Part-Time Programming Manager

POSITION TITLE: Programming Manager
EMPLOYMENT STATUS: Part-Time, Non-Exempt

SCHEDULE: Approximately 28 hours/week, Flexible schedule

REPORTS TO: Director of Programming

WORKS CLOSELY WITH: Artist Services Manager, Box Office, and Production

The Joyce Theater Foundation is committed to fostering and supporting a diverse and inclusive environment, both on and off stage. We embrace and celebrate diversity in all its forms, and value the rich experiences and perspectives that arise from differences in race, ethnicity, socio-economic status, religion, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and cognitive and physical ability. 

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Joyce Theater Foundation, New York’s leading dance presenting organization, seeks a part-time Programming Manager to work with the Director of Programming in support of the annual 45-48 week season. The responsibilities include, but are not limited to, assisting with artist and interdepartmental communications, managing programming schedules and season calendars, handling artist and in-house ticketing needs, and managing residencies and special partnerships as needed.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work closely with Director of Programming, in coordination with Production, Education and Family Programs, Marketing, Finance, and other departments as needed, to manage engagement-related logistics for an approximately 48-week annual performance season


• Collect and disseminate information regarding each company’s programming, performance schedules, and related commissions to Joyce staff; continuously update information as plans develop or changes occur


• Create performance/technical schedules and contact sheets for all Joyce engagements, updating and disseminating as necessary


• Proof all programming information for Board reports, press releases, marketing collateral, website copy, engagement inserts, and program books


• Manage Creative Residency programs, special partnerships, and other programming initiatives


• Support and collaborate with the Artist Services Manager on ticketing requests, visas, budgets, and hospitality


• Maintain historical and performance databases from Joyce’s extended history and provide reporting to the organization as needed


• Develop and maintain relationships with dance artists, companies, managers, and agents


• Display initiative with additional projects and tasks as time permits


• Assist with supervision of interns as needed
  
  

REQUIREMENTS:

• Be a self-motivated leader and team player with an excellent track record of long-term project management and event producing


• Thrive in a fast paced, rapidly changing, high energy work environment, juggling multiple projects, priorities, and personalities with creative and strategic problem-solving skills and the ability to think on one’s feet


• Work professionally, effectively, and efficiently with excellent organization skills, fiscal and time management, and verbal and written communications


• Possess extensive working knowledge of dance and a minimum of 3 years prior experience working in a non-profit arts organization


• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Google Drive, and Canva
  
  

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience with Access, SharePoint, JotForm, and Tessitura


• Experience in database management


• Experience managing others


• Possess strong existing relationships within the dance field
  
  Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications? Research shows that men apply for jobs when they meet an average of 60% of the criteria. Yet, women and other people who are systematically marginalized tend to only apply if they meet every requirement. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply. We are dedicated to considering a broad array of candidates, including those with diverse workplace experiences and backgrounds. Whether you’re new to arts and culture administration, returning to work after a gap in employment, simply looking to transition, or take the next step in your career path, we will be glad to have you on our radar. Please use your cover letter to tell us about your interest in the arts and dance and what you hope to bring to this role.
  
  About The Joyce Theater Foundation
  The Joyce Theater Foundation ("The Joyce," Executive Director, Linda Shelton), a nonprofit organization, has proudly served the dance community for over three decades. Under the direction of founders Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld, Ballet Tech Foundation acquired, and The Joyce renovated the Elgin Theater in Chelsea. Opening as The Joyce Theater in 1982, it was named in honor of Joyce Mertz, beloved daughter of LuEsther T. Mertz. It was LuEsther’s clear, undaunted vision and abundant generosity that made it imaginable and ultimately possible to build the theater. Ownership was secured by The Joyce in 2015. The theater is one of the only theaters built by dancers for dance and has provided an intimate and elegant home for more than 400 U.S.-based and international dance companies. The Joyce has also expanded its reach beyond its Chelsea home through off-site presentations at venues ranging in scope from Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater, to Brooklyn’s Invisible Dog Art Center, and to outdoor programming in spaces, such as Hudson River Park. We also manage dance studios at our East 10th St building. To further support the creation of new work, The Joyce maintains longstanding commissioning and residency programs. Local students and teachers (1st–12th grade) benefit from its school program, and family and adult audiences get closer to dance with access to artists. The Joyce’s annual season of about 48 weeks of dance now includes over 300 performances for audiences in excess of 100,000 patrons. Visit Joyce.org for more information.