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Manager of Marketing and Sales
Reports To: Executive Director
Supervises: Patron Services Manager
Works Closely With: Production, Education, Visual Arts
Status: Full-Time, Exempt
Salary Range: $70,000–$74,000 annually, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
Position Summary
The Mosesian Center for the Arts seeks a strategic, data-driven Manager of Marketing & Sales to lead audience development, earned revenue growth, and institutional visibility. Reporting directly to the Executive Director, this position leads one of the organization's core divisions, overseeing marketing, communications, and customer retention. The Manager of Marketing & Sales develops and executes comprehensive marketing, advertising, and sales strategies that increase attendance, strengthen patron relationships, grow memberships, and support revenue across performances, exhibitions, education programs, rentals, and fundraising initiatives.
This position is hybrid with some onsite days required at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA. Evening and weekend work is occasionally required to support MCA presented performances, exhibitions, special events, and community programs. The Manager of Marketing & Sales is also expected to represent MCA at expo, vendor-style, and community tabling events to promote programs, build relationships, and expand audience reach.
Strategic Marketing & Brand Leadership
• Develop and implement the organization's annual marketing plan.
• Create integrated marketing campaigns for performances, exhibitions, classes, festivals, and fundraising events.
• Establish marketing calendars and campaign timelines.
• Maintain and strengthen the MCA brand across all platforms.
• Manage marketing budgets and advertising expenditures.
Sales & Audience Development
• Develop strategies to increase earned revenue through ticket sales, adult and youth class registrations, sponsorships, rentals, and ancillary sales.
• Establish measurable sales goals and KPIs.
• Create pricing, promotional, audience acquisition, and retention strategies.
• Partner with Patron Services to maximize customer experience and sales.
Data Analysis & Business Intelligence
• Analyze ticket sales, audience demographics, geographic trends, purchasing behavior, and campaign performance.
• Utilize AudienceView, Google Analytics, Meta Insights, email analytics, and related tools.
• Monitor advertising ROI and prepare regular performance reports for the Executive Director.
Marketing & Communications
• Oversee digital marketing, website content, email marketing, social media, print collateral, advertising, and public relations.
• Ensure consistent messaging and visual identity.
• Coordinate communications supporting fundraising, memberships, and sponsorships.
Leadership & Supervision
• Supervise, mentor, and evaluate any Marketing Coordinators and the Patron Services Manager.
• Coordinate departmental workflow and establish goals.
• Participate as a member of the leadership team.
Cross-Department Collaboration
• Partner with the Executive Director to advance organizational goals, institutional initiatives, and fundraising initiatives through integrated marketing campaigns.
• Partner with the Director of Production and Facilities to promote performances, festivals, and special events on a shared timeline, and to bring greater visibility of the venue to potential corporate rental clients.
• Partner with the Director of Education to grow enrollment in classes, camps, and workshops.
• Partner with the Director of Visual Arts to increase gallery attendance, strengthen exhibition marketing, and develop strategies that support artwork sales and artist visibility.
• Foster strong communication across departments to ensure coordinated planning and a unified patron experience.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Business, Arts Administration, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Three or more years of marketing, communications, sales, or audience development experience.
• Experience supervising staff and using data to drive marketing decisions.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and project management skills.
Benefits
MCA offers health insurance through BlueCross Blue Shield HMO Blue New England, with MCA covering 65% of the premium. Optional dental and vision insurance are also available through BlueCross Blue Shield.
Campus amenities through Alexandria Real Estate include:
• Membership to the AOTC fitness center at no additional cost, open Mondays-Fridays.
• Morning and evening shuttle service throughout the AOTC campus at no additional cost.
• On-campus food option Little Branch, located within the 400 North Beacon Conference Center. Offers breakfast and lunch service from 8am–3pm Monday through Friday exclusively to ARE tenants and is accessible with your key card.
Equity
The Mosesian Center for the Arts is committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming, and equitable workplace. We recognize that skills and leadership are developed in many ways and through experience in many sectors. If you are excited about this role and believe your experience aligns with the work, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every listed qualification. We will tailor the role for the right person.
The Mosesian Center for the Arts is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage individuals of all lived experiences, backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply.
Application and Contact Information
Rather than requiring a traditional cover letter, we have designed our application around a series of focused prompts that give candidates an opportunity to tell us about their experience, approach, and interest in the work. We also ask applicants to share selected work samples, such as communications, marketing campaigns, and examples of data analysis, so we can better understand how you think, what you have accomplished, and how your experience might translate to MCA.
