Artistic Leadership
- Devise and execute strategic plans for a non-profit, academic theatre company
- Oversee various components of artistic season selection
- Ensure a well-rounded season that distributes diverse performance opportunities for students
- Examine each work under consideration to assess its alignment with the cultural needs of the student body
- Assess the technological needs and potential costs of production before selection in order to ensure fiscal responsibility
- Organize the themes of each production under consideration into a cohesive, artistic vision
- Oversee the hiring of guest artists for all mainstage productions
- Develop new initiatives for performance through partnerships and interdisciplinary collaborations
- Support new works in development
- Integrate consent-forward artistic practices and support for productions
Communications and Marketing
- Generate all copy for forward-facing communication, tailored to meet the needs of varying audiences/stakeholders (lead copywriter)
- Artistic/academic policies
- Guest Artist handbooks
- Email blasts/correspondences
- Website
- Design marketing materials and ensure they align with the Long Island University brand
- Posters
- Brochures
- One-sheets
- Strategize with student marketing team to develop student-driven social media campaigns
Casting
- Maintain and analyze casting data to assess the casting needs for each season to increase equitable outcomes for ~ 240 students
- Includes managing the scope of each student’s opportunities to maximize their experiential learning and pedagogical needs
- Organize/liaise with conglomerate summer-stock theatre auditions for pre-screen auditions
Valerie Clayman Pye 