Contract: $2,500
Term: Part-time, September 2022 – June 2023

Come work with us!

New Works Calgary is a non-profit presenting organization with 40+ years of experience presenting new classical and experimental music in Calgary.

For more information about New Works Calgary visit newworkscalgary.com.

Values

We support the creation of exploratory music and cross-disciplinary artistic expression.

We work with a spirit of exploration, curiosity and openness.

We embrace relationality, building a sense of fascination and belonging through music and community connection.

We strive for artistic integrity in all we do.

Vision

Connecting Calgarians through exploratory music, sound and interdisciplinary performance.

Mission

We cultivate curiosity by elevating and sharing exploratory music and interdisciplinary art with wide-eared artists, performers and listeners in Calgary and beyond.

The marketing coordinator will:

• Create social media events and postings (primarily Instagram and Facebook) for New Works Calgary 2022/2023 season events.
  • 2x concerts.
  • 6 soundwalks.
  • 1x community engaged art project – could involve up to 4x workshops, and an event.
  • 3 public educational workshops.
• Create strategic timelines for social media postings to go live, and implement deadlines for content required from artists, partner presenters, and artistic director.
• Ensure the main New Works Calgary website is up-to-date, section-by-section: Main Presentations, Workshops, & Traceries (where we archive articles by our staff writer).
• Create Showpass (ticketing) events and links for each event.
• Manage Facebook and Instagram advertising.
• Coordinate with and manage press information from artists – for example bios and photos.
• Write and distribute press releases.
• Support artistic director in making and managing guest lists.
• Work with the artistic director to manage the mixtape project (we invite artists to create tracklists of their favourite music to help promote events).
• Work with the artistic director and staff writer to ensure newsletters contain appropriate and timely content, and are distributed on time.

  Skills required:

• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong written communication skills.
• Excellent project management and organizational skills.
• Experience working collaboratively in a team environment.
• At least one year experience in a digital/social media marketing position at a non-profit or corporate organization (or are currently enrolled in a professional training program).
• Passion for music (particularly experimental or otherwise strange music) an asset.
• Experience in or demonstrated willingness to research and implement marketing strategies in the entertainment / performing arts field.

Please provide your Cover Letter and Resume to Rebecca Bruton, artisticdirector@newworkscalgary.com, by August 8, 2022.

Files

• NEW WORKS CALGARY Marketing Coordinator PDF