Recruitment and Events Manager ( Managerial Tier C) (SY26-27)

Reports To: Creative Director

About Boston Arts Academy:

Boston Arts Academy (BAA) is Boston’s only public high school for the visual and performing arts, preparing a diverse community of aspiring artist-scholar-citizens for success in college, professional careers, and civic life. As a laboratory and beacon for artistic and academic innovation, BAA is committed to inclusion, equity, and excellence across all disciplines.

As a Boston Public Schools Pilot School, BAA has autonomy over staffing, scheduling, budget, governance, and curriculum. This autonomy allows the school to design admissions, recruitment, and communications systems that are mission-aligned, student-centered, and responsive to community needs, while remaining fully compliant with district and state requirements.

Position Overview:

Boston Arts Academy seeks a Recruitment & Events Manager to lead a comprehensive, integrated strategy that advances student recruitment, admissions operations, prospective family outreach, event , and external communications. This role supports the admissions recruitment process from outreach through enrollment while also overseeing and integrating social media coordination, website admissions content, event planning, and recruitment strategy.

Reporting to the Creative Director, the Recruitment & Events Manager works in close partnership to strengthen BAA’s brand, tell the story of the school, and communicate the student experience in ways that support recruitment, access, and enrollment. This role serves as a key connector between prospective families, staff, school leadership, and Boston Public Schools central offices.

The position requires some evening and weekend work to support admissions events, recruitment activities, and community outreach.

Key Responsibilities

Recruitment, Outreach, Branding, and Storytelling:

• Design and implement an annual recruitment strategy aligned with BAA’s mission, equity commitments, and enrollment goals.
• Partner with the Creative Director to support school branding and storytelling that communicates BAA’s identity, values, and student experience to prospective families.
• Coordinate and manage all social media in alignment with the school’s broader branding and communications strategy.
• Collaborate with the Registrar and Operations Manager to maintain and update admissions and recruitment related content on the school website, ensuring clarity, accuracy, accessibility, and consistency of message.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for prospective families via the admissions inbox, phone, and digital communications.
• Work evenings and weekends as needed to support recruitment and admissions programming at BAA shows and other recruitment events.
• Represent BAA at recruitment fairs, middle-school outreach events, and community partner events.
• Recruit, train, schedule, and supervise student ambassadors as representatives of BAA’s values and student experience, supporting outreach and recruitment through tours and recruitment events, social media storytelling/content capture, admissions info sessions and audition days, and show and performance front-of-house roles.
• Work with the Creative Director to develop partnerships with key organizations and schools to support the admissions pipeline.
• Collaborate with the Creative Director in developing a recruitment pipeline through the design and coordination of middle and elementary school summer and after school programs and early admissions processes.
  
  

Event Management:

• Collaborate with the Creative Director and Technical Director to support execution of major events and shows in ways that build community engagement and strengthen recruitment.
• Manage the front-of-house operations at BAA shows and major school events, including training/overseeing student ushers/ambassadors, family volunteers, and integrating recruitment strategies at these events.
• Coordinate and oversee the online and in-person ticketing system.
• Ensure smooth execution of day-to-day event and show operations and high-quality audience experience.
• Support event planning and logistics for internal events such as graduation, award ceremonies, admissions events, and special programs as assigned
• Support new-student onboarding, orientation, and transition.
• Coordinate logistics, staffing, communications, and follow-up for all admissions events.
  
  

Required - Qualifications

• Degree: Bachelor’s degree in education, arts administration, communications, or a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in admissions, recruitment, communications, student services, or related work.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple timelines and events.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a family-centered and equity-focused approach.
• Experience managing digital platforms, including websites, social media, admissions systems, and data tools.
• Demonstrated commitment to equity, inclusion, and access in education.
  
  

Preferred - Qualifications

• Bilingual proficiency; Spanish strongly preferred.
• Experience working in urban public school setting.
• Familiarity with Boston Public Schools admissions and enrollment systems.
• Experience supporting arts-based or performance-based admissions processes.
  
  

TERMS: Managerial Tier D

Please refer to www.bostonpublicschools.org/ohc (under "Employee Benefits and Policies") for more information on salary and compensation. Salaries are listed by Unions and Grade/Step.

NOTE: School-based managerial employees will work 223 days between July 1st and June 30th each year. The 223-day work-year will include the 180 days in which school is in session, and the additional days will be determined by the employee and the principal or school leader of the school. School-based managerial employees are not eligible for vacation time or compensatory time. In the event of school cancellation due to snow or inclement weather, school-based managerial employees need not report to work.

The Boston Public Schools, in accordance with its nondiscrimination policies, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, age, criminal record, physical or mental disability, pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions, homelessness, sex/gender, gender identity, religion, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, genetics, natural or protective hairstyle, military status, immigration status, English language proficiency, or any other factor prohibited by law in its programs and activities. BPS does not tolerate any form of retaliation, or bias-based intimidation, threat or harassment that demeans individuals’ dignity or interferes with their ability to work or learn. If you require an accommodation pursuant to the ADA for the application process, please contact the Accommodations Unit at accommodations@bostonpublicschools.org.