POSITION SUMMARY:
Position will assist with content development, themes, and program ideas to further the museum’s mission in consultation with Program and Development staff.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Assist supervisors with scheduling Public Programs and National Center support staff, volunteers, and student interns working on public programs to ensure a successful event.
2. Assist in logistics and coordinate public programs. Communicates with all staff and volunteers about upcoming public programs.
3. Assist with stage management and communications with talent and speakers, in advance and during public programming. Assist with visitor experience during Public Programs, including ticketing and check-in.
4. Assist the Director of Public Programs and other Public Programs staff to plan and organize a total of two free days per year (Two Free Family Festivals – Natsumatsuri and Oshogatsu). Assist in planning logistics, booking and communicating with performers, making floor plans, stage managing of performances, and all other activities needed to make the event successful.
5. Assist the Director of Public Programs and Director of the National Center in developing, creating, and publishing of online context such as blog posts, email communications, social media postings and campaigns, etc. This work is done in coordination with various departments of JANM where appropriate including Public Programs, Marketing and Communications, and Development.
6. Assist in compiling data and providing administrative support to the public programs Unit.
7. Provide good customer service to guests, members, and program participants by having professional demeanor and attitude. Works collaboratively with partnering organizations.
8. Work weekends and evenings as needed. Tuesday – Saturday schedule preferred. On occasion provide front desk/lobby lunch break coverage for visitor services. Criminal Background check is required.
9. Staff members must be able to work with visitors of all ages to support the various events sponsored by JANM. Each staff member will be expected to work on a minimum of three museum-wide events per year:
a) JANM’s Benefit & Online Auction—(off-site) typically held in the Spring (April-May)
b) JANM’s Family Festival Day—Oshogatsu Festival (January)
c) JANM’s Family Festival Day—Natsumatsuri Festival (August)
d) Members receptions and/or exhibition openings
This list is not exhaustive and may be supplemented as necessary. Incumbent will perform related duties as assigned.
Full Time
Exhibitions Coordinator
The Exhibitions Coordinator is responsible for the day-to-day administrative support of the exhibitions team and project managing the Museum’s multifaceted exhibition program in collaboration with the VP of Exhibitions, collections, and program staff. This includes tracking exhibition budgets and reporting, coordinating meetings and communications, assisting in content management, and coordinating fabrication and installation. The Exhibition Coordinator will also work on traveling exhibitions coordinating logistics, budgets, contracts, and negotiations with various venues.
Vice President for Advancement
Reporting to the President and CEO, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music seeks a Vice President for Advancement as a key member of its senior leadership team to support the mission, vision and growth of SFCM within an inspiring and dynamic organization. As the lead strategic fundraiser and liaison to the President and Board, the Vice President directs, recruits and mentors an outstanding team of development professionals while overseeing all aspects of Advancement at the Conservatory of Music. In 2022 the Conservatory completed the $200 million+ Ute and William K. Bowes, Jr. Center for Performing Arts while reimagining the model for a modern conservatory following the incorporation of a unique curriculum designed to equip students for lifelong success in any endeavor. The Bowes Center project was launched with a single gift of $46.4M, the largest gift in history to a music school in support of a building project. Following the celebrated completion of the Bowes Center campaign, exceptional fundraising for endowment, partnerships and innovative music programs continues unabated, guided and strongly supported by the President and Board of Trustees while under the direction of the Vice President for Advancement. SFCM has added 120 scholarships and successfully acquired three for-profit companies in just the last three years.
About Us
SFCM’s mission is to transform our students: artistically, intellectually, professionally and individually. Through the study of music at the highest level, our students learn to seek achievement in every endeavor, to convert challenges into opportunities, to understand the nature of excellence, and to pursue their dreams with vigor and determination. We believe that inspiring the imagination, cultivating the artist, honing the intellect, and developing the professional are the keys to launching innovative graduates who excel in any field. SFCM is located in the heart of one of the world’s most innovative and diverse cities and is home to a vibrant academic community of students and faculty who achieve excellence in their fields.
