Program Manager, New Inc.

• Job Title: Program Manager
• Department: NEW INC
• FLSA Status: Exempt
• Employment Status: Full-Time
• Hours Per Week: 40 hours
• Union Position: Yes
• Grade Level: 3
• Salary: $70,233.39
• Union Position: Yes
• Reports to: Deputy Director, NEW INC

About NEW INC:

NEW INC is an interdisciplinary program of the New Museum that brings together

100 creative practitioners and entrepreneurs annually from a wide variety of fields across art, design, and technology, promoting an environment of collaboration. The program is considered a global model for a cultural incubator and colleagues and alumni have hailed it as groundbreaking, transformative, and socially impactful. Critical to the success of NEW INC is its commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in both its member recruitment and program methodologies.

Role Summary:

Reporting to the Deputy Director, the Program Manager is responsible for managing NEW INC’s Professional Development Program and communicating the details of our program activities to our members. Our values-centered Professional Development Program is designed for artists, studios, and creative businesses establishing or growing their professional practice, or founders who are launching a new creative venture. Over the course of a 12-month period, September-August, we provide our incubator members with a series of workshops and learning opportunities that help them to establish their identity, values, and goals, and to learn the fundamentals essential to managing and growing a sustainable practice, studio, or business. Through your efforts, our rich member community will feel supported and informed and will leave NEW INC better prepared to drive resilient creative practice.

NEW INC’s core Professional Development Program is primarily intended to take place in person at NEW INC’s new home in the expanded New Museum building at 235 Bowery, though most of the offerings will be provided on a hybrid basis.

This is a full-time position with regular working hours of 40hrs per week, Monday to Friday, 10:00 am – 6:00 pm. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required for special events. This position is a union-represented position subject to terms of the Museum’s agreement with Local 2110, UAW, and is eligible for the New Museum’s employee benefits programs. The New Museum currently operates on a hybrid model, requiring three days onsite and allowing two remote workdays per week, with this arrangement subject to change at any time.

Responsibilities:

• Manage all aspects of our Professional Development planning and delivery, which includes:
  • Working with NEW INC leadership to design a program arc for members 
  • Engaging workshop leaders and working with them to present workshop curriculum and materials. Communicate NEW INC priorities and mission to workshop leaders and other participants.
  • Scheduling workshop leaders’ participation in our program and managing ongoing relationships with them
  • Overseeing all contracting and payments for teachers and facilitators.
  • NEW INC’s Professional Development Program is comprised of
    CAMP, NEW INC’s weeklong orientation program for new members
    Working Groups: Semester-long skill building offerings
    Intensives: Day-long, member responsive programming addressing timely topics

Foundation Fridays: Monthly skill-building workshops or field trips that introduce new spaces to the NEW INC community RAMP: Preparation for DEMO, a multi-format festival presenting the work of NEW INC members. Program Manager leads the coaching and preparation program for artists.

• Manage all tasks related to Professional Development production. Tasks may include; Creating Zoom registration pages, creating and overseeing program run-of-show agendas, preparing presentation materials, managing RSVPs, ordering supplies, booking spaces, coordinating travel, etc.  
• With support from the Marketing and Communications Assistant, manage communications related to the Professional Development Program including designing and managing weekly mailers sent via Mailchimp to the NEW INC cohort.
• In coordination with the Head of Community, develop a plan for evaluating our annual program year by collecting key data and feedback from the NEW INC cohort throughout the year. Create an annual assessment so we can strengthen our offerings.
• Review applications for membership with the rest of the NEW INC team. NEW INC’s open call happens annually, and all team members review applications. 
• Work with NEW INC leadership to adapt existing Professional Development Offerings into external programming available for an extended network of partners, collaborators, and clients. 

Qualifications and Skills:

• Has 3-5 years of relevant professional experience as a program designer and/or administrator.
• Excellent communication skills and experience writing program descriptions and/or workshop summaries. 
• Experience with hosting and facilitating hybrid and in-person small group sessions. 
• Fluency in Zoom, Mailchimp, OneDrive, Microsoft Office Suite, and Slack.
• Familiarity with Asana (or comparable project management software) is highly desirable
• Exceptional project management skills, with the ability to organize multiple projects simultaneously while keeping track of deadlines and milestones independently.
• Previous experience working with a comparable community of creative practitioners and understanding what needs or challenges these practitioners might have

• A curious learner who is eager to find and share new models and connect the dots between people and ideas.
• Comfortable and confident in taking autonomous ownership over tasks within your purview and are always anticipating the next move, striving to improve systems and processes at every turn.

Benefits

We offer a full comprehensive benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Health Reimbursement Program through the Difference Card, Commuter Benefits Program through the Difference Card, Voluntary Short Term Disability Plan and Long-Term Disability, Life Insurance, Retirement Plan, and other voluntary benefits.

Paid Time and Holidays Off
We offer full-time employees 15 days of paid time off, 8 sick days off and 13 holidays off as applicable through the fiscal year.

How to Apply

Please click here and follow the instructions to apply:

https://newmuseum.org/work-with-us/

NEW INC is a nonprofit incubator and a department of the New Museum.

We recognize that it is highly unlikely that someone meets 100% of the qualifications for a role. If much of this job description describes you, then please apply for this role.

ABOUT THE MUSEUM

The New Museum’s mission is simply “New Art, New Ideas.” Founded in 1977 by curator Marcia Tucker with a bold vision of presenting contemporary culture in a critical and scholarly context, the New Museum has been a leader among contemporary art museums for over 40 years and is among the most respected internationally for its risk-taking curatorial program. The New Museum is a center for exhibitions, information, and documentation about living artists from around the world, focusing on emerging and under-recognized voices, and providing a platform for the artists who are defining our cultural moment. In 2007, the New Museum made history with the inauguration of its first permanent building at 235 Bowery designed by the Tokyo-based firm SANAA. Since opening in its new location, over 4 million have visited or attended programs and events, and the Museum has 155 exhibitions featuring over 600 artists from 60+ countries in our galleries, as well as over 1,200 public programs ranging from live performances, conferences, residencies, screening, after-school programs, and family days.

With a current staff of approximately 145 people and an annual budget of $13.4M, the museum is preparing for the start of construction of a new building adjacent to the current site. The new seven-story, 60,000 square foot building will include three floors of galleries, doubling the Museum’s exhibition space, along with additional space for the Museum’s many community and education programs, a permanent home for its cultural incubator NEW INC, as well as increased public amenities and improved vertical circulation.

For more information about the New Museum and its programs, please visit /www.newmuseum.org.

Equal Opportunity Employer

The New Museum of Contemporary Art believes that all persons are entitled to Equal Employment Opportunity, and we do not discriminate against our staff members or applicants for employment because of race, creed, color, religion, national origin, gender identity and expression, sex, age, disability, marital status, political affiliation, sexual orientation, genetic information, or veteran or citizenship status provided they are qualified and meet the requirements for the job. The New Museum provides Reasonable Accommodation for candidates with Disabilities. As per New York State Guidelines, all candidates hired must be vaccinated with the COVID vaccine.