Careers

Title: Education & Community Programs Coordinator

Position Type: Part-time (20 hours/week), temporary (with possibility of extension), Hybrid (2-3 days in-office, on and off-site, with some remote hours and occasional nights & weekends as needed per production schedules.)

Compensation: $30/hour

Start Date: July 1, 2023 (approximate)

Location: On-site at our 47 Great Jones St. NYC office 3-4 days/week minimum in-person and 1-2 days remote. Productions/ Event work may require weekend/evening hours.

Reports to: Christina Bixland, Education Director

Position Description

The Education and Community Programs Coordinator is a highly-organized, clear communicator who will work collaboratively with the Associate Director and the Education Director to coordinate meaningful arts education and community engagement experiences for our school & community partners. The Education and Community Programs Coordinator will be aligned with PCC’s artist-centered, community-oriented, experimental approach to the creation of new works, excited by working in community settings, and committed to supporting programs through a lens of social justice and equity in making the arts accessible to all. The role will support several company programs, which shift in priority across times of year and production schedules, including:

Undesirable Elements (community-specific, interview-based theater productions),

Secret Histories (K-12 arts education program composed of NYC school residencies exploring theatrical storytelling based on personal narrative),

Artful Storytelling (Partnerships with NYC older adult centers providing creative aging programming for elders)

Workshops, Residencies, Speaking Engagements & Curriculum Development projects for institutions of higher education & other community partners

Qualifications & Requirements

Responsibilities

- Assist with creation, dissemination, & tracking of materials for program outreach, program delivery, & artist/facilitator recruitment

- Schedule community/school partner site visits, meetings, rehearsal spaces, and training sessions

- Coordinate, disseminate, & collect participant materials (release forms, evaluations, etc.)

- Provide in-person support at job fairs, production info sessions, artist trainings, school/partner events, and site visits

- Provide production assistance for day-of-show needs

- Support documentation processes for archival & fundraising purposes (coordinate the editing, uploading, & categorization of video clips, links, testimonials & other supplemental materials)

- Review/edit automated interview transcripts for specific projects & support scripting logistics as needed

- Provide administrative support (proofreading written materials, editing/standardizing format of program materials, taking meeting notes, etc.)

Core Competencies

Highly organized, self-motivated, and reliable

Detail-oriented

Flexible, adaptable and comfortable working in a rapidly changing/responsive environment

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Ability to work with and center artists in administrative approach

Values anti-racist principles, and possesses ability to work within an anti-racist organization

Proficiency in Spanish and/or Mandarin a plus

Photo/Video editing skills a plus.

Desired Experience

Strong administrative experience, and 2-5 years of relevant work experience (ie: arts administration or program management, stage management, office administration, or program implementation work with NYC public schools)

Experience working in multicultural community environments

Experience with Microsoft Office & Google Suite programs

Experience with Video Meeting platforms (Zoom, Meets, Teams)

How To Apply

Please email resume, cover letter, and 3 references to [email protected] by May 31, 2023.

Ping Chong and Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. PCC is committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization. We would strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you meet every one of the qualifications described above.

Title: Temporary Communications Coordinator

Fee: $35 per hour, 15 - 20 hours per week

Start date: ASAP.

This position will be through June 30th, with the possibility of extension.

Location: Remote, with occasional on-site meetings at our 47 Great Jones St. NYC office

Reports to: Jane Jung, Managing Director

Position Description

PCC seeks a part time temporary Communications Coordinator to support the Company over an interim period. This role will also support external communications for the organization, including collaboratively developing a communications plan, and generating website, eblast and social media content.

Responsibilities

The Communications Coordinator will:

Populate and schedule a monthly communications calendar for the Company in collaboration with the Managing Director, and in consultation with Associate Director and Education Director.

Attend bi-weekly staff meetings via zoom or in person and confer with all staff on Company and program updates, in order to keep updated on the latest events and announcements to promote.

Generate, circulate, and get approval on drafts of website news items, company e-blasts, and social media.

Publish and post approved social media content (Twitter/Instagram/Facebook). This role will be the primary updater and manager of PCC social media accounts.

Coordinate the obtaining of necessary visual assets for website news items, company emails, and social media.

