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Director of Marketing and PR
Chicago Opera Theater
Job Summary:
The Director of Marketing and Public Relations is responsible for the planning, implementation, and evaluation of all marketing, public relations, and communication activities. This exempt position is a member of the company's senior management team, and reports to the General Director. S/he will work closely with the General Director, General Manager and Director of Development, in the development of strategic planning for the company. Direct reports include Ticket Services Manager.
Accountability:
- Maximizing earned income revenues by crafting and executing strategic and comprehensive annual marketing and public relations campaigns.
- Manage major growth in audience size among subscribers and single ticket holders.
- Manage the effective growth and evolution of the COT brand both locally and nationally
- Provide clear, accurate reports, both verbally and written, to board and staff.
Responsibilities include:
Marketing:
- Coordination of design, copy, and distribution of all marketing material which integrates COT's overall brand platform and ensures consistent use of brand messages and architecture.
- Creation and implementation of direct mail, e-marketing, and telemarketing campaigns.
- Supervision of the Box Office and all its activities, including customer service.
- Maintain departmental revenue and expense budgets, cash flow forecasts, and calendar of activities.
- Assume all editorial responsibilities, in collaboration with the General Director, of COT's website.
- Identify, develop, and manage all of COT's Preferred Partners.
- Assist with Development department in securing corporate sponsorship opportunities.
- Participate in the planning and execution of community engagement and audience development events.
Public Relations:
- Supervision of activities related to all press relations including creation and distribution of press releases and materials.
- Cultivate productive relationships with members of local, regional, and national media with an emphasis on those which cover the arts and opera.
- Secure reviewing press from local, regional, and national sources as well as previewing and listings in all forms of media.
- Coordinate all promotional events and activities, including National Opera Week, press conferences, and audience development.
- Participate in the planning and execution of community engagement events.
- Direct the creation, editorial content, and gathering of materials, in collaboration with the General Director and other departments, for all Program Books; manage company-wide proofing process.
- Coordinate all company photography, both production and social.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Proven record of success in creation and implementation of both large- and small-scale revenue-generating campaigns
- Expertise in the application of fundamental marketing/public relations theories and practices for performing arts organizations.
- Demonstrated strength in team leadership and resource management
- Strong computer competence; thorough knowledge of Tessitura software preferred
- Outstanding organizational, copywriting, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Proven, hands-on experience in media relations, media planning and buying, direct and email initiatives, and digital marketing.
- Background or interest in the arts and music in particular is preferred.
Desired Traits and Characteristics:
The ideal candidate is a creative and passionate Marketing professional who seeks to capitalize on and enhance the COT brand as one of the best mid-sized opera companies in the country, and an integral part of Chicago's cultural landscape. S/he is energetic, resourceful, and demonstrates tremendous initiative in the crafting and implementation of marketing programs and events.
COT has a small, vibrant staff and the ability to work collaboratively as part of a close team is critical.
S/he will have a passion for and commitment to theater and the classical arts, and should embrace an "out-of-the-box", non-traditional approach to theater and opera production.
Qualifications:
- BA required, 5+ years Marketing experience
Special Requirements:
- Ability to work limited nights and weekends during productions and special events. Must be able to work during fundraising events, and/or other events as requested by General Director.
- Ability to help with various COT set-ups, may be expected to lift or move boxes weighing up to 25 pounds.
Compensation:
- Salary: Commensurate with experience
- Health: medical offered
Starting Date: September 1, 2012
Contact: Submit resume & cover letter to Jerry Tietz, General Manager
Chicago Opera Theater
Email: jtietz@chicagooperatheater.org
70 E. Lake Street, Suite 815
Chicago, IL 60601
Fax: 312-704-8421
www.chicagooperatheater.org
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Elementary Teaching Positions
Academy for Urban School Leadership
The Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL), a not-for-profit school management organization, is responsible for the operation of 20 elementary and 5 secondary Chicago Public Schools (CPS) performance schools. As a Performance School, all teachers at the AUSL Turnaround Schools are employees of CPS. The terms of the Board of Education/Chicago Teachers Union collective bargaining agreement shall apply unless waived in accordance with the collective bargaining agreement or in accordance with State law.
We are seeking full-time teachers who are highly qualified to teach/work in the following areas:
- K-5
- Special Education (intermediate, middle school and secondary)
- Mathematics (middle school and secondary)
- Language Arts (middle school)
- Social Science (middle school)
- Bilingual K-8
- Art
- Music
- Counselor
- Teacher Aide
The teacher hours include the regular school day - start and end times vary by school site. In some AUSL schools, some staff may be asked to teach after-school programs one hour on each of three days per week and attend after-school staff professional development for teachers one day per week. Compensation for after-school hours will be paid according to the CTU collective bargaining agreement. AUSL Turnaround elementary schools operate on the CPS Track E calendar, except in the first year of the AUSL turnaround.
