development in the subject line. No phone calls, please.
AUDIENCE SERVICES MANAGER
Atlantic – an award-winning Off-Broadway theater and NAST-accredited acting school – seeks an Audience Services Manager. This position is the primary front-facing Box Office customer service representative between the Atlantic and the public. Additionally, the Audience Services Manager oversees a team of Phone Room Representatives and works closely with the General Management team and Company Manager. Anticipated hours when not in production are Monday-Friday 10am-6pm. Anticipated hours during performances are Tuesday-Saturday noon-8pm.
Responsibilities include:
- Manage all ticket sales, including walk-up, email, and phone inquiries for single ticket buyers and members.
- Process ticket orders from outside vendors, such as TDF and TodayTix, staff and company ticket requests, and house seat inquiries.
- Coordinate group sales outreach and inquiries.
- Program performances, membership packages, and pricing structures into Spektrix.
- Train and manage a team of 3-5 Phone Room Representatives, a Box Office Assistant, and a volunteer usher program, including scheduling, best practices for customer service, and Spektrix training.
- Represent exemplary front-facing customer service working at the Box Office, batch printing, distributing, and selling tickets for weekly performances.
- Troubleshoot ticketing and audience issues as they arise including managing a wait list.
- Maintain current fireguard certification as well as maintaining technology and equipment for audience load in and front of house.
- Collaborate with Management and Marketing staff on efforts to ensure full houses.
- Report on ticket sales including nightly performance reports, wrap reports, daily sales reports, membership reports, etc.
- Help coordinate efforts for accessible performances including liaising with vendors for Open Caption, ASL, and Relaxed performances
- Additional duties as needed.
Requirements:
- Minimum 2-5 years of relevant work experience in theater/performing arts Audience Services or equivalent areas demonstrating strong leadership skills
- An approachable nature with the ability to problem-solve in the moment, juggle multiple projects in a fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment, and remain calm under pressure
- A prior track record leveraging data and analytics to support income, attendance, and membership goals
- Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, superior attention to detail, and a personal demeanor to provide exceptional customer service
- A personable, curious, and collaborative work style with a willingness to try new things
- The ability to establish effective working relationships with staff members across all departments, external vendors, students, and audience members at all levels
- The ability to manage a team of representatives and their schedules accordingly
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Suites, and Adobe Creative Suite
- Experience working with Spektrix and Five9 software are a plus
Atlantic Theater Company is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates who identify as BIPOC, queer, trans, non-binary, candidates with disabilities, or candidates who are parents or immigrants are encouraged to apply.
This is a full-time position with an annual salary range of between $50,000-$55,000 and a full benefit package including paid time off, health, dental and optional employee-contributed vision insurance, life insurance, long and short-term disability upon eligibility, an employee sponsored 401K plan, a Flexible Spending Account, and Transit Check Benefits.
The Audience Services Manager reports directly to the Director of Marketing. Please email a cover letter and resume to Braley Degenhardt at jobs@atlantictheater.org and include Audience Services Manager in the subject line. No phone calls, please.
STUDENT AFFAIRS COORDINATOR – CONSERVATORY
Atlantic Theater Company, an award winning non-profit Off-Broadway theater, seeks a Student Affairs Coordinator qualified to serve the Conservatory student population at the Atlantic Acting School. Reporting to the Director of Conservatory Training, the Student Affairs Coordinator is primarily responsible for the administrative and co-curricular needs of students in the Conservatory, Evening Conservatory, Spring Comprehensive and Vermont Programs.
Responsibilities include:
- Communicate program-related information to students via in-person class visits and direct email messaging
- Program co-curricular events to foster student engagement
- Serve as primary point-person for student questions, concerns and grievances and for student-related questions or concerns from faculty
- Manage all aspects of student evaluation process, including creating grade and narrative evaluation surveys, collecting data, distributing evaluative information to students, chairing mid-term faculty meeting and coordinating student/faculty advising sessions
- Manage all aspects of soliciting student feedback, including creating and collecting course evaluations and regular reviews of student satisfaction, making recommendations for program improvement as needed
- Refer students to appropriate support services (health services, mental health services, disability services) outside of the institution; maintain active list of reliable resources for students in these areas
- Identify students who are not making adequate academic progress; design appropriate interventions in collaboration with Dir. of Conservatory Training
- Supervise student affinity groups
- Co-facilitate orientation, share days, and graduation events
- Meet with students as needed; mediate student-to-student and student-to-faculty conflicts
- Relay critical student-related information to relevant faculty
- Manage attendance tracking system and notify students of attendance infractions
- Maintain all student files, including contact sheets and email distribution lists and registration rosters
- Manage record-keeping of student transcripts
- Attend student productions
- Work with faculty to create student groups each semester; cluster students into “buddies” to promote intergenerational relationship-building
- Collaborate with admissions team to vet interested applicants, as needed, and to provide information to prospective and newly-enrolled students
- Collaborate with operations staff to ensure student have building ID’s
- Provide student support to registrants of Atlantic’s Spring Comprehensive program.