SFCM recently acquired Opus 3 Artists, Pentatone, and Askonas Holt, establishing the conservatory as the only institution paired with two leading artist management companies and a legendary recording label. The new initiatives of this network created the Artist Apprentice Program as well as numerous artist-led residencies and campus engagements, creating innovative and distinctive programs for today’s top global artists and the students and faculty of SFCM. In addition to its novel programs in Technology and Applied Composition and Roots, Jazz, and American Music, the school forged educational alliances with the San Francisco Symphony, Opera, and Ballet, the SFJAZZ Center, Skywalker Studios, SONY, and numerous companies in Silicon Valley. SFCM also works to increase representation in the arts, including a collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony for the Emerging Black Composers Project—a ten-year engagement program to spotlight early-career Black American composers and their music—and the Denis de Coteau Fellowship with SF Ballet which provides funding, instruction, and performance opportunities for musicians with diverse backgrounds.
Job Duties
The Vice President for Advancement:
- Collaborates with the President and key Trustees to ensure strong momentum for the comprehensive campaign for endowment, partnerships, and special initiatives. Advises and assists the President and key Trustees on principal gift strategy and solicitation.
- Directs individual giving, major gifts, alumni support, corporate and individual support, fundraising events, planned gifts and stewardship activities through a comprehensive campaign for SFCM.
- Manages the Advancement leadership team to ensure there are established performance metrics and that Advancement staff are accountable for and reach their fundraising goals.
- Ensures that the Advancement department structure and staffing is optimized to support SFCM’s fundraising goals and that Advancement staff have the supervisory support and administrative resources they need to be successful. Recruits and mentors new team members.
- Cultivates and solicits a portfolio of high-net-worth donors to support SFCM through major and planned gifts, following clear and measurable goals of the fiscal year and campaign.
- Acts as primary liaison to the Advancement Committee, Campaign Cabinet, and Governance & Nominating Committee.
- Collaborates with key members of SFCM’s senior leadership team to align operational priorities and maximize engagement with the donor, alumni, student and faculty communities.
- Ensures the continued development and maintenance of effective communications and record management programs for donor engagement and data collection/tracking, coordinating closely with colleagues in Marketing and Communications.
- Develops and oversees spending for advancement operations and ensures budget adherence.
- Collaborates with the President and senior leaders of SFCM on the development and implementation of the comprehensive campaign goals to support SFCM
- Shape the strategic development plan for Advancement operations.
- Performs other duties as needed.
- Seven years of proven organizational, supervisory and fundraising leadership experience.
- Successful record of conceptualizing and executing fundraising plans, particularly in a performing arts or higher education context.
- Willingness to engage and work with different perspectives and an openness to new ideas.
- Outstanding interpersonal skills with an ability to engage donors at all levels, trustees, senior leadership, staff, and other key members of the SFCM community.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with an ability to sincerely advocate for and promote SFCM.
- Ability to travel as needed to represent SFCM.
- Ability to be present at evening and weekend events.
Compensation and Benefits Description
Competitive salary depending on experience in a range that starts at $300,000.00/year, with generous health and welfare benefits.
How to Apply
We prefer to receive applications through our website. This position will be open until filled.
Equal Opportunity Employer
SFCM is a fully committed equal employment opportunity institution and welcomes applications from all qualified persons, including those who consider themselves to be of a race, national origin or ancestry that is not fully represented in musical arts programs in the United States. Personnel decisions regarding applicants for employment are made without regard to race, color, religion, marital status, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), status as a Vietnam-era veteran or special disabled veteran, age, citizenship, or any other consideration made unlawful by federal, state or local laws.
PI237330325
Assistant Curator
The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures furthers the understanding, celebration, and preservation of cinema through inclusive and accessible exhibitions, screenings, programs, initiatives, and collections. Welcoming visitors from Los Angeles and around the world, the Museum works in active partnership with motion picture artists and specialists, scholars, staff, and diverse communities to contextualize and challenge dominant narratives around cinema, inspiring discourse, connection, joy, and discover.
Under the supervision of senior management, the Assistant Curator is responsible for working independently on all aspects of smaller scale exhibitions as well as collaborating with film artists and guest curators. They may also assist senior curators on larger scale exhibition projects. This position develops all aspects of content, and collaborates closely with creative, design, registration, conservation, planning, and publication departments on the execution of an exhibition. They will also work collaboratively with public facing departments to create engaging and mission-driven content beyond an exhibition.
