Executive Director,
Spectrum Dance Theater, Seattle, WA

Spectrum Dance Theater (SDT) seeks a highly motivated, dynamic individual with proven leadership, management, marketing and fundraising skills to play a central role in the continued growth and transformation of a vibrant and highly regarded contemporary dance organization.

As applicant, you take pride in your work, are active in the community, enjoy developing and fostering trusted relationships and can relate to a variety of constituencies. You can see and adopt a shared vision and inspire and collaborate with others to achieve it. You are able to balance day-to-day operational and administrative tasks while undertaking projects and managing complex events.

As Executive Director, you will have responsibility for: Leadership & Teamwork, Financial Management, Operations & Program Management, Administrative & Contract Management, Fund Development, Communications & Marketing

Spectrum Dance Theater was founded in 1982, and brings dance of the highest merit to a diverse audience composed of people from different social, cultural, ethnic and economic backgrounds. Three organizational components comprise SDT: the professional company producing contemporary dance of global caliber; the school providing expert dance instruction in diverse forms to all; and outreach programs educating the community about dance as a dance form and as a social and civic instrument. Its home is in the Madrona Dance Studio on the shore of Lake Washington.

Under Artistic Director Donald Byrd’s visionary leadership since 2002, SDT has embarked on an exhilarating transformation that has attracted world-class dancers, and produced some of the most engaging and thought-provoking works in contemporary dance. SDT has toured both nationally and internationally, generating recognition and praise for its works.

Reporting to the SDT Board of Directors, the Executive Director partners closely with the Artistic Director to plan, grow and manage Spectrum under the guidance of the SDT mission, vision and core values and within the overall artistic direction approved by the Board of Directors.. .

For a detailed list of responsibilities go to http://www.spectrumdance.org/company/employment.php.


APPLICATION SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Please send electronically: resume, cover letter and at least three recent references to Search@spectrumdance.org.
No phone calls please. Application open until position is filled.

Spectrum Dance Theater is an equal opportunity employer and seeks workplace diversity with respect to race, ethnicity, gender, age, and sexual orientation. Spectrum Dance Theater is a 501(3)(c) organization.