Communications Associate

About This Role

Serve as a Communications Associate, promoting and publicizing BSC's work on stages, with local students, and throughout the Berkshire community. This role plays a crucial part in creating and executing marketing assets and initiatives for theater productions, education programs, and community engagement activities.

Responsibilities

• Draft, create, and schedule promotional and institutional e-blasts
• Coordinate and track email and ad trades with cultural and corporate partners
• Create, publish, and monitor social media content across Facebook, Instagram, and other social platforms
• Oversee email and social media calendars, working cross-functionally to populate content and track timing
• Draft press releases
• Assist with managing press coverage, contacts, media logs, and pull quotes
• Support cross-functional administrative work that supports the promotion of fundraising, educational, and community engagement initiatives
• Provide regular and timely updates to the website and assist in preparing for a website refresh
• Work with Director of Communications to develop tools to measure and report audience growth

Requirements

• 3-4 years of arts administration experience
• Passion for the arts and theater
• Understanding of social media and email marketing
• Commitment to maintaining expertise in social media and email marketing
• Ability to quickly adapt to brand voice and aesthetic
• Excellent writing and communication skills
• Strong organizational skills
• Ability to multitask effectively

Qualifications

• 3-4 years of arts administration experience

Nice to Have

• Agility with Google suite
• Light graphic design capability
• WordPress (or other CMS) functionality
• Experience with theater ticketing systems (Spektrix or other)
• Facebook Business Manager
• Project management software (Asana or other)
• Photography and video editing programs (particularly for social content)

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits