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Audience and Partnerships Development Specialist

  • Full Time, onsite
  • Museum of Contemporary Art
  • On Site Hybrid, United States of America
Salary undisclosed

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Posted on: September 3, 2024
Closing on: Open until filled
Location: Toronto, ON
Employment Type: Part-time
Remote/Onsite: Hybrid
Report to: Director of Marketing
Start date: As soon as possible
Salary: $31.21 to $41.61 per hour

The Audience and Partnerships Development Specialist will lead a specific project from September 2024 to December 2026 that aims to better communicate and promote MOCA s unique offerings in order to drive attendance, attract new audiences, foster impactful partnerships, raise the museum s profile, and ultimately support revenue generation. This position offers a dynamic role within a team that will focus on developing and implementing a more comprehensive audience development strategy, leveraging MOCA s resources and productions to their fullest potential, supporting its mission and operations. This position will be responsible for supporting capacity building within the organization in relation to the project s activities and goals.

As the Audience and Partnerships Development Specialist, you will play a pivotal role in establishing connections and driving engagement for MOCA. Due to the nature of the position, which involves significant networking, onsite presence will be limited and can be coordinated in collaboration with the Director of Marketing.

The successful candidate will be proactive in identifying opportunities, fostering partnerships, and expanding MOCA s reach to diverse audiences.

Key Responsibilities
  • Working closely with MOCA s Marketing and Operations teams, lead the development and implementation of the Community Outreach & Partnerships Strategy
  • Develop a project plan and validate it with project staff and stakeholders
  • Establish specific goals, and identify key milestones, related to the project objectives
  • Implement evaluation processes that track the project s progress, using specific metrics
  • Manage the project budget, closely tracking expenses
  • Act as Project Manager for the ~2.25 year project including timelines and deliverables
  • Oversee coordination of Project Team to effectively deliver project activities including outreach, promotion, events, partnership development, networking, and audience development, leveraging MOCA s unique offerings to drive revenue generation
  • Lead collaboration with other MOCA departments (including Programming, Marketing, and Development) to support project implementation
  • Undertake or draw on existing market and stakeholder research to inform project strategies and activities
  • Liaise with Project Consultants to support project activities
  • Provide regular updates to MOCA leadership, and reports to the Board or Funders as necessary
  • Manage the museum's social media strategy to enhance brand visibility, engage audiences, and drive online growth


Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
  • 5+ years in a role that included strong audience development activities
  • Ability to effectively establish personal connections set up meetings, plan partnerships and collaborations, and build and develop strong relationships
  • Deep networks in the tourism, public relations and/or marketing sectors in Toronto or Canada, bonus if these relationships extend to the US
  • Bachelor's degree in art, marketing, communications, business, or an adjacent subject
  • Strong strategic planning and project management skills
  • Superb organizational skills
  • Ability to prioritize and work on multiple tasks simultaneously
  • Ability to adapt to the changing circumstances of a project
  • Set and track targets using specific metrics, and share evaluation data
  • Experience or interest in the visual arts or museum sector
  • Experience in social media management, including content planning and community management

Benefits
  • Health, Dental, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Long Term Disability
  • Attractions Ontario Benefits
  • Toronto Attractions Council Benefits
  • Ontario Living Wage Network Employer
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