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Festival Director - monstrARTity

This is a Seasonal, Full-time position.

Category: Management
Province: Mississauga and remote, Ontario
Position: Festival Director
Deadline: April 3, 2022
Posted: March 14, 2022
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Job Description / Duties

monstrARTity is currently seeking applicants for the freelance consultant contract position of Festival Director, with availability from May 2, 2022. This position will support #BollywoodMonster Mashup, the largest South Asian festival in Canada and rated the #1 festival at Mississauga Celebration Square.

Born in 2011, monstrARTity is an award-winning, Mississauga-based incorporated not-for-profit organization, filling systemic cultural and economic gaps in underserved diverse communities via festivals, interactive workshops for youth & seniors, artist mentorship and youth employment programs.

* This position is a combination of remote work, team conference calls and meetings in Mississauga. Meetings are currently being conducted virtually due to COVID-19. This will be modified according to provincial and Peel Public Health guidelines.*

DUTIES
Pre-production:
- Setting strategic direction and resource allocation for festival’s fundraising, programming and marketing teams to meet organization’s strategic plan
- Ensuring festival’s fundraising, programming and marketing teams' budgets, high-level calendars and external contracts are planned accurately by those responsible and according to funding and grant restrictions
- Analyzing feedback, ROI data and recommendations reports from past seasons to ensure improvements are actioned

Production:
- Coordinating with Lead and Specialist roles on the festival’s fundraising, programming and marketing teams to ensure timely actioning of tasks
- Maintaining proactive communication on behalf of festival team with organization’s other programs
- Ensuring festival’s fundraising, programming and marketing teams' budgets, high-level calendars and external contracts are executed accurately by those responsible and according to funding and grant restrictions

Post-production:
- Developing and improving on best practices for festival’s fundraising, programming and marketing teams to meet organization’s strategic plan
- Ensuring festival’s programming, marketing and fundraising teams' budgets, high level calendars and external contracts are reconciled accurately by those responsible and according to funding and grant restrictions
- Proactively ensuring feedback from key stakeholders, audience surveys and participant surveys is gathered and assigning actions based on programming team’s recommendations reports

Qualifications / Required Skills

DETAILS
- Freelance contractor position
- Earliest start date: May 2, 2022
- Perks: Remote work and flexible hours
- Term: May 2 - Nov 30, 2022. Contract renewing annually.
- Compensation: $50,000-$70,000 per annum, negotiated based on experience and time commitment
- Must be able to make mandatory weekly team calls (Tuesdays), team meetings in Mississauga and stakeholder meetings in the Greater Toronto Area as required*
- *Meetings are currently being conducted virtually due to COVID-19. This will be modified according to provincial and Peel Public Health guidelines
- Must have access to own laptop and phone

Additional Information

To apply, submit the application form at monstrARTity.com/employment. Candidates are encouraged to include a PDF or link to their portfolio. Those selected to proceed will be contacted to schedule a short written case study (expected to take 45 mins, to be completed within 1.25 hours). Once case studies are reviewed, shortlisted candidates will progress to a 30-minute interview.

Applications will not be accepted after 11:59 pm on Sun Apr 3, 2022. Thank you for your interest in monstrARTity

Salary: Compensation: $50,000-$70,000 per annum, negotiated based on experience and time commitment

Contact Information

To apply, submit the application form at www.monstrARTity.com/employment

Employer Profile

Born in 2011, monstrARTity is an award-winning, Mississauga-based incorporated not-for-profit organization, filling systemic cultural and economic gaps in underserved diverse communities via festivals, interactive workshops for youth & seniors, artist mentorship and youth employment programs.


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