AMP: Artists' Meeting Place and Resource Collective

18th Street Arts Center is seeking candidates for the new position of
Outreach Director

Full-time, salaried, exempt, starting range$40,000 - $50,000 plus full
Benefits

18th Street Arts Center’s mission is to provoke public dialogue
through contemporary art-making. Since 1988 the Center, a501(c)3
non-profit organization, has supported thousands of individual artists
and is a community that values art-making as an essential component of a
vibrant, just and healthy society. Primarily offering artist residencies
for artists working in all disciplines from visual art media, to music
and performance, 18th Street also hosts several signature events and
multiple small public gatherings featuring the artists-in-residence.
Artists are selected through partnerships locally, nationally and
internationally including the Pacific Rim, Eastern and Western Europe,
Africa and Latin America. 18th Street is committed to artists who are
risk-takers and are innovatively engaging the public through their work.
For the position of Outreach Director we are seeking a motivated
individual who will â€"

* Communicate 18th Street Art Center’s stories and promote its
programs to a wide array of art lovers, patrons, artists and partners
through our website, email, social media and print materials.

* Produce on-site public events.

* Promote brand awareness and serve to expand the reach of 18th
Street Arts Center.

The Outreach Director has 3 major roles:

1. Communicate strategically to our audience and the media to
further 18th Street Art Center’s mission.
2. Act as “editor-in-chief" for 18th Street’s
communications platforms to ensure accuracy and impact.
3. Produce 18th Street’s signature events to engage our
audiences.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

* Responsible for the development of communication strategies and
day-to-day maintenance of virtual platforms, including our website,
e-communications and social network sites.
* Ensure that e-content is organized, written, and edited to make
it meaningful to our audience.
* Manage and administer 18th Street’s image archive, keeping
both the digital and physical components up to date and available for
funding proposals.
* Write and disseminate 18th Street’s press releases.
* Responsible for the preparation, performance and break-down of
public events, including but not limited to staging sound and
projection equipment, securing performers, food vendors, and
photographic documentation.
* Manage, hire and oversee interns, graphic designers, printers
and event technicians as needed.
* Responsible for the management of 18th Street’s audio and
visual equipment.
* Guide the production of one annual print catalog
* Work closely with the Business Manager for the development of
and adherence to budgets.

Qualification Requirements

* Must demonstrate sound knowledge of the contemporary art
field’s concepts and practices.
* The incumbent must possess the ability to develop efficient and
effective workflow processes that impact a number of other positions
within the organization.
* 3+ years of managing production schedules and budgets from concept
to completion.
* BA or BS, ideally with a concentration in communications,
marketing, graphic design or related field.
* Successful event production track record.
* Minimum 3 years in management/leadership role working with
designers, writers, contractors for web content as well as sound
engineers and other technicians involved in event production.
* Minimum 3 years experience in web and social media marketing
(research, budgeting, editorial schedules).
* Must display the ability to develop a rolling three-year
general strategy and a rolling one-year specific strategy with
associated implementation plans.
* Strategic thinker with attention to details.
* Excellent organizational skills.
* Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
* Comfortable interfacing with a broad range of people.
* Ability to think visually.
* Demonstrated ability to deliver projects on time.
* Proficient in all MS Office suite programs.
* Must work well in individual and team environments.

To be seriously considered for this position please submit the
following:

* A thoughtfully written cover letter indicating why you are the
right person for this opportunity
* Your current resume
* A list of websites you have developed or designed
* 3 professional references

Please send your complete application via email to
jobopenings@18thstreet.org

18th Street Arts Center

Santa Monica, CA USA

www.18thstreet.org

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