Director of Arts Engagement - The Old Globe working with Management Consultants for the Arts

The Old Globe invites applications from dynamic and creative individuals deeply committed to a highly progressive and engaged approach to building community through the arts to serve as their Director of Arts Engagement. The Director of Arts Engagement will lead already thriving and robust community-based and educational programming and continue to foster the expansive relationship that The Old Globe has forged with the San Diego community it serves.

Well aligned candidates will bring a rich and innovative vision for how a major theatre institution can engage in exciting, nimble, and meaningful ways with the widest community. They will possess extensive experience in developing strategic, community-based engagement programs, and will be able to develop programs that deliver model arts-engagement programming to San Diego within available resources. They will also be able to meet communities where they are and listen with a high degree of empathy, openness, and sincerity to their needs as expressed on their own terms. Empathy, compassion, extraordinary listening abilities, and an open heart are as important to the position as the highest-level artistic, managerial, organizational, leadership, and communitarian skills. A full position description may be found here: https://mcaonline.com/searches/director-arts-engagement-old-globe



The Old Globe is a major force in regional theatre in the United States and presents a wide offering of works, from new plays, to classics, to large scale musicals, to more intimately-scaled pieces. Our approach to arts engagement is transformational and is focused on meeting community needs from a place of listening and learning, leading to active participation in the lives of the people that make their community whole and vibrant. The mission of The Old Globe is to preserve, strengthen, and advance American theatre by: Creating theatrical experiences of the highest professional standards; Producing and presenting works of exceptional merit, designed to reach current and future audiences; Ensuring diversity and balance in programming; Providing an environment for the growth and education of theatre professionals, audiences, and the community at large. More information is available at The Old Globe’s website at https://www.theoldglobe.org/.




Salary: $100,000