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BRIC President
NYFA
Brooklyn, NY, United States
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Description
BRIC presents programs in contemporary art, performing arts, and video that reflect the creativity and diversity of Brooklyn. BRIC also advances and nurtures emerging voices and works-in-progress by local artists and media makers. BRIC supports open access to arts and media by making programs available without charge or at very low cost, through education and public programs, and by enabling and amplifying individual and community voices.
ORGANIZATIONAL OVERVIEW
BRIC is a leading presenter of free cultural programming in Brooklyn, and one of the largest in New York City, presenting and incubating work by artists and media makers who reflect the diversity that surrounds us. BRIC programs reach hundreds of thousands of people each year.
The main venue, BRIC Arts | Media House (BRIC House), offers a public media center, a major contemporary art exhibition space, two performance spaces, a glass-walled TV studio, and artist work spaces. Open and free, BRIC’s popular Stoop Series hosts a constant multigenerational current of visitors engaging with each other and/or BRIC’s programs. The media center on the open second floor ebbs and flows with novice and established producers, programmers, and artists. Accessibility, art, and expression are inherent to the BRIC culture, grounded in its social justice values and enacted daily on site in a way often cited as unique yet ripe for replication.
BRIC is unusual in being a multi-programmatic organization that holds, by grant of the Borough President, the license for public access television in Brooklyn. BRIC is also unusual in both presenting exceptional cultural experiences and nurturing individual expression. This dual commitment enables it to most effectively reflect New York City’s innate cultural richness and diversity. Some of BRIC’s most acclaimed programs include the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival in Prospect Park, a renowned contemporary art exhibition series, and two distinct media initiatives: Brooklyn Free Speech, Brooklyn's Public Access initiative and BRIC TV – a nonprofit community TV channel and digital network.
BRIC TV is “an award-winning cable TV and digital network reflecting the best that Brooklyn has to offer” and recently has redefined what local programming can be, winning spots at Sundance, Hot Docs, and the Tribeca Film Festival, as well as garnering numerous NYC Emmy® nominations, and increasing viewership from 19,000 to 350,000 a month in the last 2.5 years alone. Four of the five BRIC TV channels are public access. BRIC is unique in the extensive professional training and support work offered to anyone interested. This segues into the thoughtful training and education programming offered to individuals, families, groups, and organizations at BRIC House and throughout Brooklyn. In addition to making cultural programming truly accessible, BRIC is dedicated to providing substantial support to artists and media makers in their efforts to develop work and reach new audiences.
The BRIC House central site is located on Fulton Street adjacent to the BAM Harvey Theater in Brooklyn’s vibrant cultural district and in New York City’s fastest-growing borough. Additional programming runs at Brooklyn Library branches, public schools throughout Brooklyn, and the Prospect Park Bandshell. BRIC has an annual budget of $15.5 million, a 26-member Board, and a full-time staff of 104 that then triples with seasonal and part-time staff as appropriate. Media represents two-thirds of BRIC’s annual budget, non-media programming the remaining third; of that one-third ($5.4 million), $3.5 million is contributed income and $1.9 million earned revenue (FY 17). Contrary to most arts organizations, government and corporate funding (via cable set-asides) constitute the bulwark of current support.
THE POSITION
The President will develop, articulate, and implement a long-term vision and business strategy for the next decade of BRIC’s growth, including plans designed to advance the organization’s mission and creative direction. Externally, the individual will play a leading role in cultivating financial support, resources and donors, championing the organization and its programs, building brand awareness, and generally increasing levels of support and engagement.
Reporting to and communicating regularly with the Board, the President will be responsible for the financial condition of the organization, including formulating, implementing, and monitoring annual and long-term financial plans and budgets. The President will have the skills that ensure a high level of communication continues with the exceptionally dedicated and collaborative staff so that all work together to help BRIC maintain and expand its level of excellence and achieve its artistic and financial goals.
