The Flynn is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage applications from women, veterans, individuals with disabilities, and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. Come be part of a playful, supportive, and diverse working environment with a passionate and dedicated team. Join an organization that is striving to make the community better through the arts. We are working to create a vibrant future for our beloved theater and we’re looking for anyone who will enrich the Flynn with their skills, energy, and enthusiasm.
The Flynn is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We strive to be diverse in age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective. Our goal is to build and maintain an organization where everyone can do their best work. We believe that people of color, people from working class backgrounds, women, and LGBTQ people must be centered in the work we do, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.
Please submit your resume and cover letter or request an application with HResources@flynnvt.org.
ABOUT THE FLYNN
The Flynn Center for the Performing Arts is Northern New England’s premiere performing arts center. The Flynn is a world-class, dynamic performing arts center that has been creating meaningful, memorable experiences for audiences for over 90 years. The Flynn offers a wide range of cultural and educational experiences and nurtures the creative development of performing artists. Our facilities include a 1,411-seat proscenium auditorium (Flynn Main Stage), a 180-seat black box cabaret space (Flynn Space), two education studios, a gallery with rotating exhibits of regional artists, and adjoining lobbies.
The Flynn hosts over 200 performances and over 50 camps and classes annually. Regularly scheduled performances include the Flynn season, which features world-class music, Broadway, theater, dance, and family performances on our Main Stage, with additional touring shows added throughout the year and weekday matinees presented through our Student Matinee Series, in addition to the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. The Flynn also provides a performance venue for the Vermont Symphony Orchestra, the Vermont Youth Orchestra, Lyric Theatre, and other local arts organizations.
Manage the operation of the front of house area before, during, and after the show. Ensure exemplary customer service is being provided by the front of house team, as well as the safety and well-being of all guests.
Sell tickets and provide information about various Flynn events, and many events at regional venues, in person at the box office, by phone, and occasionally at off-site locations.
Help foster a welcoming and encouraging environment, provide support and information related to employment terms, benefits, and payroll, and ensure open communication and equitable processes.
Working closely with the education programs manager, teaching artists work to create and lead engaging, arts-focused classes and camps for community members of all ages.
Provide administrative support to the executive director and be a communications liaison for the board of trustees.
Develop and implement fundraising strategies from individual, corporate, foundation, and government sources; oversee fundraising events and member receptions, member communications, donor solicitation, and grants.
The master sound technician is responsible for setting up and maintaining all audio systems, taking an active leadership role in setting and maintaining high levels of production craftsmanship.