Now Hiring - Director of Marketing and Sales in Chapel Hill, NC

PlayMakers Repertory-310201

Development and Fundraising

07/28/2023

08/11/2023

No

Permanent Staff (EHRA NF)

Director of Marketing and Sales

EHRA Non-Faculty

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NF[please apply online]

Full-Time Permanent

1

40

North Carolina, US

$47,900 -$70,000

09/01/2023

PlayMakers Repertory Company (PRC) is the premiere professional theater company of North Carolina, serving as a working laboratory for the Department of Dramatic Art and as a nationally recognized cultural destination for UNC and the entire southeast region. PlayMakers Repertory Company strives to produce entertaining, relevant, and courageous work that tells stories from and for a multiplicity of perspectives and creates transformational impact in our immediate and extended communities.

PRC manages the planning and oversight of a $3.1 million professional and educational theater operation. This unit has a staff of about 175 which includes approximately 47 employees, 20 independent contractors, 30 work-study students and up to 100 volunteers. Approximately 37 of these employees are seasonal employees, requiring new contracts and university personnel paperwork for each season. This unit is responsible for creating significant professional artistic programming, student and community engagement activities and attendant fundraising endeavors. The unit functions as a program of the Department of Dramatic Art.

The Director of Marketing and Sales will develop strategy and manage implementation for all marketing, sales, branding, and public relations functions for PlayMakers Repertory Company. The director creates and manages long-range and annual strategic and operational plans for the Marketing and Sales department, including media coverage goals and budgets. In conjunction with PlayMakers’ leadership and other departments, the director creates and manages revenue and audience attendance goals to meet growth targets. The director also develops and maintains collaborative relationships with other areas within PlayMakers and the Center for Dramatic Art, as well as external organizations locally and nationally, in order to coordinate programming and activities. The Director of Marketing and Sales manages the performance and daily work of the Associate Director of Marketing and the Marketing Communications Specialist, in addition to freelance and contract personnel as needed.

Post-Baccalaureate degree required (or foreign degree equivalent); for candidates demonstrating comparable independent educational or instructional activities related to tutoring, supplemental instruction, or direction of programs that enhance educational experiences of enrolled or prospective students, will accept a relevant Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and 3 or more years of relevant experience in substitution.

Relevant post-Baccalaureate degree required (or foreign degree equivalent); for candidates demonstrating comparable independent research productivity or comparable background in independent academic or instructional activities, will accept a relevant Bachelor’s degree (or foreign degree equivalent) and 3 or more years of relevant experience in substitution. This experience may be related to the direction/oversight of programs that focus the academic and research resources of a higher education institution towards community or regional issues.