The President will be an entrepreneurial leader with a demonstrated commitment to social justice, community, and cultural expression, able to inspire the confidence and leverage the talents of that community internally and externally. S/He will have the following key priorities:
• Thoroughly understand BRIC and Brooklyn; gain comprehensive knowledge of BRIC’s history, tradition, programs, community, and its unique base of financial support;
• Exemplify and enhance the organization’s collaborative, informal, forward-thinking, and inclusive culture; establish a close partnership with staff to ensure successful continuity of the highly valued culture of BRIC and its existing programs and to develop new ideas, offerings, and programs;
• Through the development and promotion of its current and bold new programs, ensure that BRIC continues as cultural signifier in the face of significant growth and competition from downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan arts organizations;
• Establish a collaborative relationship with the Chair of the Board and other Board members, elected officials, funders, and partners, and bring forth their best ideas, efforts, resources, and contacts;
• Serve as chief fundraiser for the organization; work closely with Development to cultivate important relationships and secure grants and gifts; pay particular attention to the central role, as well as pending developments, of public and commercial funding sources to BRIC’s ongoing fiscal health;
• Fully comprehend the role BRIC plays in downtown Brooklyn and across the borough and city; strengthen relationships with artists and the key local leaders and decision makers; nurture partnerships with other institutions, colleagues, and communities in the borough and beyond;
• Assess, streamline, elevate, and integrate the various programmatic pursuits of BRIC so that they remain independently excellent yet mutually supportive, and more accurately reflect and embody the integrated, boundary-defying nature of the arts and media today;
• Raise BRIC’s profile! Identify ways to aggressively promote the purpose, profile, and activities of BRIC so that it may serve its constituents and mission best;
• Establish and maintain open lines of communication with the staff and ensure a level of professionalism and teamwork across the organization; supervise, motivate, empower, and delegate appropriate responsibility among staff members;
• Ensure by effective leadership and management that the day-to-day operations and activities of BRIC are efficiently administered and that the organization is fiscally responsible with balanced budgets, attainable revenue projections, and continued financial stability.
IDEAL EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS
The ideal candidate will have an abiding interest in and experience with culture broadly, media, and community, and should possess the following qualifications:
• Senior-level management and leadership responsibility within a complex nonprofit organization or arts, for-profit media, education, or media-related business known for quality and excellence;
• Successful track record as a fundraiser with measurable results in identifying, cultivating, and soliciting major donors, increasing corporate sponsorship, securing government support, and generating other sources of revenue;
• Strong financial management and analytical skills combined with a record of success in managing people, operations, and budgets;
• Demonstrated skills to set strategic direction and seek and obtain buy-in from diverse constituencies, with the ability to implement that direction;
• Ability to tap and map the pulse of a community, including its dynamic forms of expression and culture, thereby amplifying and empowering its voice; knowledge of and a commitment to presenting the kind of diverse and thought-provoking programming that attracts and engages audiences while remaining financially viable;
• Comfortable with technology and emerging digital platforms, with experience in media a distinct plus;
• A track record as an effective communicator; the presence and credibility to serve as an effective and enthusiastic spokesperson for BRIC with community and public leaders, the media, donors, and the general public.
THE PERSON
BRIC is a multifaceted organization committed to being a home for a wide range of artists, audiences, and ideas. As such, the President must embrace, champion, and relate to a diverse constituency. The President will be an experienced strategist and administrator with:
• A deep and passionate commitment to social justice, arts, and access;
• Strong organizational skills, with proven ability to focus, prioritize, delegate, and execute;
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills; decisiveness and confidence; humane, inclusive, and grounded among personal qualities;
• Skill as a pragmatic risk taker with an entrepreneurial spirit and a track record of coalescing others around objectives and their successful implementation;
• Ability to be effective under pressure and adept at multitasking;
• Ability to be a self-starter, undaunted by a lean institution;
• Excellent writing and communication skills that can reach and engage myriad audiences;
• Love for Brooklyn!