Arts Event Producer (2 positions available)

Full Time
Massachusetts
Posted
Job description

Working as an individual contributor and within a team, manage the execution of visiting artists residencies, faculty creative project grants, student programs, and other events for the Arts at MIT, including but not limited to those presented by the MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology (CAST), the Council for the Arts at MIT (CAMIT), and the Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT. This position requires demonstrated ability and experience in visual or performing arts curation, arts production, project management, and community building, with specialization in either university-level student art or major events programming. Principal liaison to faculty, principal investigators, and staff in MIT departments, labs, and centers. Responsible for establishing and monitoring budgets for each individual project, with oversight from the Financial and Operations Manager. Responsible for documentation of all programs. Researches, writes, and creates materials to promote programs, in collaboration with arts communications staff. Supervision of part-time, contract, and/or student employees as necessary.Works evening and weekend hours, as needed.
Qualifications:
  • Bachelor’s degree required in the arts or related field.

  • At least three years of experience in arts programming, event management, conference planning, artistic production, or arts grants administration.

  • Demonstrated expertise in a specific area of artistic practice, e.g. music, theater, studio art, arts entrepreneurship, or university-level student art programming.

  • Demonstrated ability and technical knowledge to manage major artistic events with measurable outcomes.

  • Excellent project management, communications, and time-management skills.

  • Demonstrated competence with creating and managing a budget within established guidelines and in accordance with MIT policies and best practices.

  • Excellent oral, written, and visual communication skills.

  • Creativity, initiative, flexibility, and ability to work well under pressure.

  • Demonstrated ability to make judgment calls in complex and fast-moving situations.

  • Ability to manage projects with different timelines and across multiple departments, disciplines, and personnel at MIT.

  • Ability and willingness to work independently and as part of a team.

  • Capacity to prioritize tasks and to work on multiple projects with different deadlines simultaneously, managing unexpected obstacles in a shared office environment with interruptions.

  • MIT experience preferred.

How To Apply:
View full job description here: https://arts.mit.edu/opportunities/jobs/
Visit careers.mit.edu and search for job ID 22432
Apply by:
March 31, 2023
Salary:
$70,000 - $80,000 /
About this Organization:
The Arts at MIT connect creative minds across disciplines and encourage a lifetime of exploration and self-discovery. They are rooted in experimentation, risk-taking and imaginative problem-solving. The arts strengthen MIT’s commitment to the aesthetic, human, and social dimensions of research and innovation. Artistic knowledge and creation exemplify our motto — mens et manus, mind and hand. The arts are essential to MIT’s mission to build a better society and meet the challenges of the 21st century.

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