Producer

JOB TITLE                                                                                                        JOB CLASSIFICATION

Producer                                                                                            Full-time, Exempt, Benefit Eligible

The Flynn is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We strive to be diverse in age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective. Our goal is to build and maintain an organization where everyone can do their best work. We believe that people of color, people from working-class backgrounds, women, and LGBTQ+ people must be centered in the work we do, and we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.

ABOUT THE FLYNN

The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts is Vermont’s creative heartbeat - a statewide organization that brings communities together through live performance, public programs, and shared cultural experiences.

While based in Burlington, the Flynn’s work extends far beyond its stages. Through festivals, commissions, education programs, and public-space projects, the Flynn activates theaters, galleries, schools, downtown, and outdoor spaces across Vermont. The Flynn emphasizes artistic excellence, access, and relevance, creating experiences that feel rooted in place, responsive to community, and alive in the moment.

BASIC FUNCTION

The Producer ensures that projects and initiatives live up to their artistic goals, align with organizational strategy, and are thoughtfully realized—creating the context that allows artists, audiences, and communities to fully engage with the work. As a senior project leader, the Producer stewards the planning and execution of Flynn-produced work on campus and across Vermont.

Reporting to the General Manager, the Producer ensures that produced projects are delivered with artistic integrity, production excellence, and a cohesive, well-designed experience for artists, audiences, and communities. Artistic vision for Flynn-produced work is developed by a range of artistic leaders and contributors, including Programming, Education, festival curators, and guest artists. The Producer ensures clarity of artistic leadership for each project, confirms alignment with organizational strategy as guided by the Executive Director, and realizes that vision through strong producing practice.

This role emphasizes contextual producing, shaping not only logistics and execution, but the conditions that support audience understanding, access, and meaningful engagement with the work, particularly for off-campus, public-space, and site-responsive initiatives.

The Producer is a director-level position with one direct report, authority to lead cross-functional project teams, and manage multiple flagship initiatives.

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Producing, Artistic Quality & Context

• Serve as lead producer for Flynn-produced projects, ensuring artistic goals are met with consistency, integrity, and excellence


• Collaborate with artistic leaders and contributors to translate artistic vision into executable producing plans


• Work in partnership with the Executive Director to ensure produced work aligns with organizational priorities and long-term strategy


• Design and manage the contextual experience of projects, including site selection, audience flow, accessibility, artist support, and community interface


• Uphold high production values across diverse venues and settings, particularly in public-space, off-campus, and site-responsive work

Flagship Initiatives & Portfolio Management

• Serve as lead producer for Playing Fields, overseeing both large- and small-scale, site-responsive outdoor projects and cross-sector partnerships


• Act as line producer for produced elements of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival


• Lead production and execution of the Flynn Breakthrough Program, including commissions, residencies, public-space projects, and artist support


• Serve as project lead for institutional initiatives such as our gala, La Nuit, education-focused programs including Kickline, and other current or future projects


• Adapt producing structures, staffing models, and workflows to support new initiatives as they emerge, ensuring scalability and consistency across the portfolio

Operations, Contracts, Budgets & Risk

• Develop, manage, and monitor production budgets for all Flynn-produced projects, ensuring fiscal discipline, transparency, and alignment with organizational goals


• Track expenses, forecast costs, and collaborate with Finance, Production, and senior leadership to manage financial risk


• Oversee contracts, permits, insurance, and vendor relationships for all produced activity, protecting the Flynn’s ethical, legal, and financial interests


• Manage artist contracting across domestic and international engagements, including coordination of visas, immigration documentation, and compliance requirements


• Secure venues, rentals, equipment, and municipal approvals for on- and off-site projects


• Serve as liaison with municipalities, agencies, and external partners for public-space and off-campus work


• Apply professional risk management and problem-solving practices to support ambitious, large-scale, and site-responsive projects

Collaboration & Organizational Partnership

• Serve as the primary point of accountability for produced projects, coordinating across Programming, Marketing, Production, Box Office, Education, Development, and Operations

• Partner with colleagues responsible for fundraising, sponsorship, and audience development to support donor-facing and impact-driven initiatives, while maintaining clear producing boundaries and lines of responsibility

Staff Leadership

• Supervise and mentor a Producing Coordinator and temporary project staff


• Hire, train, and oversee project-based staff, crew, and contractors


• Model Flynn values, including a strong commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility


• Maintain a flexible schedule, including evenings and weekends


• Perform other duties as assigned

SUPERVISION EXERCISED

Producing Coordinator (direct report), project staff, artists, designers, stage managers, interns, and contractors

SUPERVISION RECEIVED

Reports to the General Manager
Works in close collaboration with the Executive Director and artistic leadership

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of five (5) years of professional producing or project leadership experience in live performance, festivals, and/or multi-disciplinary works


• Demonstrated experience producing large-scale outdoor and site-responsive projects involving complex logistics and public interfaces


• Proven ability to develop, manage, and control project budgets, including forecasting, cost tracking, and reconciliation


• Experience contracting and supporting international artists, including familiarity with visa processes and immigration compliance


• Demonstrated success managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders, timelines, and budgets


• Strong artistic sensitivity and the ability to steward creative work with rigor, care, and integrity


• Excellent communication, negotiation, and interpersonal abilities


• Highly organized, adaptable, and solutions-oriented under pressure


• Commitment to access, inclusion, and community-centered work

IMPORTANT: This position requires a motor vehicle report acceptable to the Flynn’s insurance carrier at the time of hire and throughout employment.

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This outline illustrates the type of work that characterizes the Job Classification.  It is not an all-encompassing statement of the specific duties and responsibilities of, and qualifications for, the individual positions assigned to the Classification.