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DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND SALES

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DIRECTOR OF MARKETING AND SALES

Montreal’s Centaur Theatre is looking for a dynamic and driven Director of Marketing and Sales to join our team. We need a Marketing & Sales generalist with a focus on digital marketing, website development and maintenance. This person has a passion for the arts would be responsible creating an annual strategic plan, overseeing all marketing-related content, materials, and tactics. They will also work closely with our Theatre’s Artistic Director to evolve the Centaur Theatre brand and mission.
SKILLS –
• Management level experience with Marketing and Sales for non-profit arts
• Passion for and knowledge of the Performing Arts in Montreal
• Strong Bi-lingual abilities (French and English) both written and verbal
• Awareness of cultural trends in Montreal in both French and English
• Experience with analysing and tracking online data and metrics to inform marketing and sales tactics
• Develop, execute, and report on all integrated marketing efforts driving awareness and revenue
• Oversee campaigns via paid and owned social, traditional and digital advertising, direct mail and email
• Experience managing a marketing budget, invoices and forecasting
• Experience with developing and evolving brand identity for an arts organization
• Experience with developing a website
• Ability to develop and manage and a team of three marketing co-ordinators
• Knowledge of current graphic design trends in arts marketing
Assets –
• Post-secondary degree in a relevant field, or a combination of education and experience
• Connections to the graphic design community in Montreal
• Experience managing the development of graphic design elements
• Strong Copy writing and Proofreading skills
• Energetic
• Organized
• Creative
RESPONSIBILITIES
• In collaboration with the Artistic Director develop and evolve the brand identity of the company
• In collaboration with Plank Design create a new website for the company
• Develop and execute a marketing strategy that includes digital, print and other media to generate sales for the season of both subscriptions and single tickets
• Collaborate with Artistic Director and General Manager to develop budget plans for the season
• Collaborate with the Box Office Manager to track data that can be used to develop marketing and sales strategies and provide reports
• Manage the marketing, sales, and communications budget
• Be present for all openings, special events and any other events where the reputation of the company can be promoted
• Collaborates with the Artistic Director to facilitate audience development and outreach like, talk backs, Saturday Salons and all other similar activities
As part of the marketing strategy -
• Oversee all activities of the marketing and sales team to facilitate meeting targets and deadlines
• Oversee and direct the content and quality of the website
• Oversee and direct the content and quality of social media
• Oversee and direct the content and quality of media releases
• Oversee and direct the content and quality of graphic design work
• Oversee and direct the content and quality of all advertising
• Support the communication needs of the Development department
• Is responsible for promoting the company brand in the community at large

A compensation package including a salary of $53,000 - $63,000, per year which is commensurate with experience and supplemental health plans and RRSP, effective after three months.

Deadline for submission is February 15th, 2022. Interviews will take place February 16th to 18th.

Centaur Theatre encourages applications from our diverse community. Centaur Theatre is committed to equity, diversity and inclusion. We recognize that increasing the diversity of our staff on all levels is integral to accomplishing this objective. 

Submit your CV’s with cover letters to: gm@centaurtheatre.com 

Directrice ou directeur du marketing et des ventes
Le Théâtre Centaur de Montréal est à la recherche d’une personne audacieuse et dynamique pour joindre ses rangs à titre de directrice ou de directeur du marketing et des ventes. Nous avons besoin de quelqu’un ayant un solide bagage en marketing et en vente et une expertise en marketing numérique ainsi qu’en conception et maintenance de sites Web. La personne retenue, amoureuse des arts, sera responsable de l’élaboration d’un plan stratégique annuel et de la supervision de l’ensemble du contenu, du matériel et des tactiques liés au marketing. Elle travaillera en étroite collaboration avec la directrice artistique du théâtre pour faire évoluer la marque et la mission du Centaur.
COMPÉTENCES
• Expérience de gestion dans le domaine du marketing et de la vente dans un contexte artistique à but non lucratif
• Passion pour les arts de scène à Montréal et connaissance du milieu
• Solides compétences en français et en anglais (bilinguisme) tant à l’écrit qu’à l’oral
• Connaissance des tendances culturelles montréalaises francophones et anglophones
• Expérience dans l’analyse et le suivi des données et indicateurs numériques pour orienter les tactiques de marketing et de vente
• Élaboration et mise en œuvre de stratégies de marketing intégrées favorisant la notoriété et les revenus ainsi que dans le suivi des retombées
• Supervision de campagnes dans les médias sociaux, traditionnels et numériques, de publipostage et de courriels, et dans ses propres réseaux
• Expérience de gestion de budget, des coûts et des prévisions
• Expérience dans l’élaboration et le rayonnement de l’identité de marque d’un organisme artistique
• Expérience en conception de sites Web
• Capacité à former et à gérer une équipe de trois coordonnateurs du marketing
• Connaissance des tendances actuelles en graphisme en marketing artistique
Atouts
• Diplôme d’études postsecondaires dans un domaine pertinent ou une combinaison de formation et d’expérience
• Liens avec le milieu du graphisme montréalais
• Expérience en gestion de la création d’éléments de graphisme
• Solides compétences de rédaction et de correction d’épreuves
• Dynamisme
• Sens de l’organisation
• Créativité
RESPONSABILITÉS
• En collaboration avec la directrice artistique, développer et faire rayonner l’identité de marque de la compagnie.
• En collaboration avec Plank Design, concevoir un nouveau site Web pour la compagnie.
• Élaborer et mettre en œuvre une stratégie marketing pour les médias numériques, imprimés et autres afin de générer des ventes d’abonnements et de billets.
• Collaborer avec les directions artistique et générale à la préparation des budgets de la saison.
• Collaborer avec la gérante de la billetterie à la collecte de servant à l’élaboration de stratégies de marketing et de vente et à la production de rapports.
• Gérer le budget du marketing, des ventes et des communications.
• Assister à toutes les premières, activités spéciales et autres pour faire rayonner l’image de la compagnie.
• Collaborer avec la directrice artistique pour faire croître l’auditoire et la portée des activités comme les causeries, les Salons du samedi et autres.
Dans le cadre de la stratégie de marketing :
• Encadrer toutes les activités de l’équipe de marketing et de vente pour atteindre les cibles et respecter les échéanciers.
• Encadrer le contenu et la qualité du site Web.
• Encadrer le contenu et la qualité des réseaux sociaux.
• Encadrer le contenu et la qualité des communiqués de presse.
• Encadrer le contenu et la qualité du graphisme.
• Encadrer le contenu et la qualité de la publicité
• Répondre aux besoins de communication de l’équipe du développement.
• Promouvoir l’image de marque de compagnie dans la communauté.