We are asking all candidates to complete the application at https://form.jotform.com/262348232465054.
Email executivedirector@mosesianarts.org with any questions regarding the position or application, but please do not send resumes or cover letters. All responses should be submitted through the application form.
Company Administrator
Reports To: Executive Director
Status: Part-Time, Non-Exempt
Schedule: 26 hours per week
Compensation: $24-$28 per hour, depending on experience
Position Summary
The Company Administrator provides day-to-day administrative and operational support for the Mosesian Center for the Arts (MCA). This part-time position helps keep essential organizational processes running smoothly, including routine financial administration, employee onboarding, office administration, and executive support.
The position is designed for a highly organized, detail-oriented person who enjoys keeping systems organized, following through on recurring tasks, and helping a small nonprofit team work efficiently. This is a hands-on administrative role.
Primarily an on-site position at the Mosesian Center for the Arts in Watertown, MA, the role supports day-to-day organizational operations, and regular in-person presence is required. After the first three months of employment, a limited hybrid work arrangement may be discussed with the Executive Director based on the employee's responsibilities, performance, and the operational needs of MCA.
Primary Responsibilities
Financial Administration
Working in coordination with the Executive Director, bookkeeper, and other staff as appropriate:
• Process routine bills, invoices, and payments and help ensure bills and rental client settlements are paid on time.
• Prepare and process renter and event settlements.
• Generate and send routine invoices.
• Assist with tracking accounts payable and accounts receivable.
• Maintain vendor information, W-9s, and related financial documentation.
• Organize financial documentation for the bookkeeper and Executive Director.
Human Resources Administration
• Coordinate administrative onboarding for new employees.
• Collect required employment and payroll paperwork, initiate and track background checks, set up new employees in Paychex, and maintain routine employee information.
• Maintain confidential personnel records and onboarding documentation.
• Assist employees with routine benefits enrollment paperwork and direct more complex questions to the appropriate provider or organizational leadership.
• Coordinate administrative offboarding tasks when employees leave MCA.
Company Administration
• Maintain organizational files, records, forms, and administrative documentation.
• Help manage recurring administrative deadlines and organizational calendars.
• Coordinate office supplies and routine purchasing.
• Send recurring administrative reminders to employees and supervisors for payroll, timesheet, expense reimbursement, and credit card categorization.
• May be asked to assist with general IT coordination and troubleshooting.
• Support preparation of routine organizational documents.
• Provide administrative support for board and committee meetings as needed.
Executive Support
• Assist with scheduling and meeting coordination.
• Prepare meeting materials and take notes when requested.
• Provide light project management support for Executive Director initiatives.
• Assist with community outreach, partnership communications, sponsorship outreach, and other external relations projects as assigned.
• Assist in coordinating special projects for major organizational initiatives.
Operations & Systems Improvement
• Maintain and update basic administrative procedures and checklists.
• Help document recurring workflows so that organizational processes are easy to follow.
• Create templates and simple systems that make routine administrative work more efficient.
• Assist with implementing administrative tools or process improvements identified by leadership and staff.
Other Organizational Support
• Provide administrative assistance for occasional organizational events and initiatives.
• Support cross-department administrative needs when capacity allows.
• Perform other reasonable duties and special projects as assigned by the Executive Director.
Qualifications
• Previous experience in administration, office management, executive support, nonprofit operations, or a related field.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills.
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to follow through on recurring tasks.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to handle confidential employee and financial information with discretion.
• Comfort working with spreadsheets, shared documents, calendars, and common office technology.
• Ability to work independently while communicating effectively with a small, collaborative team.
• Familiarity with Paychex, QuickBooks, Microsoft or similar software.
• Experience with employee onboarding or basic HR administration.
• Experience supporting an executive or senior leader.
• Interest in arts, culture, and community engagement.
Benefits
Campus amenities through Alexandria Real Estate include:
• Membership to the AOTC fitness center at no additional cost, open Monday-Friday.
• Morning and evening shuttle service throughout the AOTC campus at no additional cost.
• On-campus food option Little Branch, located within the 400 North Beacon Conference Center. Little Branch offers breakfast and lunch service from 8 AM-3 PM Monday through Friday exclusively to ARE tenants and is accessible with an employee key card.
Equity
The Mosesian Center for the Arts is committed to creating an inclusive, welcoming, and equitable workplace. We recognize that skills and leadership are developed in many ways and through experience in many sectors. If you are excited about this role and believe your experience aligns with the work, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every listed qualification. We will tailor the role for the right person.
