The Producing Operations Manager acts as the frontline artist services representative for all Fisher Center productions and presentations (including Bard SummerScape and Bard Music Festival), touring projects, residency projects, special events, rentals, co-productions, and partnership programs. The position also oversees the contracting and information management of all Fisher Center programming. In the summer season, the Producing Operations Manager leads a team of seasonal company management staff, in concert with the producers. The Producing Operations Manager reports to the Fisher Center's Director of Artistic Planning and Producing, and works closely with the SummerScape Opera Producer, Associate Producer, and General Manager. While some duties may be performed remotely, this position will require on-site and physical presence at the Fisher Center. RESPONSIBILITIES Artist Services:
Contracts & Finance:
Project Management:
Company-Wide Responsibilities The Fisher Center is currently undergoing an organization-wide process of change toward becoming an anti-racist, multicultural institution. All staff are expected to:
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To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume, diversity statement and the contact information for three references by following this link on Interfolio: http://apply.interfolio.com/99884 This is a full-time, exempt position eligible for Bard College's group benefits package, compensated at an annual salary range of $55,000 - $60,000, depending on experience. Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
ABOUT THE FISHER CENTER The Fisher Center develops, produces, and presents performing arts across disciplines through new productions and context-rich programs that challenge and inspire. As a premier professional performing arts center and a hub for research and education, the Fisher Center supports artists, students, and audiences in the development and examination of artistic ideas, offering perspectives from the past and present, as well as visions of the future. Presenting more than 200 world-class events and welcoming 50,000 visitors each year, the Fisher Center supports artists at all stages of their careers and employs more than 300 professional artists annually. The Fisher Center is a powerful catalyst of art-making regionally, nationally, and worldwide. Every year it produces 8 to 10 major new works in various disciplines. Over the past five years, its commissioned productions have been seen in more than 100 communities around the world. During the 2018-19 season, six Fisher Center productions toured nationally and internationally. In 2019, the Fisher Center won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical for Daniel Fish's production of Oklahoma! which began life in 2007 as an undergraduate production at Bard and was produced professionally in the Fisher Center's SummerScape Festival in 2015 before transferring to New York City. The Fisher Center demonstrates Bard's commitment to the performing arts as a cultural and educational necessity. Home is the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, designed by Frank Gehry and located on the campus of Bard College in New York's Hudson Valley. Building on a 161-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow's thought leaders. ABOUT BARD COLLEGE Founded in 1860, Bard College is a four-year residential college of the liberal arts and sciences located 90 miles north of New York City. With the addition of the Montgomery Place estate, Bard's campus consists of nearly 1000 park-like acres in the Hudson River Valley. It offers bachelor of arts, bachelor of science, and bachelor of music degrees, with majors in nearly 40 academic programs; graduate degrees in 11 programs; nine early colleges; and numerous dual-degree programs nationally and internationally. Building on its 161-year history as a competitive and innovative undergraduate institution, Bard College has expanded its mission as a private institution acting in the public interest across the country and around the world to meet broader student needs and increase access to liberal education. The undergraduate program at our main campus in upstate New York has a reputation for scholarly excellence, a focus on the arts, and civic engagement. Bard is committed to enriching culture, public life, and democratic discourse by training tomorrow's thought leaders. For more information about Bard College, visit bard.edu. Bard College is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome applications from those who contribute to our diversity. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, mental, or physical disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, familial status, veteran status, or genetic information. Bard is committed to providing access, equal opportunity, and reasonable accommodation for all individuals in employment practices, services, programs, and activities. |
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