The Assistant Curator may write texts for catalogues and other online formats and advise and participate in interpretive initiatives at the Museum. They may also manage a Research Assistant on project-related duties and, as approved by senior management, may also present content about the Museum elsewhere and function as a representative of the Museum.
This position is being represented by a union.
You Will:
- Engage the public and disseminate knowledge on the Academy collection and programs and film history in general through mission critical exhibitions, publications, lectures, symposia, gallery talks, and other innovative public programs.
- Be responsible for conducting research in film and cultural history related to potential exhibitions, publications, lectures, conferences, symposia, and interpretive public programs.
- Initiate and maintain contacts with filmmakers, scholars, curators, critics, authors, and other colleagues in the field and culture in general.
- Under the supervision of senior management, organize smaller-scale exhibitions and works with film artists on collaborations.
- Assist senior curators on larger exhibition projects.
- Identify and recommend new acquisitions to senior management.
- As project manager for an exhibition or program, conceive an idea, present the project to senior management, and discuss the project proposal as required.
- Develop exhibition narrative, checklists, secures loans, assess conservation needs, write didactics, and create AV components.
- As a project manager for an exhibition of smaller scale or artist collaboration, assist in formulating the budget, participate in fundraising, and assist in writing grant requests.
Collaborate closely with creative and design teams as well as with the digital curator on developing content for app, website, and digital interactives. - Collaborate on publication development including writing text for brochures, scholarly catalogues, or other types of publications as appropriate.
- May assist a guest curator on exhibition projects.
- May work with Associate, Senior Curator, or Guest Curator on exhibitions organized by another institution traveling to the Academy Museum.
- Work closely with other Academy Museum staff members regarding shipping, layout, and installation of works; writing text for brochures and labels; and contributing and coordinating interpretive programs.
- Initiate project-related outreach and interpretive programs with Education and Public Program teams and work with them on innovative interpretive programs geared for a wide range of audiences, including adults, universities, schools, families, and children.
- Work with the Development staff to cultivate individuals, corporations, and foundations that may donate funds and/or goods and services in support of the museum’s programs as required.
Perform other duties as required.
You Have:
- An MA in film studies, museum studies, art history or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
- Demonstrated knowledge of film history if academic career was not film studies.
- 3+ years of museum experience.
- Demonstrated experience conceptualizing, researching, planning, installing exhibitions.
- Demonstrated experience working with living artists on projects and/or exhibitions.
- Excellent organizational, prioritization, and time management skills; ability to execute multiple, high-priority projects, with a keen attention to detail and excellent follow through.
- Highly developed written and verbal communications skills geared toward a wide audience.
- Great ability for collaborative working methods.
- Knowledge of issues of science and technology related to filmmaking a plus.
- Spanish language reading proficiency preferred, other foreign languages a plus.
- A commitment to diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion.
Other Requirements:
If hired, we require all employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, unless a medical or religious accommodation is needed as determined on a case-by-case basis.
Salary:
The expected base salary range for this role is $70,000-$75,000. The actual base pay offered will be determined by factors such as experience, skills, training, location, certifications, education, and other factors permitted by law. Decisions will be made on a case-by-case basis.
Finance and Operations Manager
Finance & Operations Manager
Young Musicians Choral Orchestra
Berkeley, California
Background
YMCO is committed to engaging Bay Area students in grades 4-12 from under-resourced families in YMCO’s free, proven, three-part program of vocal and instrumental musical training, academic support, and citizenship, drawing on students’ musical talents to guide them to success in higher education and meaningful professional careers.
Job Summary
The Finance & Operations Manager (FOM) manages the day-to-day business and administrative functions of the organization. The FOM provides leadership in the areas of finance and budgeting, human resources, strategic planning and implementation, technology, marketing, and communications.
Reports to the President & Artistic Director
Responsibilities
– In concert with the President & Artistic Director (PAD), manages YMCO’s operating budget. Coordinates the organization’s annual budget process. Monitors, provides analysis, and reports on financial performance. Works with an outside accounting firm on financial reports.