Le salaire offert est de 53 000 $ à 63 000 $ selon l’expérience; il sera possible d’adhérer au régime d’assurance maladie et au REER après trois mois.

La date limite pour poser sa candidature est le 7 janvier 2022. Les entrevues se tiendront entre le 10 et le 14 janvier.

Le Théâtre Centaur encourage les personnes issues de la diversité à poser leur candidature. Le Centaur croit en l’équité, la diversité et l’inclusion. Nous reconnaissons qu’il est essentiel d’accroître la diversité de notre personnel dans tous les secteurs pour atteindre cet objectif. 

Veuillez transmettre votre curriculum vitae et une lettre de présentation à : gm@centaurtheatre.com 

Hourly Wage, Salary or Salary Range: 
$53,000 - $63,000, per year
Application Deadline: 
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Type of Work: 
Full Time
City: 
Montréal
Province: 
Quebec
Education Level: 
High School
Languages: 
English
French
Additional Languages: 
asset
Travel: 
No
Prefered Method(s) of Application: 
By E-Mail

Employer Details

Centaur Theatre Company

Charles Childs
453 St Francois-Xavier
Montréal, QC H2Y 2T1
Canada

Situated among the cobblestone streets of historic Old Montreal and residing in Canada’s first stock exchange building, Centaur Theatre is at the centre of Montreal’s arts community. Founded in 1969 by Artistic & Executive Director Maurice Podbrey,the company’s formative years were devoted to producing contemporary and classical plays from the English international canon.It was the world premiere in 1979 of Montreal playwright David Fennario’s Balconville,that put Centaur Theatre on the map as the only English Canadian theatre reflecting Quebec’s unique cultural landscape.The play was a critical and box office success at home and abroad when it toured internationally. Centaur’s global reputation continued to develop as Podbrey produced works with celebrated international directors and playwrights that included such ground-breaking luminaries as South Africa’s Athol Fugard. Podbrey remained at the helm until 1998, when Gordon McCall assumed the artistic and executive directorship. Under McCall,Centaur produced the English-language world premiere of Quebecois playwright Michel Tremblay’s For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again,which toured North America in 2002. During this era, Centaur’s portfolio of international co-productions continued to expand as the company collaborated with Dublin’s Abbey Theatre and Australia’s Melbourne Theatre Company. This period also saw the development of several successful new plays about Montreal’s Italian community including Steve Gallucio’s Mambo Italiano, which toured Canada and was made into a feature film. In September 2007, Roy Surette was appointed the company’s third Artistic & Executive Director. During his tenure,Centaur intensified its focus on new Canadian,and often Montreal-inspired productions, including several English-language premieres of French Quebecois plays.Surette’s 2011 world premiere of Schwartz’s: The Musical, written by renowned Montreal musical-satire duo, George Bowser and Rick Blue, was named “hit of the year” by the Montreal Gazette. In 2015, Surette collaborated with Montreal’s Black Theatre Workshop and the National Arts Centre to produce an acclaimed production of The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God, written and directed by Djanet Sears. His tenure produced 16 world premieres and earned the company 13 Montreal English Theatre Awards. In 2017, on the eve of the Centaur’s 50th Anniversary, the Board of Directors announced Eda Holmes as Centaur Theatre Company’s first female Artistic & Executive Director. Formerly the Associate Artistic Director at the prestigious Shaw Festival, Holmes seeks to expand on our multicultural history as a theatre and a city to make Centaur a hub of culture in Montreal by attracting the best local, national, and international theatre creators to connect with Centaur’s diverse audiences and tell the most relevant stories of our times.