Coordinate documentation of company events as needed (performances, school & community performances.) Upload, label, & organize photos/videos for future use

Qualifications Desired

Strong writing skills and visual sensibility

Proactive and creative

Previous experience generating copy and visuals for events, performing or visual arts

Graphic design and skill in photoshop, Canva, InDesign, or similar, preferred

Experience with social media platforms and interfaces

Highly responsive and a clear communicator, expectation will be to regularly respond to correspondence by email or phone during established working hours.

To apply: Please submit your resume, a short writing sample, and at least 3 examples of social media accounts and/or eblasts you have created to [email protected].

Ping Chong and Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. PCC is committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization. We would strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you meet every one of the qualifications described above.

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Title: General Manager

Position Type: Full-time, permanent

Salary: $68K annual salary, with paid vacation, health care, dental and retirement benefits

Start Date: June 15 - July 1, 2023

Location: On-site at our 47 Great Jones St. NYC office 3-4 days/week minimum in-person and 1-2 days remote. Productions/ Event work may require weekend/evening hours.

Reports to: Jane Jung, Managing Director

Mission of PCC

Ping Chong and Company (PCC) creates theater and art that reveal beauty, invention, precision, and a commitment to social justice.

About the Organization

This season marks a major organizational transition, as founder Ping Chong and longtime Executive Director Bruce Allardice retired at the end of 2022. PCC has approved a three-year leadership transition plan (July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2025) to support the next generation of interdisciplinary artists and expand the Company’s long standing Undesirable Elements community specific program. In the next three years, PCC will formalize its decade-long evolution from a company identified with a single artist into one that supports, through an adaptive organizational infrastructure, a new generation of interdisciplinary artists of color.

Position Description

PCC seeks a full time General Manager to join the Company during a period of organizational transition and transformation. We are looking for an individual who is aligned with PCC’s artist-centered, community oriented, experimental, critical approach to the creation of new works. This individual will be working with a new Artistic Leadership Team to develop organizational practices and systems, and provide management and oversight in production, contracting and nonprofit operations. They will be working closely with interdisciplinary generative artists on the creation of new work across PCC’s programs, and should have a background and interest in the performing arts, and preferably knowledge of the interdisciplinary and experimental performance world. In addition, this role will also support producing, contracting and operations in the Undesirable Elements program area and Training and Education program.

We are seeking an individual who can prioritize and listen effectively, and is proactive, thorough and reliable with follow through. This is a unique role for a small nonprofit that blends producing, general management, and nonprofit organizational operations. We welcome applications from those who identify as Creative Producers, who have an organizational mindset and want to be part of building a new chapter for PCC, a welcoming home for experimentation and interdisciplinary artists of color.

Responsibilities

The General Manager is responsible for Production, Operations, and Hiring areas of the Company as outlined below.

Production

Oversee and execute contracting with collaborators, artists, and partnering venues

Develop and track budgets for Interdisciplinary and Undesirable Elements projects in collaboration with the Managing Director and Associate Director.

Develop job descriptions and oversee hiring processes for production and project staff. Onboard, and review employee handbook with new production and project hires.

Operations

Develop job descriptions and oversee hiring processes for operational staff as needed, in collaboration with the Managing Director and Associate Director. Onboard, and review employee handbook with new administrative hires.

Streamline and oversee office operations and systems, including calendar, filing, CRM database, and online project management platforms.

Manage all online subscriptions and membership accounts.

Manage physical office and equipment related needs.

Hire and Supervise Part-Time Operations Assistant and Interns.

Core Competencies

Start-up mindset, change agility

Supervisory experience

Strong collaborative skills and sense of ownership within a distributed leadership environment

Ability to review, generate and manage partnership, artist, and collaborator agreements

Ability to work with and center artists in an operational capacity

Knowledge of budgeting and accounting principles specific to the non-profit performing arts space, including production budgeting and grant reporting

Systems-oriented, thrives and finds joy in organizing, categorizing, and creating a flow of information

Values anti-racist principles, and possesses ability to work within an anti-racist organization

Desired Experience

Minimum of 5 years of management experience in a comparable role within small to mid-sized non-profit performing arts organizations

Knowledge of equity-centered financial and HR practices

Experience working within organizations undergoing dynamic change and evolution

Previous experience in a supervisory role

How To Apply

Please email resume, cover letter, and 3 references to [email protected] by May 15, 2023.

Ping Chong and Company provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. PCC is committed to building a diverse and inclusive organization. We would strongly encourage you to apply, even if you don't believe you meet every one of the qualifications described above.

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