Administrative Associate, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival
About The Position
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 is building Brooklyn’s creative future. BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! is NYC’s longest-running, free performance festival, and a beloved summer tradition featuring approximately 25 varied large-scale performances and attracting upwards of 200,000 people each summer to the Prospect Park Bandshell. BRIC seeks a seasonal Administrative Associate to provide administrative and operational support for BRIC’s Celebrate! Brooklyn at the Lena Horne Bandshell in Prospect Park, with a focus on serving all levels of administration and festival logistics prior to the festival and on-site during the full run of the festival.
Requirements
- 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.
- Bachelor’s Degree or substitute experience
- Detail Oriented
- Advance knowledge and experience with spreadsheets
- Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
- Proficient in Google documents
- 2 years’ experience in performing arts administration and/or festival production
- Communication & Relationship Building: An emotionally intelligent, organized and values-driven individual who can collaborate across departments and at all levels of the organization, and upholding an essence of confidentiality where needed. Highly skilled communicator and relationship builder, both individually and in large audiences or public communications.
- Commitment to Equity & Inclusion: Brings experience operationalizing equity within the Performing Arts and or Hospitality function.
Nice To Haves
- Prioritization: Experience with outdoor events a plus
- Technological acumen: Experience with ticketing software, particularly Ticketmaster and Universe
Responsibilities
- Provide overall administrative support for BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!
- Assist with event operations: guest lists, ticketing, front of house staff, Artist load-in and load-out, merchandise, pass sheets and other logistics.
- Support for box office services including ticket scanner and printer maintenance and distribution.
- Track expenses, receipts, attendance and other event data
- Prepare, manage and distribute post-event show reports
- Manage and distribute all staff credentials and staff t-shirts
- Support Operations Manager with on-site support for vendors and sponsors.
- In coordination with BRIC marketing, manage and order lanyards, wristbands, t-shirts
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Number of Employees
101-250 employees
