Employment Opportunities

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We accept audition materials on a rolling basis from instrumentalists who specialize in historical performance and play on period instruments.
Please send resume and recordings to director@indybaroque.org
IndyBaroque seeks Managing Director
IndyBaroque Music, Inc. is the parent organization of the Indianapolis Baroque Orchestra. We are the only period orchestra of its kind in Indianapolis. Our mission is to perform and promote music of the 17th and 18th centuries using period instruments and historically informed performance practices. We believe in enriching, educating, and inspiring the Indiana community and beyond by fostering connections between the past and the present.
The Managing Director executes all operational, production-related, and financial functions of IndyBaroque Music, Inc. Reporting to the Board of Directors through the President, the Managing Director will have excellent written and verbal communication skills, the ability to work independently, and significant organizational capacity. The MD will have experience with budget creation and financial management (including QuickBooks), planning, contract management, and schedule tracking.
The primary role of the MD is to:
- Oversee day-to-day business operations
- Represent and advocate for the IBO in an effort to continually enhance its image, visibility, and influence across the community
- Take an active role cultivating corporate donations, sponsorships, and individual donations, in conjunction with the development consultant
- Meet or exceed earned revenue goals (subscriptions/ticket sales/donations)
- Coordinate with the Marketing and Communications Manager and Ensemble Manager
The ideal candidate will be an energetic, detail-oriented, and collaborative individual. This person will bring a combination of communications, business management, and operational skills along with an excitement for the performing arts and the benefits the arts bring to the community. This is a half-time position.
Responsibilities
Operations
- Work with the President and Board of Directors to effectively promote IBO productions by engaging in marketing and public relations activities via website, e-mail, social media, word-of-mouth, paid advertising, and media opportunities
- Hire, contract, and effectively manage production/volunteer teams for various performances, including contract labor
- Work to develop relationships with local arts organizations and seek opportunities for collaboration
- Maintain positive working relationship and effective communication with the executive
committee, contract staff, and the Board of Directors
- Attend and participate in various board meetings and committees
Production
- Coordinate contracting, scheduling use of venues (rehearsal space/performance venues), and preside at rehearsals in collaboration with the Ensemble Manager
- Attend all performances and events to manage accurate accounting and cash receipts and to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience for staff, patrons, and artists
Finance
- Assist the President and Board of Directors with the development and administration of the annual budget
- Track, record, and manage administrative expenses, production income and expenses, fundraising revenue, and other earned revenue (CDs, merchandise)
- Assist with approval and payment of bills on a timely basis and maintenance of financial records in Quickbooks
- Maintain monthly financial reporting and forecasting, capital spending, and expenditures review and approval in cooperation with the Board of Directors
- Supervise office administration and operations, including maintaining all business files and records
Yearly Salary - $25,000
Inquiries and resumes should be sent to director@indybaroque.org
Marketing & Communications
Marketing and Communications Manager
Job duties include (but are not limited to):
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Design, source, and order promotional materials for the concert season
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Populate online event calendars
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Social media management (Facebook/Instagram)
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Email marketing
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Writing copy for email, social, and other marketing items as needed
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Design printed programs
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Website management
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Work to expand our audience - Recommend where we market, identify our target audience, make recommendations on where we should perform to bring in new audience members
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Attend Indianapolis-area IBO Events and take photos and video for marketing purposes and for use on social media. This includes 10-15 events per year
The pay for this position will be based on a negotiated contract.
Inquiries and resumes should be sent to director@indybaroque.org
Equal Employment Opportunity
It is and will continue to be the policy of IndyBaroque Music, Inc. that all persons are entitled to equal
employment opportunity based on their individual qualifications, performance, and potential without regard for their race, color, sex, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, disability (physical, mental or sensory), medical condition, veteran status or genetic information, as required by state and federal law.
In compliance with the provisions of applicable state and federal civil rights laws, every effort will be made to employ the most qualified individuals without regard to the above factors and to provide reasonable accommodation to the disabilities and religious practices of individuals. Additionally, it is our policy to provide promotion and advancement opportunities in a non-discriminatory fashion. Any individual who believes he/she has been discriminated against should immediately contact either the Ensemble Manager, Board President or General Manager