Professional Development & Digital Resource Manager

Position Summary

Roles & Responsibilities

• Professional Development planning and scheduling including: booking, staff hiring and scheduling, assisting in sessions, processing enrollment, invoicing tuition payments;
• Creating promotional and marketing materials for Professional Development Workshops;
• Creating and scheduling new Professional Development workshops and other opportunities for Elementary, Middle and High School Teachers and Teaching Artists;
• Promoting / actively engaging in outreach to potential participants;
• Managing participant experience by coordinating surrounding supports, such as housing, tickets for Shakespeare & Company performances, and external cultural events during workshops;
• Creating/editing/compiling workshop materials for participants;
• Performing Workshop Manager duties;
• Creating and submitting the Theatre and English Professional Development Points (PDP) Provider Application for the State of MA;
• Initiating acceptance of S&Co’s PDP’s for teachers coming from other states;
• Presenting at state and national Teacher Conferences, Theatre Education Conferences, and Theatre conferences, etc.;
• Assisting with the hiring and management of Skilled Teaching Artists to cut and adapt Shakespeare’s plays for Elementary, Middle, High School—for use by both the Company and to be offered to the general public via our website;
• Streamlining Education Program teaching materials, scripts, handbooks for digital publication;
• Assisting with Education archive photo and material digitization;
• Managing the development and creation of “How To” videos for theatre exercises, games, cutting scripts, rhetoric, etc.;
• Managing film edits/additional filming of the updated Fall Festival of Shakespeare Documentary: Speak What We Feel (Classroom versions, and Full version);
• Scheduling the release of the Fall Festival Documentary for maximum effect;
• Assisting Marketing and Education Staff with social media management and content creation;
• Providing additional support across other Shakespeare & Company Education programming.

Experience, Knowledge, Skills, & Characteristics Sought

The successful candidate will have:

• Experience in creating and managing a challenging schedule of tasks amidst a culturally diverse team environment;
• An undergraduate degree or equivalent experience in Theater/Performing Arts;
• Prior experience with Professional Development, Teacher Training, Educational Theatre programs and/or prior experience as a teacher, educator or school administrator;
• Strong interpersonal and collaborative leadership skills, exhibiting an openness to many perspectives;
• Strong detail, organizational, and project management skills, written and conversational communication skills;
• Experience with Shakespeare & Company’s Education Programming preferred;
• Computer skills including Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Google Workspace, Zoom and Social Media;
• Valid Driver’s License;
• Completion of a COVID-19 vaccine regimen and booster, if eligible, prior to employment term;
• Successful completion of a Criminal Offense Record Information check (CORI).

About the Organization

Shakespeare & Company is a thriving center of creative and collaborative excellence in Actor Training, Performance, and Education, committed to nurturing the creative impulse, exploring the universal themes of human experience, engaging with the widest possible audience, and influencing future generations. Shakespeare & Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities; it is our intent to maintain an inclusive work environment which is free of harassment, discrimination, or retaliation because of sex, gender, race, religion, color, national origin, physical or mental disability, genetic information, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, political affiliation, military service, veteran status, pregnancy or any other status protected by federal, state, or local laws. We strongly encourage applications from groups historically underrepresented in theatre and theatre administration. The Education Program at Shakespeare & Company invites and empowers students to bring the classical poetry and plays of Shakespeare alive in ways that are personally inspiring, educationally rigorous, and theatrically compelling, sending touring productions of Shakespeare’s plays, along with a variety of related workshops, into middle and high schools, colleges, large-scale performance venues, and community centers all over the Northeast and beyond. Our Educational Workshops are designed for all ages, Students, Community Members, Teachers, Directors and Teaching Artists to help create engaging learning experiences of Shakespeare and Stagecraft for the stage and in the classroom.