In order to be considered for a position or an interview, applicants must:
- Submit online application before/by September 2012 with an attached Letter of Intent
- Permit classroom observation/s by members of the teacher selection committee;
- Permit one or more interviews by a selection committee
Contents of Letter of Intent. Address how the successful applicant:
- Developing a positive, orderly learning environment that engages students and maximizes on-task behavior;
- Developing lessons and student activities that progress coherently and are aligned with objectives and state standards;
- Meeting the needs of all students by differentiating the instructional delivery;
- Constructing, examining, and reconstructing real teaching and management experiences in and out of the classroom;
- Stimulating reflection by guiding students to explore areas of risk, discomfort and opportunity; and
- Participating in individual and group professional development activities.
Applicants must:
Possess current IL Type 03 or Type 09 state certification with appropriate grade/subject endorsement.
How to apply:
Legal Statement (Title IX): It is the policy of the Board of Education of the City of Chicago not to discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, age, disability or sex.
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Individual Giving Manager
Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law
Reports to: Vice President of External Affairs
Location: Chicago, IL
Responsibilities: The Individual Giving Manager will help the Shriver Center achieve its annual budget goals for individual donations and major gifts by working collaboratively with the President and External Affairs Vice President to develop individual and major donor giving strategies, researching, cultivating, and soliciting gifts from individual donors and prospects throughout the US, and providing staff support to the President, Vice President and volunteers.
Responsibilities include:
- Participate in all aspects of the giving cycle: research and identify prospects; cultivate relationships through personal communication, mailings and visits; solicit, acknowledge and close gifts; and steward relationships.
- Manage a portfolio of major donor prospects and develop and implement individual cultivation, solicitation and stewardship strategies for each prospect in portfolio.
- Provide support to the President, Board, Vice President of External Affairs, staff and volunteers as needed to cultivate, solicit and steward prospects.
- Work with the Vice President and Media and PR Manager to develop a theme for annual fund appeal and participate in the creation of donor cultivation and solicitation communications.
- Assist in planning and executing cultivation and stewardship events.
- Work with the President and VP of External Affairs to develop strategies and objectives for individual, major and planned gift prospects.
- Participate in monthly Prospect Management meetings with External Affairs staff and the President.
- Track prospects and donor activities in relationship management database and provide support to VP of External Affairs in tracking progress against goals.
Qualifications:
- A minimum of five years of demonstrated success in individual and/or major gift fundraising with a proven track record of securing large gifts and increasing contributions
- Proven ability to plan strategically and build long-term relationships with donors
- Experience using individual and major donor prospect research to identify and solicit new donors
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Proven ability to manage numerous projects and meet multiple pressing deadlines simultaneously while being independently motivated
- Solid computer skills and experience managing donor and prospect information in donor databases; Raiser's Edge experience preferred
- Willingness to travel as needed within the United States
- A commitment to the Shriver Center's work to advance justice and opportunity
Salary and Benefits
Salary is commensurate with experience; excellent health, retirement and other benefits; generous leave; and collegial staff environment
Please send resume to mollybartlett@povertylaw.org
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Wirtz Beverage Group
Customer Service Representative
Purpose:
Efficiently provide excellent customer service support to external and internal customers. Answer and respond to all phone calls on a timely manner. Accurately process all customer orders.
Department: Customer Service
Reports To: Customer Service Manager
Required Duties:
- Answer and respond to customer phone calls promptly and accurately
- Enter customer orders into system
- Assist with paperwork - process, organize and file
- Review credits/invoices of returned product for accuracy
- Must be able to communicate with customers, sales teams, drivers, customer service team and any other department as needed
Must be able to:
- Live and demonstrate the Wirtz Ways of Working (values).
- Excellent communication skills
- Good multi-tasking and organizational skills
- Good problem solving skills
- Display general office skills to operate copy machine, fax machine, scanner, etc.
- Demonstrate attention to detail. Must be able to identify mistakes and correct them
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers
- Demonstrate excellent keyboarding / typing skills
- Strong computer skills (MS Office -Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
Required Skills:
- College Degree - B.A./B.S. preferred
- 1+ years of experience in related area
- 10-Key by touch
- Type 50 WPM
- Excellent MS Office skills
Physical Demands of Job:
- Frequent hand motion with answering and dialing phones and computer
- Occasional carrying, overhead reaching and lifting of 15 pounds to perform various duties as assigned
- Occasional immediate reaching to perform various office duties as assigned
- Occasional standing for short amounts of time to perform various duties
- Occasional walking for short amounts of time to perform various duties
- Extended sitting for long periods of time at desk or workstation
- Minimal squatting or bending to perform various duties
Merchandiser
Purpose:
Drive volume and profit growth in account and support salesperson in merchandising activities.
