Deputy Executive Director – Education & Content
The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) seeks a highly-skilled executive level leader to direct the newly formed Education & Content team.
The Educational Theatre Association is a national nonprofit organization based in Cincinnati, OH with approximately 100,000 student and professional members. EdTA’s mission is shaping lives through theatre education by: honoring student achievement in theatre and enriching their theatre education experience; supporting teachers by providing professional development, networking opportunities, resources, and recognition; and influencing public opinion that theatre education is essential and builds life skills. EdTA operates the International Thespian Society (ITS), an honorary organization that has inducted more than two million theatre students since its founding in 1929. EdTA also publishes Dramatics, a monthly magazine for high school theatre students, and Teaching Theatre, a quarterly journal for theatre education professionals.
Position
EdTA is seeking a strong and experienced leader to serve in the newly created position of Deputy Executive Director, Education & Content. This is an executive level position reporting directly to the Executive Director. The candidate must possess a demonstrated track record of forming a strong vision and leading multifunctional teams to operationalize the vision. The role demands an effective manager of people who understands how to motivate individuals and teams to achieve goals through collaboration, as well as a thought leader who envisions new initiatives that will expand the benefits of EdTA membership and clarify the value of theatre education.
The individual must demonstrate his/her ability to be a systems thinker—integrating multiple departments to create a dynamic, synchronous operation that will result in increased member engagement, strategic marketing and communications, and national and international brand recognition.
The following existing EdTA business lines will be included in this newly developed team:
- Publishing, Print & Digital
- Marketing & Communications
- Professional Development
- Educational Events & Conferences
- Educational Policy & Advocacy
Essential Skills and Responsibilities
- Leverage and integrate content development to maximize value across all channels—face-to-face events, print publications, website, and online learning.
- Grow and optimize professional development offerings to meet the evolving needs of members and the theatre education field, including the drive to certification, online education, and adopting standards in education.
- Drive EdTA’s expertise and professional reputation, enhancing the performance and positioning of the EdTA brand across markets and external public and private constituencies.
- Provide strategic direction and implementation oversight to brand advancement activities including logo/mark, marketing collateral, and publications.
- Provide strategic direction to conferences and educational events with the goal of maximizing participation and satisfaction and improving efficiency of operations.
- Provide leadership and vision to develop and deploy the direction of the digital content in conjunction with EdTA’s Director of Technology and Director of Publications.
- Drive organizational alignment across independent business lines and improve workflow and collaboration.
- Ensure mission-focused, cost-effective day-to-day operations through staff supervision, fiscal management, planning and execution.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree required, Master’s degree preferred
- Minimum of 8-10 years senior management experience
- 5+ years’ experience in one or more of the functional areas of marketing & communications, program design and implementation, digital and print publications, and event management
- Work from the Cincinnati, OH national office
- Track record of digital expertise and success
- Experience in managing complex organizations
- Exceptional oral and written communications skills
- Ability to establish effective working relationships with internal and external constituencies
- Possess business acumen and financial savvy
- Strong analytical skills utilized to drive continuous quality improvement in operations and workflow management
- Previous related national association experience is helpful
- Experience with mission-oriented work and passion for the arts is preferred
Send cover letter, resume, and salary history/requirements by April 1, 2015 via email to: Hrmanager@schooltheatre.org.
No phone calls please.
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