Rosy Simas Danse is seeking a Managing Director in Minneapolis, MN.
Full Time, salaried. Salary: $60,000 annually plus benefits.
Reports to Board of Directors
Supervises Contractors
Position Summary
As the first Managing Director (MD), you will work with the Artistic Director to implement the infrastructure and systems which support day-to-day operations and strategic objectives to execute the vision of Rosy Simas Danse. The Managing Director is responsible for the overall business, administrative, and operational management of the company. This includes leadership of fundraising, budgeting, financial management, HR, information systems, institutional marketing, and board relations.
- Build the team – hire new staff
- Engage with new work and local/national artists at the start of a production year
- Collaborate with the Artistic Director on the organization’s national tour plans
- Complete tasks with essential filings for a nonprofit 501c3
- Work with a stable and growing budget, prepare for a fully funded Minneapolis premiere project and its engagement activities in 2022
About Rosy Simas Danse
For Native communities, art is everything. Art, song, and story manifest our activism, dance is our primary assertion of spirit and identity, and the creation of art is an enormously important part of both our economy and our traditions. Our lifeways and our art ways do not separate.
We make the work of Native artists nationally and internationally visible, to shift the global view of how Native people are seen—to demonstrate that Native artists are contemporary, groundbreaking artists bringing critical Indigenous worldviews to all fields of the arts. RSD furthers artistic and professional growth for Native and BIPOC artists, which in turn provides income, education, visibility, artistic autonomy, and hope for individual artists.
To learn more about us visit the RSD website, our Facebook Page, or our Instagram to get to know our community and programming.
Anti-Oppression, Equity, and Inclusion are Foundational
We believe that the liberation of all peoples starts with the healing of oppression and trauma caused by the intersectional, historical, and current oppression of Native, Indigenous, Black, and People of Color in this country. We acknowledge that all human beings and all species in relationship with human beings need to be free.
The work of Rosy Simas Danse specifically seeks to simultaneously work against all named and unnamed forms of systemic oppression such as white supremacy, patriarchy, homophobia, transphobia, xenophobia, ableism, and gender-bias while advancing an inclusive, abundant, holistic ecosystem, working against capitalist notions of scarcity and value. An ecosystem that will support and allow the Native and BIPOC of the dance community in this country to thrive.
Does this position interest you? Email us and tell us your story!
Be sure to include your contact information: name, email, and phone number. Please use the subject line “Managing Director” and include the following attachments:
1) A document with your story or letter of interest telling us why you want this position. Describe the experience that you bring. We want to hear about you, your journey, and why you think this position and RSD are a good fit for you.
2) Your resume or a list of your experience.
Contact us with your information or any questions at: info@rosysimas.com
Materials must be received by: Midnight March 1, 2022 CST