Department: Sales
Reports To: District Manager
Required Duties:
- Communicate merchandising tactics to accounts
- Pack out shelves, build and refresh displays, place POS, stock cold box
- Coordinate product resets
- Obtain feedback from accounts on effectiveness of consumer programming and report trends to management
- Correct delivery discrepancies
- Coordinate timing of merchandising activities with salesperson and key account manager
- Continual development of industry, channel and brand knowledge
- Other duties as assigned
Core Competencies:
- Ways of Working (5)
- Time Management
- Relationship Building
- Problem Solving
- Everyday use and knowledge of Socially Facilitated Selling
Must be able to:
- Live and demonstrate the Wirtz Ways of Working (values).
- Live and demonstrate the functional and leadership training capabilities
- Demonstrate good communication skills
- Demonstrate and exhibit high levels of professionalism
- Demonstrate sound judgment and problem solving skills
- Perform job duties in an accurate, proficient and timely manner
- Attention to detail
- Ability to multi-task
- Rely on some instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job
- Interact positively with internal and external individuals
Required Skills:
- College degree preferred
- Must possess a valid driver's license
- Must be at least 21 years of age
- Must have reliable transportation and proof of auto insurance
Physical Demands of Job:
- Carrying and lifting 45-65 pounds
- Immediate reaching to perform various duties
- Overhead reaching to perform various duties
- Standing and walking for periods of time to perform various duties
- Squatting or bending to perform various duties as assigned
Sales Associate
Purpose:
To meet or exceed pre-determined service expectations while selling product, merchandising and fulfilling route management objectives in order to drive volume and profit growth in accounts.
Department: Sales
Reports To: District Manager
Required Duties:
- Plan and execute a daily schedule of sales call on a pre-determined route (route schedule)
- Effectively plan on a daily, weekly, or monthly/quarterly basis with quota and distribution objectives
- Communicate through voicemail, email and proper follow through on issues deemed important to management, our customers and suppliers
- Be present and punctual for mandatory sales meetings and brand kick-offs
- Report on issues related to the competitive market and offer constructive suggestions
- Work with suppliers representatives and managers in the field to promote sales
- Meet with each account/store manager on a regular basis (weekly)
- Service and improve the marketability of our products through shelf management, display position and frequency, concept selling and price point management
- Communicate merchandising tactics to accounts
- Pack out shelves, build and refresh displays, place POS and stock cold box
- Obtain feedback from accounts on effectiveness of consumer programming and report trends to management
- Correct delivery discrepancies
- Coordinate and support merchandising activities/resets
- Continual development of industry, channel, and brand knowledge
- Merchandise back-room inventory at retail
- Merchandise product deliveries to shelf and floor
- Maintain shelf schematic compliance
- Other duties as assigned
Core Competencies:
- Ways of Working (5)
- Persuasive Selling Format
- Structured Call
- Business Math
- Time Management
- Relationship Building
- Problem Solving
- Everyday use and knowledge of Socially Facilitated Selling
Must be able to:
- Live and demonstrate the Wirtz Ways of Working (values).
- Live and demonstrate the functional and leadership training capabilities
- Demonstrate good communication skills
- Demonstrate and exhibit high levels of professionalism
- Demonstrate sound judgment and problem solving skills
- Perform job duties in an accurate, proficient and timely manner
- Attention to detail
- Ability to multi-task
- Rely on some instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform the functions of the job
- Interact positively with internal and external individuals
Required Skills:
- College degree preferred or equivalent sales experience
- Proficient MS Office skills
- Must possess a valid driver's license
- Must be at least 21 years of age
- Must have reliable transportation and proof of auto insurance
Physical Demands of Job:
- Carrying and lifting 45-65 pounds
- Immediate reaching to perform various duties
- Overhead reaching to perform various duties
- Standing and walking for periods of time to perform various duties
- Squatting or bending to perform various duties as assigned
To apply and submit resume, please visit our careers website at www.OneWirtzRecruiting.com
Due to volume of inquiries, phone calls from agencies or prospective applicants will not be accepted
www.WirtzBeverageGroup.com
ILLINOIS • IOWA • MINNESOTA • NEVADA • WISCONSIN
Wirtz Beverage Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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