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Bentonville, AR, US

Bentonville, Arkansas

• Build relationships with grantees, potential grantees, and other partners across multiple sectors to reach shared goals.
• Influence the development and implementation of the Home Region’s 2025 Strategic Plan, with a particular focus on Inclusive Shared Spaces & Experiences, Community Leadership and Organizational Capacity-Building, and.
• Perform due diligence on proposals, shepherd applications through the foundation’s approval process, conduct site visits, provide guidance and work with grantees in any way that will achieve significant impact.
• Manage a diverse portfolio of municipal and non-profit grantees across multiple sectors.
• Collaborate with Strategy, Learning, and Evaluation Department to develop impact frameworks and monitor progress towards strategy goals.
• Support a strong team culture that values partnership, respect, continuous learning, and inclusion through planning and facilitating team building activities and learning experiences.

Austin, Texas Area

• Serve as commercial talent buyer for Bass Concert Hall (Capacity: 2,913), Austin’s highest ticket-selling venue and the #1 ticket-selling Theater in Texas (Source: Pollstar).
• Exceed performance goals, including breaking single-season concert revenue record by 25% (2015) and record for number of commercial events by 16% (2015) with 30% of events resulting from new promoter partnerships.
• Negotiate terms of artist contracts and co-pro agreements; Conduct sales data research, risk assessment, develop revenue forecasts, and align with broader organizational goals of increased diversity of both audiences.
• Identify and secure Latin American and Latino artists in music, theater, and dance for annual subscription season.
• Maintain and cultivate relationships with booking agents, co-promoters, and other venues nationwide to maximize access to the top-tier, diverse programming.
• Manage portfolio of up to six multi-year strategic initiatives, including international cultural exchange projects, citywide Classical Music Task Force, NEH-funded “Music Unwound” programs, and comprehensive student.

Austin, Texas Area

• Oversee all curatorial, operational, and administrative components, including contract negotiation and financial forecasting for multi-venue, Latin American/U.S. Latino performance series of 20+ events and annual.
• Cultivate strategic relationship both on and off-campus and internationally with NGOs, cultural and academic institutions, and government agencies.
• Identify and steward donor (individual, corporate, and foundational) and sponsor relationships valued at $650k.
• Manage portfolio of up to 10 multi-year strategic initiatives, including international cultural exchange projects, citywide Classical Music Task Force, and a series of NEH-funded “Music Unwound” programs.
• Co-author and implement an $80k Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad Grant "Arts & Empowerment in Brazil."
• Oversee a comprehensive student employment program (recruitment, training, and mentoring of 80+ paid student workers), as well as a volunteer student affinity group, student ticketing program, and a student-directed.

• Oversee all technical aspects of event production, including audio, lighting, and staging for 150+ performances annually at Austin’s top ticket-selling concert venue.
• Recruit, retain, and manage a staff of 20 (Asst. Events Manager, Stage Managers, and Security personnel).
• Develop production budgets and approve all related expenses.
• Manage vendor relationships with A/V rental companies, caterers, and ground transportation providers.
• Serve as liaison between artists and internal Production, Operations, and Marketing departments.
• Create daily production schedules for up to five venues, determine labor requirements, and staff events.

Austin, Texas Area

• Graduate level internship courses for students in the Department of Theatre & Dance (TD 393: Graduate Internship).
• Independent study courses in producing Latin American Theatre (TD 395T: Advanced Projects in Performance Studies).

Various

• Develop project plans, manage deliverables, coordinate communication, and oversee diverse aspects of projects including an international performing arts festival of the Americas at the nation’s third largest performing.
• In partnership with 3 Day Startup, develop and facilitate entrepreneurship education programs for performing arts organizations emphasizing sustainability through startup techniques and earned revenue business models.
• Program and facilitate an executive leadership retreat in San Antonio for arts administrators, focusing on the impact of the emerging Latino majority on the field.
• Create business and operations plans for the multi-venue Performing Arts Center at Palo Alto College (San Antonio, TX), balancing service to the academic mission with earned revenue goals to achieve financial.
• Conduct strategic needs assessment, evaluate feasibility, and define scope for educational and cultural exchange projects between international and US artists, government agencies, and educational institutions.
• Devise and implement strategies for both non-profit and for-profit clients to capitalize on growth opportunities in Latin America and/or engaging with Latin American and Latino populations in the U.S.

Austin, Texas Area

• Lead international business development efforts, including development of global marketing and promotional strategy, outbound wholesale, affiliate marketing programs, systems for lead.
• Negotiate international wholesale and distribution agreements across cultures.
• Orchestra strategic partnerships with global sourcing and distribution partners.
• Develop event strategy to increase sales and brand awareness.

Austin, TX

• In partnership with 3 Day Startup, develop and facilitate an entrepreneurship education program for performing arts organizations, emphasizing sustainability through the exploration of startup techniques and earned.

São Paulo Area, Brazil

• Coordinate programmatic content and logistical arrangements for 350+ international delegates attending a 7-day congress in São Paulo focusing on the performing arts in Brazil.
• Co-chair congress host committee consisting of local representatives from more than 20 partner institutions.
• Co-curate congress program, including eight panel discussions and two keynote speakers.
• Train & supervise a staff of 5 professionals and 20 volunteers.

Austin, TX

• Oversee a portfolio of Creative Industries clients (musicians, internet content creators, non-profits) for a startup providing e-commerce, merchandise design, warehousing, and order fulfillment solutions.
• Identify business opportunities and drive customer acquisition with sales force.
• Coordinate account set-up and route client requests to Warehouse, Creative, and Customer Service.

• Assemble all necessary production details for incoming performances (pop, world, classical, musical theater, opera, and dance) for 4-month performance season in a world-class 7,000-seat amphitheater.
• Serve as a conduit for information between management, touring personnel, and front of house staff.
• Create and distribute daily production schedules.

Certification, Facilitation

A 3-month immersive certification program that develops collaborative leaders through foundational facilitation skills aligned with the.

Executive Mba

Mba, Business Administration And Management, Gpa 3.6

Activities and Societies: Winner of Dean’s Leadership & Service AwardExecutive MBA Program at the McCombs School of Business

Business Foundations, Portuguese

Undergraduate coursework in Marketing, Organizational Behavior, Portuguese, and Cultural Studies.

Ba, Spanish, Latin American Studies, Gpa 3.8

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa, WDCV-FM, Concert Steering Committee Winner of the Hufsteder Prize for.

Executive Mba