The Mosesian Center for the Arts is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic. We encourage individuals of all lived experiences, backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply.
Application and Contact Information
We are asking all candidates to complete the online application at https://form.jotform.com/262348294632159.
Email executivedirector@mosesianarts.org with any questions regarding the position or application, but please do not send resumes or cover letters via email. All responses should be submitted through the application form.
Technical Overhire
Current Hiring Focus: Stagehands, Admin, Programmers, Designers & General Overhire
The Mosesian Center for the Arts is entering an exciting new chapter. Our organization is in a time of transition, with a team of artists and a new generation of leadership at the helm. We are committed to fostering a vibrant, inclusive community rooted in creativity, collaboration, and celebration of the diversity that exists within our community.
As we grow, we are seeking skilled, reliable, and community-minded individuals to join our Technical Overhire Pool. These roles are essential to supporting safe, smooth, and high-quality experiences for our artists, audiences, and community partners across a wide variety of live events.
Current Hiring Priorities
We are hiring and prioritizing applications for the following on a rolling basis:
- Stagehands / Deck Crew (Run Crew, Carpentry, Electrics support)
- Lighting Programmers & Console Operators (ETC)
- Designers (Lighting, Audio, and other live event production disciplines)
- General Technical Overhire (flexible/varied skillsets across departments)
Additional Hiring Area: Administrative & Production Support (Overhire)
We are seeking individuals interested in the administrative and coordination side of live events and arts operations. This work supports rental coordination, production workflows, and event logistics from an operational standpoint.
This role is ideal for those with a background or interest in:
- Arts administration
- Stage management or production support (non-lead roles)
- Event coordination or company management
Responsibilities may include:
- Supporting rental coordination processes (communications, scheduling, documentation)
- Assisting with production paperwork (run sheets, schedules, tracking documents)
- Coordinating logistics across departments (production, front of house, rentals)
- Providing onsite administrative support during events as needed
Ideal candidates:
- Have familiarity with theatrical or live event environments
- Are highly organized and detail-oriented
- Are comfortable managing information across multiple projects
- Are strong communicators and proactive problem-solvers
We are currently well-staffed in the following areas, but may reach out as needs arise:
- Audio Engineers (A1/A2)
- Technical Supervisors / Lead Technicians
About You
- You value safety, collaboration, and a well-run production environment.
- You thrive in a fast-paced, live event setting with shifting needs.
- You’re excited about supporting live performance, BIPOC & LGBTQ+ artistry, and community-centered work.
- You’re dependable, communicative, and comfortable working independently or as part of a team.
Qualifications
Stagehands / Deck Crew:
Prior backstage, theatrical carpentry, electrics, or run-crew experience preferred.
Lighting Programmers/Operators:
Experience with ETC consoles; ability to read plots and execute designer notes.
Designers:
Experience developing and executing production designs in theatrical or live event settings; ability to collaborate with production teams and adapt to venue resources.
Audio (A1/A2 & A/V Techs):
Experience with digital consoles (Behringer X32 preferred), wireless mic management, and basic A/V setups. Experience with QLab is preferred.
All tech positions:
- Ability to lift 25–50 lbs, climb ladders, and work safely around theatrical equipment
- Ability to work at heights (~40’) and operate lifts (Genie or similar)
- Industry experience strongly preferred, but emerging technicians with baseline skills are encouraged to apply
Hours & Pay
- Part-time, event-based positions (primarily evenings and weekends; occasional weekday load-ins)
- Flexible scheduling based on availability and production needs
- Hourly rates start at $22/hour; Lead/Supervisory roles paid at higher rates based on experience
- W9 independent contractor positions
How To Apply
Please send a note of interest and resume (if available) to:
River Hayes, Director of Production & Facilities
riverhayes@mosesianarts.org
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Internships
The internship program is an opportunity for students in grades 6-12 to grow as artists, educators, and leaders. Students will gain real-world experience in the arts and mentorship to best facilitate their growth. Interested students should complete an Internship Application Form. If you would like to send a resumé (optional) or you have any questions please email education@mosesianarts.org.
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Volunteer Opportunities
Our volunteer program connects community members to volunteer opportunities within the organization. Our volunteers contribute significantly to many areas of MCA including ushering for events, teaching assistance, event set-up and break-down, and other program and administrative support. It is a great way to give back to your community! To become a volunteer, please contact patronservices@mosesianarts.org.