Executive Director, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!

Overview

About BRIC: 

BRIC is a leading arts and media institution anchored in Downtown Brooklyn whose work spans contemporary visual and performing arts, media, and civic action. For over forty years, BRIC has shaped Brooklyn’s cultural and media landscape by presenting and incubating artists, creators, students, and media makers. As a creative catalyst for their community, BRIC ignites learning in people of all ages and centralizes diverse voices that take risks and drive culture forward. BRIC builds Brooklyn’s creative future.

Our number one priority is the health and safety of our staff and their families, our artists, performers and media makers, our partners, our patrons, and the communities we serve. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination is required for employment. If you are unable to be vaccinated for medical reasons or sincerely-held religious beliefs, we will consider requests for reasonable accommodation consistent with our policy, and where we are able to provide such accommodations without undue hardship to the company pursuant to applicable law.

About the Executive Director Role:

BRIC seeks a seasoned, experienced and dynamic Executive Director for its flagship program BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! who will continue the momentum of over 40 years of summer programming at Prospect Park. Under the leadership of BRIC’s President and reporting to the Chief Program Officer, this is a key role in BRIC’s leadership structure and will design, lead, and implement innovative and meaningful events for diverse local, national and global audiences.

What You’ll Do in the Role:

Reporting to the Chief Program Officer (CPO), the Executive Director of BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! will be responsible for the following: 

• In partnership with the Chief Program Officer, oversee the artistic, production, and operational vision of BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! and implement the vision of the flagship program, overseeing a budget of $2 million and managing an overall team of full time and approximately 75 seasonal staff.
• Oversee full time staff: Artistic Director, Producers, Operations Associates and more that produce and facilitate all elements of the festival. Work with the People and Culture department to ensure that department is staffed and supported appropriately, ensuring key responsibilities are identified, suggesting opportunities to restructure and scale up as needed.
• Work with BRIC’s Executive Team to conceptualize and hire BCB Artistic Director, to lead the artistic and curatorial voice of  BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! and BRIC. 
• Supervise the BCB Artistic Director to conceive, imagine and execute the artistic vision including strategizing of thematic areas and connections to BRIC’s broader identity, and vetting artist and partner ideas.
• Work with the President and Chief Development Officer to establish and reach investment and revenue goals. 
• Collaborate with the Development Team on identifying public and private revenue opportunities and developing compelling grant proposals. Work closely on cultivating memberships and membership experience. 
• Identify, develop, and increase revenue sources of contributed and earned income for BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! including but not limited to sponsorship opportunities and ticketed benefit shows. 
• Collaborate with Marketing & Communications and BRIC’s media team on multi-platform capture and distribution plan for all festival IP.  Roll out accompanying marketing campaigns, with an eye on creating opportunities for revenue growth.
• Work with BRIC’s Production and Operations teams to streamline and build capacity for BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! processes by moving to a One BRIC model in the next 2-4 years. 
• Be a champion of the vision of the One BRIC model ensuring continuous programming and collaboration with other programmatic departments at BRIC including but not limited to contemporary art, education, media, performing arts and BRIClab.
• Liaise with community and government agencies having jurisdiction over the Prospect Park Bandshell and other public sites/venues as appropriate.
• Cultivate artists and industry relationships to secure the most exciting projects for BRIC programs and to build long term relationships and opportunities beyond BCB. 
• As needed, act as a spokesperson, conducting media interviews, emceeing special events, and representing at donor and external industry events.

You’ll Bring these Skills and Strengths to the Role:

• Mission & Values Alignment: A passion for BRIC’s support of the arts in Brooklyn and a deep commitment to building community, igniting learning and making change through the arts and creativity.
• 7-10 years of experience in positions of increasing responsibility with at least 3 years in a leadership role, overseeing performance arts, summer festivals.   
• Experience leading an organization or department of a performing arts organization, including oversight of staff. A proven leader in working collaboratively across organizations 
• Entrepreneurial leadership capacity – flexible and able to create and implement a vision
• Experience with both contributed and earned revenue sources. Able to cultivate donor and member relationships.

Other Things to Know:

• Compensation: The annual salary range for this position is $150K-$160K
• Status and location: This is a full-time, exempt role based in our Brooklyn office. 
• Benefits: BRIC has a comprehensive benefits package, including: paid time off, 403B retirement plan, pre-tax transit cards, medical flexible spending plans and more. BRIC currently pays 100% of the premium for employee medical, dental and vision coverage starting on the first of the month after 2 months of employment. 
• Mission & Values: BRIC is committed to building Brooklyn’s creative future. We advance opportunities for visual artists, performers, and media makers. We present bold work that reflects diverse audiences and speaks to the world. We ignite learning in people of all ages. We unite Brooklyn through art and creativity to build community and make change.

How to Apply:

All applicants must submit a resume together with a cover letter outlining the ways in which their skills and experience align with our specific needs via our online application portal found here.  Candidates of color and from traditionally underrepresented backgrounds are highly encouraged to apply.

BRIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, military and veteran status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot be used as a basis for an employment decision.