Interlochen Center for the Arts Hiring for Assistant Director of Music for Camp and Operations (Year-Round) at Interlochen, Michigan Full Time

Walk among our towering pines, where the music from over one hundred practice huts invades your senses and lifts your spirits. Count how many nation’s flags you recognize as these symbols of our student’s home countries gently blow in the breeze above an auditorium that plays host to musical superstars. Escape the afternoon doldrums by dropping in on a pottery session, or an improv class, or a Nutcracker rehearsal. Fill your days with passion and purpose that stay with you long after you turn off your office lights. This is not your typical desk job—this is Interlochen.

Position Summary: Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

The Assistant Director of Music for Camp and Operations (Assistant Director) will be tasked with proactive, strategic, and thoughtful planning and execution of activities for the Arts Camp and Arts Academy. With a collaborative spirit that balances teamwork and insightful judgment, the Assistant Director will be knowledgeable and passionate about youth music education in addition to being comfortable with the development and maintenance of new systems and procedures to aid the Division in year-round operational management.. The Assistant Director will be charged with working closely with various offices on campus to support camp recruitment, camp music staff hiring, and operational functioning of both Camp and Academy. Reporting to the Director of Music, the Assistant Director will serve as a member of Music Division’s Leadership Team—a leadership body responsible for the Division’s artistic, educational, and operational success.

Interlochen Arts Camp (IAC): Each summer, Interlochen welcomes 3,000 students, grades 3 through 12, from all over the world to study music, theatre, visual arts, creative writing, comparative arts, motion picture arts, and dance. Music enrollments account for nearly half of these students. A music faculty and staff of over 300 people provides instruction, leadership, and program support for more than 30 different ensembles and multiple chamber groups, as well as private lesson and classroom instruction; summer contemporary music programs in jazz, rock/pop, singer-songwriter, and music production & engineering; and an intensive series of specialty intensives. IAC students and faculty present more than 100 concerts and recitals each summer and are an important part of the Interlochen Arts Festival.

Interlochen Arts Academy (IAA): Serving students in grades 9 through 12 and post-graduates, IAA is an arts education and performance environment unlike any other in America. IAA graduates go on to the finest post- secondary educational institutions and programs across the country and throughout the world. Since 1980, 46 IAA graduates have been selected as Presidential Scholars, which is more than any other high school in the United States. Forty-five of these were selected as Presidential Scholars in the Arts. Music major enrollment accounts for approximately half of the 575 students at IAA. A distinguished 34-member music faculty and a six-person staff support this unique program, which includes a full symphony orchestra, wind ensemble, vocal choir and chamber group, various instrumental chamber ensembles, jazz orchestra and jazz combos, popular music ensembles, opera workshop, composition, theory, piano, guitar, organ, and private lesson instruction. Current student majors in Classical Music include composition, instrumental performance, guitar, organ, piano, and voice. In Contemporary Music, students may major in popular music, singer-songwriter, jazz, and music production and engineering.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Arts Camp

• Logistics planning for all music programs

• Oversee recruitment and hiring of Camp music staff

• Communication with faculty and students, in alignment with institutional communication plans

• Working with the registrar and events supervisor to maintain Music Class Matrix

• Working directly with Admissions, Marketing, and Human Resources to highlight faculty and programs

• Providing structural planning for student and faculty schedules

• Partnering with Admissions at recruitment events (i.e. Midwest, TMEA, partner organization events, live social media events with faculty/composers/conductors, etc.)

Arts Academy

• Operationally supporting the proper functioning of the Academy to include oversight of Instrument Services

Other

• Prioritizes duties in a manner consistent with organizational objectives and growth.

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements:

Education:

Master’s degree in music, music education or arts administration and a minimum of 2 years of experience in managing operational logistics in a summer camp setting.

Experience:

The candidate must have broad professional experience with music leadership and have the ability to work successfully with faculty, staff, and students for both Interlochen’s Arts Camp and Arts Academy. A Master’s degree in music, music education, arts leadership or related field is required; equivalent of outstanding professional experience will also be considered.

The Assistant Director should have experience in overseeing operations, working with students, and liaising with parents. Additionally, the successful candidate will have experience with carrying out administrative functions in the areas of scheduling, policies and procedures, instrument inventory, and generating analysis/reports

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• A deep interest in music and music education

• Experience with standard business software and information technology

• Ability to work both independently and as a team player

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to think critically and strategically

• Effective time management and organizational skills

• Knowledge of basic accounting and bookkeeping procedures

• Ability to communicate effectively with a diverse population

• Ability to work well with young people

• Strong interpersonal skills in order to facilitate good working relationships with faculty and staff and to interact with students and parent

Safeguarding our students, guests, and employees is a valued mission within Interlochen Center for the Arts. As a condition of employment, Interlochen Center for the Arts requires all new hires to receive various vaccinations, including the influenza and COVID-19 vaccines, barring an approved exemption. Prior to beginning employment, all employees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and all new hires will be required to submit proof of vaccination prior to their start date.

For a complete job description and to apply, go to www.interlochen.org/careers.

Application Material:

• Cover Letter
• Resume

Benefits:

Meals are provided on shift.

Health, dental, and vision insurance

Paid Time Off

Employer paid and voluntary life insurance

Employer paid short and long-term disability

Employee development & tuition reimbursement programs

Sick time

Employee discounts to Interlochen events and performances

Child Care through Pitter Patter Preschool & Childcare: Interlochen is proud to provide priority placement at Pitter Patter Preschool & Childcare located in the Interlochen Community Center, near our campus, for employees’ dependents. In addition, Interlochen employees may be eligible for the MI Tri-Share Program. This program shares the cost of childcare between the state of Michigan, Interlochen Center for the Arts, and the employee (The employee will only pay 1/3 of the total cost, if eligible). Income guidelines and more information about MI Tri-Share can be found at https://www.michigan.gov/mwc/initiatives/mi-tri-share-child-care.