Associate Producer Job at US Company in New York
US Company, New York, NY, United States, 10261
Work Schedule: 35 hours per week, Regular, Full Time, Tuesday-Saturdays
Exemption Status: Non- Exempt
About Abrons Arts Center
Abrons Arts Center is a home for contemporary interdisciplinary arts in Manhattan’s Lower East Side. A core program of the Henry Street Settlement, Abrons believes that access to the arts is essential for a thriving city. Through performances, exhibitions, education programs, and residencies, Abrons mobilizes communities through the transformative power of art.
Job Summary:
As the Associate Producer you will engage in a range of administrative and producorial duties related to Abrons Arts Center’s arts education program, which offers arts classes in dance, music, theater, and visual art at our facility through our Center Education program, in Henry Street Settlement programs and Lower East Side public schools through our Partnership program. This role requires advanced project management and administrative skills capabilities as well as producing experience for live performance, events, and exhibitions. You will report to the Producing Director and will collaborate with the arts education and production departments to execute arts education events.
You are:
- Committed to Arts Center’s values of accessibility, equity, and inclusion
- Creative, confident, and highly skilled in establishing work priorities, maintaining budgets, managing timelines, coordinating multiple projects simultaneously, implementing, and meeting deadlines
- Experienced with supporting a diverse community of youth and adult learners
- Warm, flexible, friendly, open demeanor; desire to work in a collaborative environment
You have:
- Exhibited interest and experience in arts education programming
- At least four years of demonstrated producorial experience for live events, educational workshops, or theater
- Demonstrated teaching artist experience in an arts education setting inclusive of experience building and facilitating curriculum
- Strong organizational skills
- Positive and effective relationship management skills among teaching artist faculty, students, and families
- High attention to detail
- Confidence and high skill in establishing work priorities, managing timelines, coordinating multiple projects simultaneously, implementing, and meeting deadlines
- Strong written communication and copy-editing skills
- Computer skills including proficiency in Microsoft Office, Google Suite, Adobe Creative Suite, Zoom, and Submittable
You will assist in the production of Arts Education programming by:
- Drafting and executing Letters of Agreement for teaching artist faculty and workshop facilitators
- Coordinating community events, intergenerational workshops, performances, exhibitions, and end-of-semester showcass
- Scheduling, attending, and maintaining notes for production meetings, technical rehearsals, and dress rehearsals
- Maintaining production timelines for workshops, events, performances, and exhibitions
- Processing honoraria, reimbursements, and any event-related logistics with the Finance department
- Serving as liaison between arts education program and visitor experience department
- Ensuring accuracy of education programming information, including dates and copy, in print, online, and in internal databases in partnership with the Marketing and Communications department
Essential Physical Job Functions:
- Must be New York City based and be present on site 5 days a week.
- Must be COVID-19 vaccinated
- Must be able to move throughout our 40K square foot facility that includes stairs, ramps, indoor and outdoor spaces
- Must be available on select weeknights and weekends in order to execute programming (to be arranged with advanced notice)