DEPARTMENT: Marketing
POSITION: Audience Development Manager
REPORTS TO: Director of Marketing and Communications
WORK SCHEDULE: Monday-Friday; evenings and weekends required.
CLASSIFICATION: Full-time, exempt; benefits eligible after 90 days’
COMPENSATION: $64,500
POSITION SUMMARY
Berkeley Repertory Theatre (Berkeley Rep), established in 1968, is one of the nation’s prominent theatrical institutions with a long, proud history of developing Broadway-bound productions such as Green Day’s American Idiot and Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of the Temptations along with high caliber artists and comedians like Mike Birbiglia, John Leguizamo, and social commentator Fran Lebowitz.
Berkeley Rep is seeking a full-time audience development manager to identify, cultivate, and engage new audiences while also creating strategies to support current audiences in their patron journey. The ideal candidate has at least two years of experience in a sales role, with at least one year of experience in group sales or event management. We are seeking a self-starting team player that is creative and strategic about growing theatre audiences in size and diversity. The audience development manager reports to the director of marketing and communications and collaborates with box office, front of house, development, School of Theatre, and community engagement to develop, execute, and analyze ticketing and sales initiatives.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Qualifications and skills
Application Procedure
Berkeley Rep is an equal opportunity employer and offers a full range of employee benefits including 85% employer-paid health and dental insurance, optional vision, FSA, and 403(b) plans, professional development support, paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
Position available immediately. Email submissions only. Please submit a cover letter and résumé to jobs@berkeleyrep.org with “audience development manager” in the subject line. Persons from diverse backgrounds are highly encouraged to apply.
Berkeley Rep will contact candidates of interest. Please, no calls or faxes. Only complete submissions will be considered.
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Berkeley Repertory Theatre has grown from a storefront stage to an international leader in innovative theatre. Known for its ambition, relevance, and excellence, as well as its adventurous audience, the nonprofit has provided a welcoming home for emerging and established artists since 1968. Over 5.5 million people have enjoyed nearly 500 shows at Berkeley Rep, which have gone on to win six Tony Awards, seven Obie Awards, nine Drama Desk Awards, one Grammy Award, one Pulitzer Prize, and many other honors. Berkeley Rep received the Tony Award for Outstanding Regional Theatre in 1997. To formalize, enhance, and expand the processes by which Berkeley Rep makes theatre, The Ground Floor: Berkeley Rep’s Center for the Creation and Development of New Work was launched in 2012. The Berkeley Rep School of Theatre engages and educates some 20,000 people a year and helps build the audiences of tomorrow with its nationally recognized teen programs. Berkeley Rep’s bustling facilities—which also include the 400-seat Peet’s Theatre, the 600-seat Roda Theatre, and a spacious campus in West Berkeley—are helping revitalize a renowned city.