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About the Role
The College of Performing Arts at The New School seeks a Temporary Mannes Sounds Festival Assistant to support the administration, operations, and production coordination for all concert presentations. This role offers an opportunity to work closely with a visionary leader and contribute meaningfully to a forward-thinking institution that's reshaping the future of higher education.
Responsibilities
- Support festival season programming and logistics, communicating with internal teams and off-site venue contacts to identify and address all production needs.
- Coordinate artistic planning with the Director, event curators, student performers, guest artists, and others.
- Advance all Mannes Sounds productions, including creation of show documentation, contact sheets, rehearsal schedules, runs of show, cast and crew calls, rehearsal reports, and stage plots.
- Serve as on-site producer for festival events.
- Lead and/or attend production planning meetings as needed.
- Support pre-event season planning and post-event season closeout.
- Generate festival programs, including creating/reviewing program copy and overseeing printing and distribution.
- Assist the event promotions team to promote the festival through social media, Mailchimp, flyers, and posters.
- Collate mailing lists to prepare targeted communications and personalized invitations to donors.
- Generate documents to track and secure donor RSVPs for all scheduled events on a semesterly basis.
- Provide administrative support to the Artistic Director.
- Support additional projects related to the Mannes Sounds Festival.
Requirements
- Prior experience in arts administration or event production.
- Ability to leverage University platforms including Splash, 25Live, Tableau, Google Suite, and MyDay.
- Demonstrated commitment to Equity, Inclusion, Social Justice, and the transformative power of the arts and education.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Capability to manage competing priorities, navigate sensitive situations, and communicate with professionalism and tact.
- Prior experience supporting student-facing initiatives that foster artistic and creative growth in a higher education environment.
Skills
- Arts administration
- Event production
- Event promotion
- Donor communications
- Social media
- Mailchimp
- Google Suite
- Splash
- 25Live
- Tableau
- MyDay
- Oral communication
- Written communication
- Project management
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Temporary
- Hourly
- In-person
- Hybrid (case-by-case basis)
Experience Level
- Up to 19 hours per week
Salary/Compensations
- $25.00-28.00/hour
About the Company
- The New School redefines the boundaries of education, creativity, and innovation.
- Founded in 1919 and located in the heart of New York City, The New School is home to over 9,000 students from over 100 countries.
- Offers more than 135 degree and diploma programs across its renowned colleges: Parsons School of Design, The New School for Social Research, Eugene Lang college of Liberal Arts, Parsons Paris, and the College of Performing Arts.
- The progressive, interdisciplinary approach has earned recognition as one of the most forward-thinking institutions in the world.
- The Mannes Sounds Festival presents hundreds of Mannes students each year in more than 20 concerts at iconic venues across New York City and on the campus of The New School.
- The festival features collaborations between the Mannes School of Music, The School of Drama, The School of Jazz and Contemporary Music and Parsons School of Design.
- The festival presents master classes and lectures by distinguished faculty members and guest artists.
- The Mannes Sounds Festival provides unparalleled opportunities for students of the College of Performing Arts to be presented at a variety of notable venues and professional settings.
- The festival is a key fundraising vehicle for Mannes School of Music.
Equal Opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of race, color, creed, religion or belief, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, marital or domestic partnership status, sexual orientation, sex, gender identity or expression, age, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.
- The New School recognizes and values the benefits of a diverse workforce.