Jobs

We are actively building our team of individuals who share, value, and support these goals, and who reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. We invite your interest in helping us bring the Yale Schwarzman Center to life!

Staff: Director of Development

Yale University seeks a talented and experienced fundraiser to continue to build a fundraising program supporting Yale Schwarzman Center. Reporting to both the Executive Director of Yale Schwarzman Center and the Yale College Director of Development (DOD), the Director of Development engages and solicits prospective donors for gifts and plays a central role collaborating with the Center’s staff and fundraisers across the university. In accordance with the Center’s mission and strategic plan, the Director is responsible for setting and communicating the Center’s fundraising priorities. This includes identifying and cultivating relationships with Advisory Board members, alumni, parents, friends and local community members. The Director oversees and manages personalized visits to campus, tours, and other activities to inspire and strengthen relationships with new donors and friends. In collaboration with the Center’s Executive Director and the Yale College DOD, the Director of Development leads the work of the current Advisory Board which includes high-net worth individuals and celebrity artists, while expanding the membership, and serving as a primary contact for the Schwarzman Foundation.

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Job 90797BR  (Posted 9/16)

Staff: Programming Manager

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Programming Manager develops, guides, and implements plans for each engagement as the season calendar is set, in collaboration with all Schwarzman Center departments. The Programming Manager develops and refines for said engagement plans workflows to support appropriate timelines and the deployment of human and financial resources; and stewards the presentation vision for each engagement and oversees company management, ensuring that guest artists have a positive, high-quality experience while on campus. The Programming Manager is an exceptional communicator with excellent organizational skills, sharing knowledge across all departments in a timely manner, and maintaining a high level of connectivity with artists/artists managers and other colleagues as required.

Principal Responsibilities:

1. Develops and exercises a nuanced understanding of each Center engagement and facilitates the workflow and cross-departmental communications required to ensure its success.
2. Maintains central planning checklist and integrates with ArtsVision calendaring platform.
3. Prepares with Deputy Director and Business Manager engagement proposals, Memos of Understanding, and contracts for review.
4. Works closely with business office to manage contracting pipeline, works with artists/managers as needed to support supplier set-up and, secure liability insurance policies and artist payments.
5. Convenes pre-production kick-off meetings with artists/managers to introduce staff leads, communicate engagement timeline, assess needs, and manage expectations.
6. Prepares visas or coordinates visa preparation with outside services on behalf of international artists as necessary.
7. Advances and fulfills contract terms and hospitality riders including, but not limited to, travel, accommodations, backstage and pre/post-show hospitality, comp tickets, and parking.
8. Advances on and off-campus community engagement activities for artists in conjunction with artistic and marketing/community engagement leadership.
9. Serves as main point of contact/company manager for artists/participants during engagements and visits.
10. Performs other duties as assigned.

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Job 90061BR  (Posted 8/13)

Casual: Event Technician

The Schwarzman Center at Yale University (YSC) is looking for on-call Casual Event Technicians to assist on events and performances in collaboration with the Director of Production, Production Manager, and Media Production and Technology Manager. The Casual Event Technician will help to execute and provide audio, visual, and general support for the vast array of events and programming at the Schwarzman Center.

APPLY by sending resume and cover letter to ysc.production@yale.edu (This is an ongoing opportunity.)

Student: Yale Schwarzman Center Creative Marketing Fellow

The Creative Marketing Fellow is an integral part of the Yale Schwarzman Center (YSC) Marketing & Communications team responsible for the ongoing development of Storyboard (YSC’s virtual workshop and content sharing platform) and the co-development and implementation of guerilla marketing campaigns. This role reports to YSC’s director of marketing and communication.

 APPLY through Yale Student Employment job listing #31145 (Posted 9/5) 

Student: Event Technician 1

The Schwarzman Center at Yale University is looking for student technicians to assist on events and performances in collaboration with the Director of Production, Production Managers, and Technical Director – the student technician will help to execute and provide audio visual support for the vast array of events and programming at the Schwarzman Center.

APPLY through Yale Student Employment job listing #28213 (Posted 7/22)

Job ID: 28213

Student: Yale Schwarzman Center Photographer

Yale Schwarzman Center (YSC) is seeking students to serve as photographers for YSC’s programming. Position is on an as needed basis. Ideally candidate will have a high-quality camera capable of producing print quality (300dpi) images and work samples to show.

 APPLY through Yale Student Employment job listing #31821 (This is an ongoing opportunity.)