– Manages payroll and accounting functions.
– Implements and evaluates the strategic plan, with the PAD and the Board of Directors.
– Supports the Development Manager and PAD in Foundation and Corporate Solicitation, Grant Management and Reporting.
– Provides support for donor cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship with the Artistic Director, Development Manager, and Board members.
– Drafts agendas, financial reports, and supporting materials for Board of Directors meetings. Drafts minutes for review and finalization by the President & Artistic Director and the Chair of the Board.
– Collaborates with the President & Artistic Director on managing salary and benefits for staff and faculty.
– Manages marketing and communications activities addressing students, families, school and community partners, and donors, including print and digital materials.
– Manages YMCO’s technology needs, including the donor database, student and faculty records, security, accounting, and payment systems.
– Manages and implements human resource programs and policies. Coordinates all searches and hiring for YMCO.
– Manages facility needs, including negotiating space leases and facility rentals with partner organizations.
Qualifications
– Bachelor’s degree in arts management, nonprofit administration, or a related field.
– 5-7 years in management of nonprofit organizations, especially in performing arts or education.
– Extensive experience in managing budgets and financial systems.
– Passion for working with youth through YMCO’s mission.
– Skilled at working as part of a team in a small, nimble organization.
– Demonstrated leadership capacity and the ability to manage and motivate staff.
– Experience in fund development or managing the function, and working with donors.
– Experience with staff recruitment, management, and implementing HR policies.
– Skilled at managing marketing and communications with outside consultants.
– Experience with technology, donor databases, security, fundraising software, and digital communications systems.
– Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
– Excellent project management and organizational skills; able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
– Experience working with Boards, volunteers, and donors.
– Committed to being a team player, communicative, and collaborative.
– Proficiency in using office and online tools, specifically Microsoft Office and Google Suite.
Additional Requirements:
Position is subject to a background check.
Compensation
This position typically is full-time (40 hours a week).
Compensation is competitive and commensurate with responsibilities and experience, with a salary range of $75,000-90,000 (yearly).
This position also includes the following benefits:
Health care benefits.
Paid public holidays.
Paid vacation
Paid sick leave
Funds for professional development opportunities.
Salary Range
$75,000-$90,000
How to Apply
Interested candidates should send an email to geechi@youngmusiciansco.org with the subject line “Finance and Operations Manager”: “your name.” Please attach a cover letter and resume. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, with a preferred start date of April 1st, 2024.
YMCO is AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Young Musicians Choral Orchestra
(http://www.youngmusiciansco.org)
Project Manager
- Title: Project Manager
- Reports to: Head of Special Projects
- Schedule: Full Time, Hourly
- Base pay range: $37-$46/hour DOE, plus benefits, bonuses, overtime and profit-sharing potentials
- Open until filled. Please send a cover letter and resume to jobs@atthowe.com
About us:
In business since 1928, Atthowe is now a worker-owned company exclusively dedicated to the handling of fine art. We provide temperature and humidity-controlled art storage solutions, air and ground transportation support, as well as crating, mounting, and installation services. Our company has changed and grown over time, but always with the same focus of providing high-quality service in a friendly and caring environment. We pride ourselves on our decades of outstanding service and our art-loving, hard-working, dedicated team. We cherish our long history, but we also value our forward thinking, innovative practices. Atthowe Fine Art Services is an equal opportunity employer. We do not and shall not discriminate based on race, color, religion (creed), gender, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of our activities or operations. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, our clients, and our community.
About the role:
Our Special Projects Department (an exciting, fast-growing part of the company) is looking for a Project Manager – a fantastic opportunity for a hands-on technician and leader with an expert and unique skill set. This person will report to the Head of Special Projects. They will be someone who can plan and execute complex art installations, working through contracting, design development, engineering, fabrication, and installation of large-scale artworks for public and private spaces. Must be comfortable leading a job site and coordinating all the technical details from a desk and the construction site. This person is adept in managing projects with multiple stakeholders, understands contracting responsibilities with an astute ability to assess risks, and will always ensure the crew’s safety, all while delivering on time and within budget. Atthowe Fine Art Services prides itself on completing “impossible” projects. Expect to be challenged.
