Youth Theatre Coordinator

About Us The St. Louis Jewish Community Center (the J) has been providing excellent health and cultural experiences for the entire community for over 140 years. We are hiring for our Youth Theatre Coordinator position. This position will begin at the end of June, 2024.

Summary:

New Jewish Theatre’s Youth Program is an educational performance-based program teaching children skills in self-confidence, teamwork, acting, music, and dance. The Coordinator is responsible for all aspects of the Theatre’s Youth Program.

Responsibilities:

• Hire, train, and supervise all staff for Youth Theatre.
• Review and maintain payroll for all staff.
• Create, implement, and staff Youth Theatre Programs in the Fall and Spring for children K-9th grade including room bookings, workshops and classes. Ensure program offerings are current and meet community needs. Entails selecting, ordering, and producing plays.
• Schedule and supervise rehearsals and performances negotiating conflicts and any disciplinary issues
• Select scripts for Youth Theatre program and obtain performance rights or supervise the commission of new works.
• Facilitate communication between staff including production meetings, scheduling, deadlines, and collaboration issues.
• Coordinate set, sound, and lighting design with New Jewish Theatre Technical Director and Youth Theatre production staff to stay within budget and creatively portray the story using suggestive set pieces and projection techniques. Work with costumer and parents to use stock costumes minimizing new purchases.
• Manage House during performances and organize all aspects of House Management including tickets, playbills, concessions, fundraisers, and volunteers.
• Facilitate all necessary communication with parents including registration materials, order forms for playbill advertisement, photos and DVDs, rehearsal information and all other correspondence and performance materials.
• Work with Box Office Manager to process all ticket sales including online and at door sales.
• Together with the Marketing Department, develop marketing strategy and campaign materials for Youth Theatre. This includes articles, brochures, postcards, program guide entries, audience identification, etc. Create and assist in design of printed materials in collaboration with Marketing/RICOH including playbills, posters, brochures, and other materials. Perform regular outreach to past participants and utilize cross promotional opportunities as appropriate.
• Monitor revenues and expenditures for Youth Theatre to assure sound fiscal control. Together with supervisor prepare annual budget and participate in regular budget review meetings. Ensure that assigned area is operating within established budget and identify and perform cost control activities.
• Utilize excellent customer service skills, establish, and maintain effective working relationships with employees, members, vendors, and the community.
• Hire additional vendors for specific needs (photographer, videographer, florist, etc.)
• Know and understand all safety procedures of the J. Be able to lead the participants in the event of an emergency. Ensure all staff receives appropriate training.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in arts related field is required.
• 3-5 years’ experience in arts, theatre, and education is required.
• Strong, multi-disciplinary Artistic and Technical Theatre knowledge is required.
• Candidate must have demonstrated ability to multi-task and perform under changing priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and organizational skills.
• Candidate must be able to work independently and create self-imposed deadlines.
• Demonstrated computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite. Must have proven ability to learn new software programs.
• Knowledge of various arts media and techniques is required.
• Must enjoy and work well with children.
• Must be able to effectively communicate and work with children, coworkers, and parents.
• Ability to work a flexible work schedule to include evenings and weekends to meet program requirements.
• Must be able to physically help as needed with set construction, moving props/arts supplies or maintaining backstage space This includes pushing, pulling, and lifting up to 50lbs, use of ladders up to 25 ft tall, able to use basic hand and power tools and ability to bend, stoop, walk around facility.

For more information about the J and all that we do, please visit our website: www.jccstl.org.

The J is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in the Department of Homeland Security's E-Verify program.