AMOC* OPEN POSITIONS
OPERATIONS MANAGER
The American Modern Opera Company (AMOC*) seeks qualified candidates for the role of Operations Manager.
The Operations Manager will be a crucial partner for the Executive Producer in executing business, marketing, and fundraising operations for all AMOC* activities. They will take the lead on all contracting with artists and presenters, and will further evolve and codify internal systems that befit the organization’s growing scale. The Operations Manager reports to the AMOC* Executive Producer.
POSITION TYPE: Full-time; salaried; New-York based; predominantly remote with
periodic on-site work during production activities; no direct internal reports, but regular
management/coordination of external vendors
COMPENSATION: $60,000-$70,000, with health insurance stipend available
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Business operations
- In collaboration with Executive Producer, draft and execute all independent contractor agreements, including internal consultants, artists, creatives, and production staff
- Maintain and execute all payroll, accounts payable, and accounts receivable systems
- Support Executive Producer with drafting of annual operating and individual production budgets.
- Manage regular reports of actual expenditures and forecasts
- Manage all bookkeeping and monthly cash flow reconciliation reports
- Ensure the Company’s legal compliance per federal and state requirements.
- Manage internal controls and collaborate with external auditors in preparation of annual financial statements, 990, and state charitable organization filings
- Manage, and procure as necessary, all Company insurance policies (workers’ compensation, general liability, unemployment, etc.) and execute annual audits as necessary
- Support productions on-site on a case-by-case basis, as determined by Executive Producer
- On an annual basis, review and amend AMOC* Employee and Company handbooks
Fundraising operations
- Receive and process all incoming donations, including deposits, internal notifications, and acknowledgement letters for tax purposes
- Manage donor database, ensuring up-to-minute accuracy of information
- Support grant tracking operations, including grant receivables and reporting
- Serve as Clerk of Board of Directors
Marketing operations
- Execute communication and marketing strategies for AMOC* productions, special events, and other activities as determined by Executive Producer
- Maintain media database and archive, including procuring approvals from artists
- Assist with requests from presenters and co-producers, including media approvals, program crediting and materials, ticket requests, etc.
- Create and distribute e-newsletters via Mailchimp
- Maintain and update AMOC* website; manage external webmaster
- Curate and maintain presence on social media platforms; monitor and respond appropriately to patron comments
- Manage cross-promotional, university/college, and other third-party campaigns
Significant experience with business and fundraising operations for a performing arts institution
Significant experience with financial management and budgeting. Previous experience with QuickBooks Enterprise and donor-tracking software encouraged
Demonstrated ability to develop, adapt, and maintain internal systems, especially across a remote, largely freelance team
Strong ability to adapt to varying and unique artistic needs, while holding to strong principles and organizational vision
Excellent attention to detail and project management skills
Facility with digital e-communication and social media platforms
AMOC* (American Modern Opera Company), founded in 2017 by Matthew Aucoin and Zack Winokur, builds and shares a body of collaborative work. As a group of dancers, singers, musicians, writers, directors, composers, choreographers, and producers united by a core set of values, AMOC* artists pool their resources to create new pathways that connect creators and audiences in surprising and visceral ways.
Our 2023/24 season proposed a dialogue between neglected histories and uncertain futures, from colonial legacies to today’s climate crisis. With two significant world premieres, a US-tour launch, a new work in Paris, and our continued commitment to developing multidisciplinary works, this season showcased groundbreaking American artistry on an international scale. In December 2023, we celebrated Latin American poets and the voices of women with John Adams’s El Niño: Nativity Reconsidered, a special chamber production conceived by Julia Bullock. El Niño toured to Opera Omaha, Stanford University, and Yale University before returning to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine for a second year. Spring 2024 also marked the world premiere of two AMOC* commissions: Music for New Bodies, composed by Matthew Aucoin, is a staged song cycle based on recent poems by Jorie Graham. This work, co-created with director Peter Sellars, explores humankind’s impact on the planet and the presence of immense cycles beyond our control. The work premiered as a co- commission with DaCamara of Houston and Rice University at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music. In June, The Comet / Poppea—a co-production with Anthony Roth Costanzo, Cath Brittan, The Industry, Curtis Institute of Music, and Yale Schwarzman Center—debuted at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA in Los Angeles. Conceived and directed by Yuval Sharon and composed by George Lewis, with a libretto by Douglas Kearney, The Comet / Poppea juxtaposes W.E.B. DuBois’ short story The Comet with Monteverdi’s The Coronation of Poppea—framing both a rebuke of opera and a celebration of the form’s radical potential.
AMOC* is a 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization.
Thank you for your interest in AMOC*. There are no open positions at this time.