Santa Barbara, California
Washington, D.C.
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Keene, New Hampshire
Posted: 12-Aug-24
Location: Santa Barbara, California
Type: Full Time
Salary: $85,400 - $100,000
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The Programming Manager is responsible for programming, booking, and managing Arts & Lectures public events. Reporting to the Director of Public Lectures & Special Initiatives, this position is essential to the success of current season events as well as future years' programming. As a public-facing senior representative of the organization, the Programming Manager is responsible for building and sustaining collaborative relationships between Arts & Lectures and Artists, Lecturers, Agents, Tour Managers, Venue Management, University and other representatives. This position is a critical bridge to solicit, organize, and disseminate complex event information between organizations, and within Arts & Lectures' various departments. Ensures that complex contractual obligations are met for the Lecture, Film, and Performing Arts programs as well as special events.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree in related area and/or equivalent experience and training.
- Extensive professional experience managing high visibility, high-impact, high-risk events; ability to apply best practices and industry standard techniques under pressure, and to deal with multiple constituents, often with competing priorities.
- Extensive experience in meeting goals and objectives within budget and time constraints in an arts/live events capacity with a volume of at least 60 public events annually.
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced knowledge of and professional experience utilizing concepts, principles and best practices of event planning execution, including programming and production of highly complex events.
- Familiarity with and the ability to articulate and promote Arts & Lectures programming and organizational structure including its vision, mission, goals, objectives, achievements and infrastructure.
- Extensive project management expertise, including experience programming a full season of engagements.
- Advanced interpersonal communication skills to build and maintain relationships at all organizational levels and with a variety of constituents.
- Highly developed political acumen and communication abilities to build and sustain collaborative relationships with A&L Executive Director, Artists, Lecturers, Agents, Tour Managers, Venue Management, and other representatives.
- Proven success in exercising sound independent judgment; ability to maintain confidentiality, and act with tact and discretion with sensitive or confidential information.
- Keen attention to detail, excellent organizational and time management skills to accomplish tasks with thoroughness, accuracy, and consistency.
