YOUR CAREER AT NASHVILLE BALLET AWAITS!
Nashville Ballet provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
Current Openings:
BOX OFFICE AND GROUP SALES MANAGER
The Box Office and Group Sales Manager at Nashville Ballet plays a critical role in elevating the customer service experience while aggressively driving group sales. Collaborating closely with the Director of Sales and Marketing and the Tessitura Specialist, this role is pivotal in managing ticket sales operations, fostering community relations, and ensuring an exceptional patron experience. The role will perform front of house duties for the Box Office and the Merchandise Shop at Nashville Ballet. This will include working extended business hours at the Martin Center for Nashville Ballet and at the Box Office at performance venues. This position utilizes Tessitura for all ticket functions and Square for Shop transactions. Training will be provided.
Date Posted: April 2024
Summer intensive - chaperone
Nashville Ballet seeks experienced, energetic, and mature Chaperones to support our Summer Intensive. School of Nashville Ballet's Summer Intensive is a residential training program with a comprehensive curriculum designed for the serious ballet student. Chaperones oversee the students and are responsible for creating and maintaining a safe, nurturing, residential environment for youth and young adults living away from home. These chaperones also supervise the students outside of the studio. They live in the residence halls, organize social and recreational activities, serve as role models, and enforce behavoioral guidelines.
Posted: February 2024
FULL-TIME FACULTY (ACADEMY)
The Full-Time Faculty’s focus is to educate all levels of students within the School of Nashville ballet with skillful knowledge of technique and artistry, propelling students to high levels of artistry while cultivating their fullest potential. They work closely with the artistic faculty and the School Director to promote and maintain the training at the level of artistic excellence established by Nashville Ballet’s Artistic Director.
Date Posted: March 2024
INSTITUTIONAL GIVING MANAGER
The Institutional Giving Manager is a core member of the Development team, responsible for managing and growing relationships with corporate and foundation partners. The person in this position works closely with the Director of Development to manage a portfolio of existing and prospective institutional funders and to support a comprehensive strategy to meet revenue goals for institutional gifts. While much of the fundraising responsibilities are managed autonomously, the Institutional Giving Manager’s success hinges on their inclination to collaborate with the entire Development team as well as other departments.
Posted: April 2024
SHOE MANAGER
The Shoe Manager for Nashville Ballet is responsible for all artistic shoe needs, including, but not limited to, ordering shoes for NB dancers’ contractual shoe allotments throughout the season, communicating with shoe makers/representatives for proper ordering, maintaining a record of purchases and inventory, communicating with finance office regarding purchases, maintaining a knowledge of the organization’s budget in regards to dancer’s shoes, and executing specialty shoe dyeing or painting requirements as needed.
Date Posted: April 2024
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
The Technical Director’s primary responsibility is to oversee the technical and scenic aspects of productions including, but not limited to, lighting, audio, video, carpentry and props in a collaborative and supportive way with the Director of Production, Production Stage Manager, Master Electrician, Properties Master and Costume Shop Director. Additionally, this position manages the department budget for the hourly technicians, both union and non-union, associated with the construction and implementation of those specific areas of production. The Technical Director in coordination with the Director of Production and production team members, manages all aspects of the productions for the main company, second company and School of Nashville Ballet.
Posted: April 2024
STAGEhand
The stagehand will work at the Martin Center for Nashville Ballet in the warehouse and studios on projects such as recitals, shows, maintenance, scenic building, and lighting preparation under the supervision of the Technical Director. Stagehands will also work closely with other stage crew members, performers, artistic staff, and production staff to assist with backstage needs during performances.
Posted: March 2024
ENROLLMENT COORDINATOR
The Enrollment Coordinator is a high-energy, friendly people-person who will play a pivotal role in the student acquisition and retention process by implementing and managing a seamless enrollment experience. This individual will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of the enrollment process, ensuring a smooth and welcoming introduction for students and their families to our vibrant dance community. The enrollment coordinator will work with the studio manager to launch new social media marketing campaigns and manage the trial class lead program and the enrollment and onboarding process.
Posted: February 2024
DEVELOPMENT COORDINATOR
The Development Coordinator is a key member of the Development team, responsible for donor communication, creation of request and acknowledgement letters, data entry, filing/record keeping, event coordination, and other administrative duties. Through coordinating data entry, donor correspondence, and donor events, this role is instrumental in maintaining donor relations for the Development department.
Posted: May 2024
SCHOOL ASSOCIATE
The School of Nashville Ballet seeks an enthusiastic customer service-oriented professional who enjoys engaging with parents and students in a fast-paced team environment. The School Associate will report to the School Operations Manager, with day to day school operations supervised by the School Registrar to ensure accurate and timely entry of information into Mindbody Online, the school’s primary software. This position requires a high level of customer service, including extensive written and verbal communication with prospective and current students and their parents, along with the ability to manage multiple projects and maintain a positive solutions-oriented attitude.
Posted: December 2023
Part-time Faculty (Children’s)
The position of part-time faculty member will focus on implementing the artistic vision and curriculum standards set forth by the Academy Principal and/or the Children’s Program Coordinator. The primary duties will consist of teaching and developing the students of School of Nashville Ballet. In addition, the part-time faculty member will be expected to uphold Nashville Ballet’s reputation for artistic excellence and make regular and active contributions to a creative and enthusiastic working environment.
Re-posted: October 2023
Our Mission: We create, perform, teach and promote dance as an essential and inspiring element of our community.
Our Enduring Values:
We believe in the transformative power of art.
We inspire appreciation for the art of ballet.
We strive for excellence with integrity in all we do.
We respect one another and the art form.
Nashville Ballet Diversity Statement:
Nashville Ballet is invested in creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community. We believe we can best achieve our mission by creating a climate of respect that is supportive of all voices, celebrating diverse stories, increasing arts access, and sparking communal discussion about our community and our world through our art form and our artistic programming. When considering the diversity of the Nashville Ballet community, we look at all aspects, including race, gender, age, socioeconomic status, disability status, geographic (rural/urban), and sexual orientation. However, Nashville Ballet recognizes the racial inequalities that have plagued the dance world for far too long and is deeply committed to educating our constituencies on systemic racism, engaging in antiracist work in every branch of our organization, and doing our part to abolish racial inequalities in ballet.
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