Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance

Managing Director

Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Players, seeks an experienced Managing Director to guide the organization into its next chapter of artistic excellence and growth.  

OVERVIEW

The Organization

Tempesta di Mare, named after Vivaldi’s concerto meaning “storm at sea”, is an award-winning chamber orchestra dedicated to the rich repertoire of the baroque era. Artistic Directors Gwyn Roberts and Richard Stone founded the group in 1996. Tempesta places special emphasis on expanding the baroque music canon by introducing the public to previously unknown masterpieces and composers—with over 50 modern premieres to date—as well as by offering new perspectives on baroque favorites. In addition to tours in the U.S. and abroad, Tempesta's Philadelphia concert series, founded in 2002 and the group’s main focus, is now in its 24th season. Tempesta di Mare has recorded for the British classical label Chandos since 2004, and its live concert recordings from Philadelphia and on tour are carried nationally on public radio and internationally via the European Broadcast Union.

Position Summary

The Managing Director provides strategic and operational leadership to Tempesta di Mare. The MD works in collaboration with and reports to the artistic directors, supervises support staff, and is aided by an engaged board of directors.

Roles and Responsibilities

Purview includes developing, producing and expanding the home concert series, external relations, audience development, fundraising, and executing both day-to-day operations and long-term planning. The position is responsible for financial stewardship, including developing and managing budgets, fiscal reporting, and setting and achieving revenue goals.

The Managing Director position currently has the support of two part-time coordinators for production, marketing and administration, plus an outside bookkeeper. Tempesta has a hybrid work environment, with employees able to work both at home and at Tempesta’s office, located in Philadelphia’s Hawthorne neighborhood in a converted, pre-ADA factory. However, the MD needs to reside in Greater Philadelphia to become embedded in the regional arts

Demonstration of progressive and successful experience in managing and running an organization including hands on operations, fundraising and project fiscal management. A demonstrated interest and participation in the arts is expected, with classical music preferred.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a collaborative, mission-driven professional to support a thriving arts organization and help shape its future.

Salary & benefits: $60–70,000.00/year, with two weeks paid vacation plus holidays. Additional benefits negotiable.

DETAILS

PRODUCTION / CONCERT SERIES PLANNING & IMPLEMENTATION (local, regional & int’l)

  • Concert season planning (with artistic directors)
  • Project management on the non-artistic side (with staff)
  • Touring & recording, including expanding series into regional markets

ORGANIZATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT

  • Board of Directors: coordinate & attend meetings; regular contact with president, support work of board committees, e.g. finance, development, audience
  • Compliance & other reporting: annual reports, Cultural Data Project
  • Insurance: annual renewals, certificate-of-insurance requests
  • Strategic planning and implementation (with board, staff & artistic directors)

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

  • Signatory authority for all financial and banking operations
  • Day-to-day bill paying & approvals, deposits, documentation of in- & outflows
  • Create and manage annual- and project budgets (with artistic directors)
  • Fiscal reporting and supervision of bookkeeping (with treasurer)
  • Maintain financial accounts, including banking & investment (with bookkeeper)
  • Board reporting: balance sheets, cash-flow, investments etc. (with treasurer)
  • Audit: prepare documentation for annual audit (with bookkeeper)

FUNDRAISING & ADVANCEMENT

  • Grant writing and reports to grantors (with artistic directors)
  • Individual contributions: annual fund, special campaigns, events (with board)
  • Donor stewardship: cultivate and maintain relationships
  • Seeking out new institutional and individual funding sources
  • Foster community partnerships, e.g., represent organization at board fairs, trade meetings, etc.

MARKETING AND PUBLIC RELATIONS

  • Develop plan to maintain and grow audience for home series
  • Series marketing: print & online materials, distribution, ads & underwriting spots
  • Marketing tools: Patron Manager, Mailchimp and tempestadimare.org website, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube (with staff)

Required Skills and Experience

  • A minimum of 5 years of relevant, progressive experience in arts administration or nonprofit management
  • Understanding of classical music concert production in the US
  • Able to manage a dynamic organization to achieve goals
  • Proven success in marketing, finance, fundraising, production and strategic planning
  • Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
  • Fluency in the use of online tools: we use Patron Manager (relational database), Canva (in-house graphic design), Wordpress (website) and Mailchimp (bulk email), etc.
  • Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines and achieve goals
  • Driver’s license
  • Must be eligible to work in the US
  • Knowledge of and connections to the Philadelphia arts-and-culture scene a plus