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Marketing Manager

Job Description:
Steppenwolf Theatre Company is soliciting applicants for the position of MARKETING MANAGER. This position requires a minimum of 3 years of experience in a performing arts organization. Experience in theatre is an advantage. The successful candidate will have a background in: a) branding and advertising communications; b) subscription and single ticket marketing and c) Tessitura. The Marketing Manager reports to the Director of Marketing and Communications.


About Steppenwolf:
The Steppenwolf Theatre Company, named as a Top 35 Best Small Workplace in 2009 by the Wall Street Journal, is a not for profit, ensemble based theatre company operating in the city of Chicago, Illinois. Now in its 36th season, the company’s activities include a wide range of artistic programs including a five play subscription series, a visiting company initiative, non-subscription play productions, national and international tours, professional leadership programs, educational programs, new play commissions and workshops. The company owns four different facilities housing its three theatres, production facilities, offices and other support facilities.

The theatre is currently participating in major grants from the Wallace, the Duke and the Mellon foundations. Each grant investigates some aspect of how to grow audience and artistic relationships through deeper interaction and engagement.


Responsibilities:
Advertising Communications:

  • develop marketing strategies for the annual subscription campaign and auxiliary programming including Garage Theatre and SYA

  • develop multi-channel messaging

  • coordinate and execute advertising plans and calendars


    • Integration:
  • insure all messaging is consistent with/supportive of the Steppenwolf brand

  • insure messaging delivers on campaign strategies


    • Tessitura
  • coordinate with database administrator to capitalize on customization opportunities

  • build extractions, pull lists and perform patron analytics.


    • Compensation:
    Compensation will be commensurate with qualification and experience and is competitive with prevailing compensation for similar positions within the non-profit performing arts industry. Excellent benefit package offered, including medical and dental insurance, short-term and long-term disability insurance, vacation pay, paid sick leave and a 401 (k) matching retirement program.


    Steppenwolf Theatre Company is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.


    How to Apply:
    Interested and qualified candidates should send a confidential cover letter and resume by February 3, 2012, to:
    Linda Garrison
    Email: jobs@steppenwolf.org
    NO PHONE CALLS PLEASE


    Project Coordinator, Now is the Time

    Project Description
    NOW IS THE TIME (NITT) is a shared initiative of the Chicago Public Library (CPL), Steppenwolf Theatre and Facing History and Ourselves (FHAO). Each institution in this three-pronged partnership has a major project taking place in 2012 – 2013 that examines topics such as injustice, violence, tolerance and individual responsibility -- asking Chicago youth to make positive change in their communities NOW by "choosing to participate." NITT provides a thematic framework for these related initiatives and will be comprised of a set of experiences, activities and a call to action for Chicago’s youth.

    Steppenwolf, CPL and FHAO are members of the newly-formed Hive Learning Network. The Hive Learning Network is a community of civic and cultural institutions dedicated to transforming the learning landscape, and creating opportunities for youth to explore their interests in virtual and physical spaces. Through Hive, youth will have multiple, continuous and connected opportunities to explore their intellectual and skill-based interests.

    Goals of NITT:

  • Engage youth with various passions and skills in authentic "Hanging Out, Messing Around and Geeking Out"(HOMAGO) activities such as digital media creation, critique, performance, book discussions, community conversations and civic engagement around NITT themes such as injustice, hate, violence, tolerance and individual responsibility.

  • Create linked opportunities for youth collaboration, expression and discourse around NITT themes.

  • Provide youth with pathways to social activism through individual and linked NITT activities.

  • Engage youth in multi-dimensional experiences and provide spaces and activities for youth to connect with each other outside of school and their neighborhoods.

  • Create new opportunities for partnership between HIVE members.

  • Engage teachers by providing them with training, NITT lesson plans and the possibility of in-depth experiences for their students.


    • Organizational participants and roles:
    The Chicago Public Library’s fall 2012 One Book, One Chicago (OBOC) selection is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak —a novel which explores people’s choices and their potential as civic participants. During the months of October- November teens, teachers and adults will engage in book discussions, events and community conversations. Chicago teens will have the opportunity to attend a teen-only program with Markus Zusak, an adaptation of the book at Steppenwolf Theatre, the "Choosing to Participate" Facing History exhibition and mentor-led workshops in YOUmedia designed to support media creation and civic engagement around themes in the book.

    Steppenwolf for Young Adults (SYA) brings high-quality theatre to artistically curious young adults across Chicago. SYA will adapt the OBOC selection for the stage. An adaptation workshop for school groups will be offered in fall 2012. In addition, Steppenwolf is working with author Miles Harvey and his undergraduate and graduate students at DePaul University to collect oral histories about youth violence across the city. These oral histories will be made into a theatre piece that will travel to libraries in different communities across the city; each reading will be followed by a community conversation. Teens will participate in these readings and conversations. Other Chicago theatres will participate in NITT by focusing programming from their theatres on issues of tolerance, youth violence and community. Each of these programs can be used as a jumping off point for teen media creation and conversation.

    Facing History and Ourselves will host its multimedia exhibit Choosing to Participate in Chicago at the Chicago Public Library’s Harold Washington Library Center August 27–November 11, 2012. The exhibit is part of a national initiative aimed at encouraging young people and adults to think deeply about the importance of participation in a democratic society. The exhibit, its companion website (choosingtoparticipate.org), and related events examine the impact and history of racism and injustice and showcase courageous choices made by communities and individuals to foster compassion and inclusion. The exhibit encourages and empowers adolescents and adults to take its lessons into the community, exposes visitors to compelling models of civic participation, raises awareness of the consequences of individual choices, and enhances awareness of each person's capacity to make a difference. Facing History will conduct teacher training to connect the OBOC selection and play with the themes of Choosing to Participate. Workshops will take place with Chicago area teachers in summer 2012. The exhibit will also feature ?pARTicipation: Young Artists Speak Up? and ?Upstanders: Portraits in Courage,? two community-focused companion displays highlighting local individual stories. Work created in YOUmedia-led workshops will also be integrated into these sections of the exhibit.

    Areas of Responsibility:
    The NITT Project Coordinator will be responsible for:
  • Working with the partners on the development of the NITT public identity, including but not limited to managing the creation of the NITT website as well as helping to design and implement other marketing strategies (including design content, assisting in communication to the press, etc.)

  • Oversee all digital media for NITT, including creation of a digital identity via Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Flickr

  • Facilitate and manage linkages and resources between NITT members and community partners

  • Help to develop and manage events in conjunction with NITT

  • Manage HIVE activities in conjunction with NITT, including outreach to HIVE members and other potential partners and coordinating additional HIVE partner activities as needed


    • Compensation
    This position fulfills the project’s need for management of internal relationships and communication as well as communication to external audiences. The ideal candidate has at least 5 years experience working in the youth, education, arts and/or technology fields; proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word, HTML and CSS as well as experience in Photoshop Illustrator and InDesign. The ideal candidate possesses strong project management skills with an extensive knowledge of digital media; the ability to effectively communicate to multiple managers and community partners; a proven history of ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously; and a strong commitment to the goal of this project.

    This full-time (40 hours/week) position is funded by a 12 month grant from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation through the HIVE Learning Network and the Chicago Community Trust from February 2012-February 2013. The position will reside at the Chicago Public Library and report to the leadership team of the NITT partnership, which includes leaders from each of the institutions as outlined above.

    How To Apply
    If interested, send resume and contact information by February 20th to: atully@chipublib.org