- Provide student support to registrants of Atlantic’s Vermont Program; including partnering with admissions to audition applicants and track registration
- Provide leadership and vision to ensure compliance in matters relating to student discipline, attendance, guidance services, and safety protocols
- Maintain database of dramatic literature, liaising with faculty to ensure its relevance to their courses and instructing students on how to engage with it
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Three 3+ years of experience in education, preferably higher education working in student affairs advising and/or program-planning
- A background in theater or theater education
- Significant experience in team building, cultivating relationships with students and working with others with a collaborative spirit with excellent diplomacy
- Familiarity with with FERPA
- Fluency in the Google and Microsoft Office suite and willingness to learn new software
- A demonstrated history of commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion and anti-racists practices; ideally formal training in DEIA
- Facility working in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Highly-motivated, organized and flexible
- The ability to remain calm under stress and maintain a sense of humor
COMPENSATION:
- $50,000 plus health benefits, paid vacation, and tickets to ATC productions.
This position is in-person as of July 1, 2024.
Atlantic Theater Company is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates who identify as BIPOC, queer, trans, non-binary, have different abilities, are parents or immigrants are encouraged to apply. For more information about Atlantic Theater Company, please visit: www.atlantictheater.org.
Please email a cover letter and resume to the attention of Mary McCann at jobs@atlantictheater.org and indicate Student Affairs Coordinator in the subject line. No phone calls, please.
DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE
Atlantic – an award-winning Off-Broadway theater and NAST-accredited acting school – seeks a Development Associate. This position will work closely with the Manager of Institutional Giving in sustaining and growing all aspects of corporate, foundation and government giving. This position will also work with other members of the Development Department as needed.
Overall, candidates will demonstrate:
- An interest in philanthropy and developing innovative fundraising strategies.
- The ability to take a strategic and systemic approach to grant applications.
- The ability to think creatively about identifying potential funders.
- A proactive approach to collaborating with other staff members to achieve goals.
The Development Associate will:
- With the Manager of Institutional Giving, develop and write grant proposals.
- Acknowledge and generate reports for foundation, government and corporate gifts.
- Assist in stewardship efforts for current and prospective funders.
- Conduct prospect research and assemble prospect and donor profile information.
- Maintain and track institutional giving activities in Spektrix.
- Track progress and impact of various company programs, classes and productions.
- Run various lists in Spektrix for campaigns, events, eblasts, etc.
- Assist with day-of preparations for events as needed including our Annual Gala. (Occasional nights and weekends required with advance notice.)
Requirements:
- Minimum two years of relevant work experience in fundraising, arts administration, or similar areas.
- Must be highly-motivated and organized.
- Must possess excellent written and verbal communication skills – be friendly, personable, and outgoing.
- Ability to work independently and manage multiple priorities and projects at once, be detail-oriented and work well under deadline.
- Ability to establish effective working relationships with staff members, external vendors, and funders.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and Google Workspace.
- Experience working with Spektrix or other CRM programs and financial data a plus.
Atlantic Theater Company is an equal opportunity employer. Candidates who identify as BIPOC, queer, trans, non-binary, candidates with disabilities, or candidates who are parents or immigrants are encouraged to apply.
This is a full-time position with an annual salary of $40,000-$45,000 per year (commensurate with experience) and a full benefit package including paid time off, health, dental and optional employee-contributed vision insurance, life insurance, long and short-term disability upon eligibility, an employee sponsored 401K plan, a Flexible Spending Account, and Transit Check Benefits. The Development Associate reports directly to the Director of Development. Please email a cover letter and resume to jobs@atlantictheater.org and include Development Associate in the subject line. No phone calls, please.
Play Submissions
Atlantic Theater Company accepts only solicited material, agent submissions, and work/proposals from its ensemble. Our season is comprised of four mainstage productions of new plays and revivals, and two second stage productions with an emphasis on new work. The season is complemented by a development series of readings and workshops, and we have an active commissioning program. In an effort to refocus our submissions policy, and attend to the large number of solicited scripts we received each season, we will no longer be accepting samples or inquiries. Playwrights are urged to consult The Dramatists Sourcebook and individual organizations’ websites for complete information on submission policies at American theaters.
Fellowship Training Opportunities
Stage Management Fellowship
The Stage Management Fellowship Training Program is designed for early-career theater professionals who have chosen a career in stage management. Fellows will support the Equity Stage Manager and Assistant Stage Manager, observing and participating in all aspects of stage management for the duration of one full production.
The Fellowship Training Program looks to offer more than the traditional PA employment opportunity by involving the trainee in the company as part of the extended Atlantic family and by investing in the fellow’s training and career development with mentorships, panel discussions, and networking events with other early-career professionals. This position pays a $15 hourly wage.
Atlantic Theater Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates who identify as BIPOC, queer, trans, non-binary, candidates with disabilities, or candidates who are parents or immigrants are encouraged to apply.
Please send all cover letters and resumes to smfellow@atlantictheater.org and indicate which production(s) you’re available to participate in. You will be notified if we’d like to arrange an interview. The Fellowship Training Program has a rolling application process.