Job Description

Cultural Arts Coordinator
Job Order ID: 8178
Employment Type: Yearly Salary
Salary: $47000-60000/Yr
Web Publication Date: 2/7/2025
Number of Positions: 1
Job Location: Toronto
Brief Description:Our employer is a Jewish community centre looking for an individual to play an integral part of the Program team, curating and implementing high-end cultural arts programs and partnerships and providing front-of-house support at their Theatre. The programs will seek to provide an enriched opportunity for participants to enjoy high-end programming and form a meaningful connection with one another. The Cultural Arts coordinator should be able to efxefxacx81ciently handle multiple tasks simultaneously, even under high-pressure situations, while maintaining a keen attention to detail.
Job Function:

• Develop, implement, oversee, and evaluate in-person cultural arts programming and events of the highest calibre consistent with the organization's vision and
• mission.
• Develop relationships with event attendees and artists to increase engagement and retention and gain an understanding of their needs to actively promote a
• comfortable, accessible, and welcoming environment.
• Assist the Cultural Arts and Event Director in fulxefxacx81lling theatre rental sales strategies and event marketing, including rental packages, and member discounts, and ensuring
• the inclusion of events in local print and electronic media publications, event calendars, websites, and social media tools.
• Negotiate, prepare, administer, and monitor contracts and agreements with book publishers, speaker's agents, authors and others involved in delivering programs and activities.
• Assist the Theatre Rentals Manager with administrative organization, management of logistics, scheduling and working with internal booking, cleaning and security teams.
• Work collaboratively with the Fundraising department on sponsorship agreements, donor relationships, and fundraising plans.
• Coordinate programming, activities and events with other departments as well as outside agencies, understanding some events may occur in the evening or on
• weekends.
• Develop and maintain detailed knowledge of rental supplies, equipment, policies, and procedures.
• Coordinate, schedule and supervise volunteers who are assisting at events at the Theatre.

• Adaptability and the ability to think on their feet are essential.
• Being a proxefxacx81cient negotiator, enabling engagement in successful and favourable outcomes during business transactions, and effective communication would allow one to excel in this role.
• Being willing and able to work a xefxacx82exible schedule including at least two evenings per week and some weekends where needed is essential (we do provide for an adjusted day/lieu time).
• Post-secondary degree related to theatre production, performing arts management, arts/cultural administration, event planning, business, and/or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience in event planning and/or performing arts coordination, including rental/event and vendor contract administration.
• Proxefxacx81ciency in Microsoft Ofxefxacx81ce (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Excellent communication and customer service skills. Sales experience is an asset.
• Experience with design platforms like Canva, Photoshop and Illustrator.
• Experience operating and troubleshooting basic audio/visual equipment is an asset.
• Experience supervising and managing staff and volunteers not required but is an asset.
• Background or interest in Jewish education, programming and enrichment.
• Experience in not-for-proxefxacx81t environments an asset.
• A commitment to building Jewish Community.

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