What are the responsibilities and job description for the Company Management Assistant position at Williamstown Theatre Festival?
Job Type
Full-time
Description
POSITION : Company Management Assistants (4)
CLASSIFICATION : Full-Time
STATUS : Non-Exempt
REPORTS TO : Company Manager and Associate Company Managers
SUPERVISES : N / A
LOCATION : On site in Williamstown, MA
COMPENSATION : $20 / hour
HIRING TIMELINE : Applications to be accepted until positions are filled with a priority application
deadline of February 17. Application review and interviews to be conducted starting March 4 with an anticipated start date of June 18 and anticipated end date of August 17.
Job Summary
The Company Management Assistants are members of the Company Management team and provide hands-on and administrative support to the Company Manager and Associate Company Managers. These positions act as ambassadors of the Festival, welcoming all seasonal participants each summer and ensuring the well-being and care of the entire Festival community.
Primary Responsibilities and Expectations
- Help to create a welcome and vibrant environment for all company members
- Act as an ambassador of the Festival, ensuring that you and your department make Festival participants feel welcome each summer, ensuring the well-being and care of the company while exemplifying the professional expectations that the Festival requires of them
- Provide administrative support to the Company Manager and Associate Company Managers
- In conjunction with the Company Manager and Associate Company Managers, assist in the development and distribution of seasonal handbooks, welcome packets, and other Festival Policies to company members and artists, as appropriate
- Set up and prepare all artist housing, ensuring living spaces comply with union rules and are fully equipped. Facilitate the weekly distribution and collection of linens for Equity members, and help coordinate the cleaning of all private housing and any dorms, as needed.
- Help plan and execute all artist transportation and provide local transportation to company members, as needed
- Provide on-site artist services support for productions and projects, as needed
- Assist the Company Manager in organizing and executing company picnics and other events to build community, appreciate staff, and enrich and supplement summer experience for Festival company
- In concert with the Company Management team (sans Drivers), take turns being on call with the overnight Lockout Phone
- Embrace the Festival's commitment to EDIA and Anti-racism by actively participating in and encouraging behaviors among staff members that exemplify respect; interrupting microaggressions and other behaviors that hinder our EDIA and Anti-racism efforts; engaging in the diversification of the workforce; and demonstrating a degree of cultural competency that encourages healthy relationships with all company members.
- Adhere to all Festival safety protocols
- An essential function of this job is in-person work in Williamstown, MA
- Other duties as assigned
Preferred Qualifications
About Williamstown Theatre Festival
After seven decades of helping to shape the American theater, Williamstown Theatre Festival is bringing emerging and professional artists together in the Berkshires to create a thrilling summer festival that expands the expression of theater and its essential role in society. The Festival will continue to produce the world premiere plays and musicals and bold new revivals that it's come to be known for, while expanding into other forms of theatrical expression that brings many art forms together in exciting and innovative ways.
Williamstown Theatre Festival has always been, and continues to be, a creative hothouse for established and emerging artists and their work. More than 75 productions have transferred from the Festival to other regional theaters, Off-Broadway, and Broadway, with many productions being adapted for television and film. Thousands of actors, writers, designers, directors, and aspiring theater professionals from all fields that have come through the Festival to challenge themselves and their craft have gone on to prominence and recognition on Broadway, in Hollywood and beyond. Learn more at wtfestival.org .
Working and Living in Williamstown
Williamstown Theatre Festival's season takes place on the beautiful campus of Williams College in Williamstown, MA with backdrops of the Berkshire, Green, and Taconic mountain ranges. Williamstown, MA (estimated pop. 7,813) is located in Berkshire County (estimated pop. 128,657) in Western Massachusetts and is an hour's drive from Albany, NY and 30 minutes from Pittsfield, MA.
The Williams College campus and the 62' Center for Theatre and Dance are within walking distance of Spring Street, which has several restaurants with dine-in and takeout options, a coffee shop, an ice cream shop, an independent movie theater, and several stores. The nearest grocery store is a 10-minute drive from campus and not within walking distance. Having a personal vehicle does provide more flexibility in grocery-shopping and expands dining and activities options. For those who bring vehicles, parking is free at designated locations on Williams campus with a parking pass. For a list of all the things to do and see in Williamstown and the Northern Berkshires, visit DestinationWilliamstown.org .
All seasonal staff are provided housing free of charge on campus at Williams College. Housing is dorm-style with private bedrooms and shared common areas, including bathroom and kitchen. Williams College housing is not air-conditioned. Weather ranges from evenings on the cooler side but can also be quite warm with temperatures in the 90s with high humidity.
We acknowledge that Williamstown Theatre Festival is a Predominantly White Institution (PWI) located in a county that is 91% white, according to the US Census Bureau. We are actively engaged in the work of becoming a more equitable, diverse, inclusive, accessible, anti-racist, and anti-oppressive institution that not only welcomes BIPOC artists and staff but nurtures an environment that allows everyone to thrive. More specific actions on these efforts can be found in our Progress Report on our website : https : / / wtfestival.org / work-learn / .
Williamstown Theatre Festival is committed to telling diverse stories and to fostering an inclusive environment both onstage and off. We are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates. We believe that opportunity, access, resources, and rewards should be available to and for the benefit of all. Therefore, WTF is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants shall be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, sex / gender (including pregnancy and gender identity), disability, military status, veteran status, marital status, familial status, ancestry, genetics, or any other class or characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Candidates from populations underrepresented in the theater field are strongly encouraged to apply.
Salary Description
20 / hour
Salary : $20
