Purpose
As an Audience Development Specialist at The Market Theatre Foundation, you are tasked with cultivating, expanding and sustaining the audience base for all the Foundations’ artistic offerings and stakeholder relations activations. The role involves coordinating, researching, strategizing, implementing, monitoring and evaluating initiatives, that are in line with the Artistic programming and MTF Corporate brand, to engage diverse demographics and build and maintain a sustainable audience base for the Foundation. The role requires an advocate for the arts who is passionate about connecting varied communities with the experiences of live performances, exhibitions, public engagement programming, youth edutainment interventions and artistic professional and education development programming. The specialist will partner with the activities of Stakeholder Management and Business development of the Foundation to contribute to the optimization of income generation and customer satisfaction.
Purpose |
In terms of the Cultural Institutions Act, 1998 (Act 119 of 1998), the Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Mr G Mckenzie invites members of the performing arts (Playhouse/Theatres) fraternity and the public to nominate persons to serve as members of Council of the following Performing Arts Institution (Cultural Institution):
- The Market Theatre Foundation (Johannesburg, Gauteng)
Nominated candidates should possess a broad understanding and experience in the field of performing arts; managerial; financial expertise; legal; marketing and liaison; fundraising; education and cultural/social research; corporate governance, as well as a willingness to render community service. The remuneration of the appointed nominees is in line with the remuneration scheme of the National Treasury guidelines as prescribed in the Cultural Institutions Act as amended.
Anyone wishing to nominate persons to serve as members of Council of the aforementioned Performing Arts Institution (Cultural Institution) should submit the following:
- A letter containing full names, address, and telephone numbers of the nominee, giving reasons for nomination.
- Recently updated Curriculum Vitae of the nominee, including three contactable references.
- A brief statement signed by the nominee accepting the nomination and explaining his/her suitability for appointment.
- Certified copies of qualifications and ID document.