Core Responsibilities of the Project Manager:
- Manage and conduct large, complex specialized art fabrication, installation, transportation, and rigging jobs from beginning to end
- Understand and fulfill requirements for conducting business with a contractor’s license
- Research and understand current market trends, clientele, methods, materials, vendors, and industry standards
- Manage full lifecycle of projects, including workflows, client communications, feasibility/risk assessments, estimates, plans, scheduling, staffing, permitting, sub-contracting, budgeting, change orders, job tracking, installations, billing, and final reporting
- Maintain the profitability, responsiveness, and quality of services and projects
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook), Adobe, Access, Asana and SketchUp
- Provide support and direction for project-related crew, as needed
- Ensure efficient, timely, and detailed communication and registration information transfer between company departments
- Maintain and inspect all construction and special projects related machinery and equipment, removing or repairing dangerous or damaged equipment
- Possess strong construction and art handling skills and continually increase knowledge and expertise in specialized skill designations such as: art installation, construction, art packing, crating, rigging, registration, and truck driving
- Possess advanced skills and maintain safety certificates for: (Level 1 Intermediate Rigger and Signal Person, forklifts, reach-lifts, scissor/boom-lifts, fall protection, scaffolding)
Typical Tasks:
- Manage communication with multiple project stakeholders, attend meetings, and job site walk-throughs
- Work cross-departmentally to allocate resources and staff to projects, resolving any potential conflicts over resource allocation and ensuring smooth client-facing services
- Assign tasks to crew and oversee and direct progress at project sites
- Produce forecasts and budgets and track project expenses
- Oversight of contracts and risk management issues and appropriately escalate items for management review
- Manage project workflows, estimates, job tracking, and regular client invoicing
- Produce and coordinate Scope of Work, Work Plans, Engineering, Hazard Analysis, Pick Plan and other job related documents
- Construct, modify, lift and carry artwork and museum objects properly, alone and in coordination with co-workers
- Consult on performance reviews and certifications for crew, as needed
Core Accountabilities for all employees:
- Safety of people: Never act in a way that would endanger you, a co-worker, or any other person
- Safety, protection, and stewardship of all artwork and objects in our custody
- Excellent communication, cooperation, and attention to detail with clients, colleagues, and other parties
- Knowledge of and adherence to company standards and policies
- Protect all confidential information, including client information, job details, images, and privileged company information
- Understand and comply with PPE (personal safety equipment) requirements
- Maintain, clean, and safe-guard all tools, equipment, and other company property, both personal and shared
- Professionally represent the company in the community, building effective relationships with clients other stakeholders
Physical Demands:
- Desk work and field work
- Regularly required to walk, stand, sit, bend, lift, and use hands, sometimes for extended periods of time
- Regularly work on boom-lifts, scissor lifts or ladders for long periods of time
- Regularly be in truck cab for extended periods and must exhibit physical agility to enter and exit trucks and/or trailers
- Exposed to outside weather conditions and construction sites
- Must be able to lift 60 pounds unassisted and must be able to frequently lift and/or move up to 300lbs with assistance of mechanical equipment
Qualifications:
- Minimum of 3 years of art handling and/or construction management experience
- Construction license or equivalent tradesman knowledge is preferred
- Possess a valid California driver’s license and a clean driving record at the time of, and for the duration of employment
- Complete and pass STA (Security Threat Assessment) application and verification
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook), Adobe, Access, Asana and SketchUp
- Able to work a flexible schedule as weekend, overtime, overnight, out of town, and holiday work may be necessary
Benefits:
In addition to working with a friendly, art loving team, Atthowe also provides the following benefits:
- 100% coverage of health insurance premiums through Kaiser (includes vision)
- Dental and additional vision coverage through Principal
- 17.5 days of PTO for full time employees (increases with seniority)
- 12 holidays
- 401K with 3% match
- Cell phone reimbursement of $60/month
- Eligibility to become a worker owner with profit sharing after two years of employment
- Employee bonuses
How to Apply:
Send your cover letter and resume to jobs@atthowe.com. Put Project Manager in the subject line of the email.
