Edmonds Center for the Arts - Executive Director
About The Position
The Executive Director (ED) serves as ECA's most senior executive, working closely with two boards, the Edmonds PFD Board and the nonprofit ECA Board, to guide the organization's strategy, finances, and future. The ED oversees day-to-day operations while keeping a steady eye on the big picture: strong programming, healthy finances, a thriving campus, and community connection. The Executive Director leads a capable team of directors covering finance & operations; development; programming & production; and marketing, sales, & patron services while also representing ECA to donors, government partners, and the wider community. This is a role for someone who is just as comfortable digging into a budget as they are presenting to City Council, and addressing an auditorium full of 700 patrons. It calls for a leader who can bring clarity and confidence to a growing, changing organization while honoring everything that already makes ECA special.
Requirements
- Proven experience as an Executive Director, CEO, or C-suite executive, ideally within a nonprofit or mission-driven organization
- Strong financial and business acumen, with hands-on experience managing budgets and building financial systems
- Successful experience working with and/or reporting to nonprofit or public boards, especially in organizations with more than one governing body or a complex structure
- Comfort operating within public sector rules and requirements, such as open public meetings and public records laws
- Cultural competence and humility, a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion, and the ability to build trust and connect authentically with the many communities ECA serves
- A track record of leading organizations through periods of growth, change, or transition
- Strong project management skills, from day-to-day operations to larger capital or facility projects
- Financial and fiscal management
- Board governance and relationship building
- Visionary thinking
- Leads with grace, honesty, enthusiasm, empathy, and joy
- Skilled communicator and active listener
- Ability to influence and align staff and board members without being heavy handed
- Collaborative, steady, and approachable leadership style
- Strong team builder who earns trust and cultivates relationships
- Skilled at celebrating and elevating the work of others
- Composed, calm and clear headed under pressure
Nice To Haves
- Background in performing arts is not required, but a love for community and the arts is essential.
- Experience leading a nonprofit or public-facing organization through change.
Responsibilities
- Guide the organization's strategy, finances, and future.
- Oversee day-to-day operations.
- Maintain focus on strong programming, healthy finances, a thriving campus, and community connection.
- Lead a team of directors covering finance & operations; development; programming & production; and marketing, sales, & patron services.
- Represent ECA to donors, government partners, and the wider community.
- Present to City Council.
- Address an auditorium full of patrons.
- Bring clarity and confidence to a growing, changing organization.
- Honor what makes ECA special.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Flexible Spending Account
- Health Savings Account (if enrolled in a qualifying high-deductible health plan)
- Basic Life Insurance, AD&D Insurance
- Long-Term Disability Insurance
- 12 paid holidays
- Paid sick leave and vacation
- Voluntary Supplemental Life & AD&D Insurance
- WA State Public Employees Retirement System
- Discretionary participation in a Deferred Compensation Program
- Hybrid work environment (subject to eligibility requirements)
- Flexible schedules
- Free parking on site
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
