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Communications Associate
NYFA
New York, NY, United States
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Description
The Tank is hiring a full-time Communications Associate to support day-to-day Communications efforts at our new home at 312 West 36th Street, 1st Floor, which includes a 56 seat blackbox set up in three-quarters and a 98 seat proscenium, where we are presenting or producing over 800 performances each year and supporting more than 2,000 artists annually. We just moved September 1, 2017 and are in a moment of a lot of growth in all areas.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills;
• Graphic design experience preferred;
• Must love live performance.
The ideal candidate has at least 1 year of experience working in non-profit, Fringe, or downtown theater; is proficient with Microsoft Office, Google Docs, social media, and generally uses the internet as a tool for finding information and communicating; works independently to complete tasks (and completes them efficiently and correctly); independently manages their own work flow; is detail oriented in fast-paced environments; can talk to artists; is passionate about the creation of new work and enjoys thinking about how that work connects to larger conversations in our society; will think of this as the next step in a career, not as a job.
Duties:
• Manage The Tank’s social media accounts with daily posts (Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Instagram);
• Build the outward-facing voice of the organization through consistent branding and design initiatives;
• Spearhead new marketing and outreach strategies, such as a company podcast and blog;
• Manage the website;
• Manage eblast schedules, build eblasts, and manage eblast lists;
• Create a Style Guide;
• Manage the design process for all printed materials;
• Design some printed materials in-house;
• Liaise with artists for collateral for getting their shows on sale and posted on our website;
• Manage project-specific outreach campaigns;
• Manage archival video and the creation of any video trailers;
• Manage designs and content for online fundraising campaigns;
• One front of house shift per week.
About the Position:
Reports to The Tank’s two Co-Artistic Directors. Joining a rapidly growing team including a part-time Operations Manager and a part-time Tech Manager.
This is a full-time, salaried position. Benefits include 50% of health insurance paid for by The Tank (after a three-month trial period), enrollment in TransitCheck, and the ability to use The Tank’s artistic resources for your own projects.
Applications will be accepted through May 4, 2018 with a June 1, 2018 start date.
The Tank is an equal opportunity employer. People of color, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and women are strongly encouraged to apply.
ABOUT THE TANK:
The Tank is a Manhattan-based non-profit arts presenter. We serve emerging artists engaged in the pursuit of new ideas and forms of expression. Our goal is to foster an environment of inclusiveness and remove economic barriers from the creation of new work for artists launching their careers and experimenting within their art form. The heart of our services is providing free performance space, and we also offer a suite of other resources such as free and subsidized rehearsal space, promotional support, and much more. We present performances across a range of disciplines: theater, music, dance, comedy, film, and storytelling. We keep ticket prices affordable and view our work as democratic, opening up both the creation and attendance of the arts to all and positioning the arts within civic and socio-political discourse.
Founded in 2003 by nine emerging artists, The Tank has since provided an artistic home for tens of thousands of New York City-based performers. Artists who have presented work at The Tank early on in their careers include Alex Timbers (Tony-nominated theater director), Reggie Watts (theater performer/comedian/ musician currently on The Late Late Show with James Corden) Amy Herzog (Pulitzer Prize-nominated playwright), Lucy Alibar (whose one-act play Juicy and Delicious premiered at The Tank and was adapted to be the Oscar-nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild), Andrew Bujalski (film director, Computer Chess), and We Are Scientists (rock band).
Recent successes have included Mac Wellman’s The Offending Gesture at The Connelly Theater (New York Times, TONY Critics’ Picks); Manual Cinema’s Ada/Ava (New York Times, TONY Critics’ Picks, Drama Desk Nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience); Andrew Schneider’s youarenowhere (New York Times, TONY Critics’ Picks, Drama Desk Nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience); Torry Bend’s The Paper Hat Game (New York Times, TONY Critics’ Picks, Drama Desk Nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience), and Kimi Maeda’s the ephemera trilogy (Drama Desk Nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience). The Tank also presented the premiere of Obie-winning A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant by Kyle Jarrow, which went on to a national tour. The Tank has been honored with an official City Council proclamation, chosen for the WNYC *STAR* initiative, and featured on CNN, BBC, ABC World News Now, the New York Times, and more.