Creative Workshop Lead & Curriculum Innovator

University of Rochester; United States; On-site; USD 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The University of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) seeks a Creative Workshop Supervisor to lead the Creative Workshop, develop and implement high-quality curricula for adult, youth, and camp programs, and drive enrollment and revenue.

You will oversee all operational, programmatic, and promotional aspects of multi-format hands-on art classes across four sessions each year, supervising a core team of 5 regular staff and 35–40 Teaching Artists.

Responsibilities

• The Creative Workshop Supervisor at the Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) is responsible for the strategic vision of the Creative Workshop at the Memorial Art Gallery and the development and implementation of the high-quality educational and programmatic curriculum for adult, youth and camp programs.
• The Creative Workshop Supervisor is responsible for maximizing program growth to meet enrollment and financial goals in support of the MAG's mission and in alignment with the strategic plan to maximize revenue, program enrollment and financial goals in support of the overall MAG mission and strategic plan.
• This role is responsible for managing all operational, programmatic, and promotional aspects for a series of multi-format, hands‑on instruction-based art classes for all ages across 4 sessions (fall, winter, spring, summer) each year.
• They also set annual the annual departmental and directly supervises a core team of 5 regular/regular part‑time team members and a large team of approximately 35-40 Teaching Artist TAR Faculty members.
• Establishes the vision for all curriculum (e.g. Adult/Youth Classes, Youth Programs/Camps, Family/Community Programs) that meet MAG's mission, market demands, and encourage growth of the assigned programs.
• Develops revenue generating programs and schedules all classes and faculty.
• Oversees curriculum development of assigned Programs to ensure a cohesive curriculum across all programs, classes and mediums. Collaborates with faculty, ceramics staff and museum educators to directly develop and maintain program content to grow student enrollment and profitability. Utilizes customer data obtained from Altru to shape courses and curriculum.
• Attends AMP meeting, programming meetings, and other MAG related meetings where the Creative Workshop is an active partner.
• Oversees the coordination and curation of Lucy Burne Gallery art shows, an annual series of exhibitions featuring work of faculty and students. Supervises all aspects of show layout and labels, as well as installation of artwork by Facilities staff. Coordinates all promotional initiatives for exhibitions with MAG PR/Marketing. Uses Burne Gallery shows as a way to market CW.
• Ensures accurate updating and reconciliation of monthly ledgers. Monitors and evaluates revenue and allocates expenses. Maintains statistics on enrollment.
• Within MAG guidelines, develops and works within an annual budget with consideration for maximizing growth. Track and maintain program budgets and complete and submit financial request paperwork in a timely fashion; analyzes faculty salaries, course fees, room usage and profitability of all classes and programs to ensure goals are on target and propose correction as needed. May require coordination with MAG Advancement and contribution to grant writing or reporting.
• Supervised the Department Coordinator and oversees all aspects of the retail system (Altru) including inputting class, camp & program information; processing refunds; building registration questionnaires, etc.
• Oversees hiring, onboarding, staff training and scheduling for all full‑time/part‑time team members as well as assigned teachers and teaching assistants. Ensures staff reviews, provides support and audits classes for quality of instruction. Approves payroll.
• Manages scholarship program process for awarding scholarships to students; provides statistical analysis for annual reporting.
• In collaboration with curatorial, academic programs, and other departments and drives methods to integrate programming, curriculum into Gallery program or MAG events.
• Actively represents programs in the community to build awareness, student base, market share, and to participate in the larger education fabric of the region. Networks with

Job description

The University of Rochester’s Memorial Art Gallery (MAG) seeks a Creative Workshop Supervisor to lead the Creative Workshop, develop and implement high-quality curricula for adult, youth, and camp programs, and drive enrollment and revenue.

You will oversee all operational, programmatic, and promotional aspects of multi-format hands-on art classes across four sessions each year, supervising a core team of 5 regular staff and 35–40 Teaching Artists.