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Digital Marketing Associate Sought by Educational Theatre Association

EdTA_logoDigital Marketing Associate (Part-Time, Temporary)

The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA) seeks a digital marketing associate to join our Marketing and Communications team for a 3 to 6 month assignment, 20 hours per week. 

Essential Skills and Responsibilities

  • Manage email campaigns: assemble and edit supplied content, draft additional content as appropriate, determine layout using email best practices, pull lists from member database
  • Ensure consistent brand look, style and voice across all email messaging
  • Assist in the development and execution of email initiatives, roadmaps, and calendars
  • Build and A/B test new email messaging to improve campaign performance
  • Measure, analyze, and share campaign performance, test results, and other learnings to inform decision-making across the team
  • Create graphics for email, social media and other digital platforms based on pre-established templates and/or campaign designs
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, digital media or related field; or equivalent experience
  • Proficiency in Constant Contact, Marketing Cloud, Mail Chimp or similar email marketing platform
  • Knowledge of email marketing best practices
  • Proficiency in WordPress or similar web content management system
  • Experience managing social media for a business, including tracking and analyzing performance
  • Working knowledge of HTML
  • Basic graphic design and photo editing skills
  • Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite and Microsoft Office
  • Excellent project management skills
  • Deadline driven with keen attention to detail
  • Strong proofreading, writing and communication skills

About Us

The Educational Theatre Association is an international nonprofit association with more than 135,000 active members and 45 full-time staff. EdTA’s mission is shaping lives through theatre education: honoring student achievement in theatre; supporting teachers by providing professional development, resources, and recognition; and influencing public opinion that theatre education is essential and builds life skills. EdTA is the home of the International Thespian Society, an honorary organization established at nearly 5,000 schools, that has inducted more than 2.4 million theatre students since its founding in 1929. EdTA also produces the International Thespian Festival and publishes Dramatics magazine in print and online for high school theatre students, and Teaching Theatre, a journal for theatre education professionals. The Educational Theatre Foundation is the philanthropic arm of EdTA.

Please submit cover letter and resume by email (Subject line: Digital Marketing Associate 2019-84) to:  HRManager@schooltheatre.org.

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Cast Announced for OF MICE AND MEN at Footlighters Inc.

FLI_logoFootlighters is thrilled to announce the cast for OF MICE AND MEN!

Directed by Jim Curtis
Produced by Amanda Emmons Shumate, Katie McCarthy, & Janet Wisner

The cast includes:

  • George- Jay Woffington
  • Lennie- Eric Day
  • Slim- James Hummeldorf
  • Candy- Bill Hartnett
  • Curley- Rick Hunt
  • Curley’s Wife- Katey Blood
  • Carlson- BJ Simpson
  • The Boss- Peter Merten
  • Whit- Patrick Coyle
  • Crooks- TBD*

Footlighters is in need of an African American male to play the role of Crooks. If you are interested in auditioning, please contact Jim Curtis, jjt9461@yahoo.com.

Performances run Feb. 13-29.

For more information visit www.footlighters.org

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Volunteer Movers Needed for Storage Facility Fire Cleanup at ActingUp on Aug. 10

ACTUP-logoIf you haven’t heard, after a devastating fire at our building/storage facility, Acting Up has found a new temporary facility to lease in Mason and a great group of volunteers got it cleaned up and ready! Other community theater groups have been great about donating some items to start to make up for what we lost.

This Saturday, Aug. 10, we are going to continue collecting those items along with some of our items that groups have graciously allowed us to store in their facilities. We are looking for helpers to move.  Please let us know if you are available.

Attached is a sign up genius so that you can sign up for the portion (or the whole day) that best suits your schedule. We are moving some items in a storage unit near KI.  We also have items we are getting from Cincinnati Christian School and The Drama Workshop.

Thank you for your consideration.
We appreciate you!

Sign up here – www.signupgenius.com/go/9040e4facaf29a13-acting4

If you can’t make this work day, but would like to be added to our email list for further work days, please send us your email to actingup@actingup.com.

Thanks

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Actress Needed for MARVIN’S ROOM at CenterStage Players

CSPOH_logoActress needed for CenterStage Players Inc’s upcoming production of MARVIN’S ROOM.

The role is for a women in her 40’s. If you are interested in being considered for this role please contact the director Julie Jordan at juliehjordan@gmail.com or 513.235.5609.

Rehearsals start mid-late Sept, production dates November 15-17 and 22-24.

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Costume Coordinator: Fall, Winter, and Spring Productions Sought by Campbell County Theater Department

Costume Coordinator: Fall, Winter, and Spring Productions

The Campbell County Theater Department is looking for a Costume Coordinator for all three of our productions next year. If you enjoy working with high school students full of enthusiasm with varying levels of skills and experience, working in wonderful facilities, and are yearning to become part of a dedicated and hardworking team of educators, this may be the opportunity you’ve been looking for.

In this role, you’ll be working after school supervising students designing, building, overseeing rentals, and making alterations of the costumes for each of our productions.  You will need to work closely with the production team to plan budgets, supervise student crews, and keep costumes in good repair and clean.  During the week of the show, you will help supervise costume running crew, hair and make-up crews, and help provide backstage supervision.  After each show, you will be responsible for returning rentals, removing alterations, and making sure costumes are clean before being returned or placed in our stock.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

  • Planning and Materials Ordering
  • Work with the director to cost out materials for costume construction and rentals
  • Order materials needed
  • Be involved in the production planning process.
  • Check with local costume rental shops or stores

Costume Construction 

  • Train students on how to operate costume shop materials safely
  • Supervise students during the construction process 3 or 4 days a week after school.
  • Ensure that costume shop is clean, organized, and equipment is maintained.

Technical and Dress Rehearsals

  • Attend all dress and technical rehearsals, working with costume running crew and hair and make-up crew to ensure a safe and productive rehearsal.
  • Help provide adult supervision backstage and in the green room.

Performances

  • Attend all performances, helping provide adult supervision for the backstage areas and overseeing costume and hair and make-up crews.

Strike

  • Attend strike, helping provide adult supervision of striking the costumes for the show.  Clean costumes pieces, reverse alterations as needed, and return costumes to stock or the various rental houses.

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW:

  • How to design and create appropriate costumes for a variety of productions.
  • How to create costumes.
  • The various local costume resources.
  • Hair and make-up techniques.
  • How to use and instruct students on the safe use of the following tools:
  • Sewing Machines
  • Sergers
  • Hand sewing techniques
  • Theater running crew responsibilities and etiquette.
  • How to teach young people about the craft and art of producing live theater.
  • The ability to keep on schedule and prioritize tasks.

WHAT EXPERIENCE/EDUCATION YOU SHOULD HAVE BEFORE APPLYING:

  • The candidate should have practical costuming experience as well as knowledge of generally accepted safety procedures. Excellent communication skills and a positive attitude are important as you’ll be working with students and theater faculty. Preference will be given to candidates with professional or collegiate experience.
  • These are supplemental positions.  Pay for each will be discussed during interviews.

Do you see yourself being the perfect fit for these positions? If yes, then please contact Claire LaNicca at claire.lanicca@campbell.kyschools.us

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