Communications Coordinator

Position: Communications Coordinator

Department: Communications

Role Overview:

The Communications Coordinator plays a key role in the work of the department, leading administrative functions and supporting on-the-ground press and social media activations as needed. This is a great opportunity for an early career professional to be part of a high-performing and highly collaborative team. Previous team members in this role have grown within the department into roles with greater responsibility and autonomy on big, creative projects.

As an active member of the department, day-to-day responsibilities include tracking press coverage, maintaining clipbooks, and reporting media activity internally; keeping media and influencer lists clean and up-to-date; delving into media research for new projects; supporting contracting for the department; and ensuring multimedia assets are logged, organized, & easily accessible.

This is a hybrid role, with time split between remote and on-site work.

What you’ll get to do here:

• Track press coverage and maintain clipbooks for various campaigns across Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
• Report media activity internally to a variety of stakeholders
• Keep media and influencer lists clean and up to date; delve into media research for new projects to help ensure campaigns reach media who speak to as diverse an audience as possible
• Support all freelance contracting for the department
• Organize multimedia assets within Lincoln Center’s digital asset management system, ensuring they’re logged, tagged, and easily accessible
• Field and coordinate press and cross-campus requests for capture
• Staff press and social media activations on-the-ground, as needed
• Actively participate in creative brainstorming for Communications campaigns across artistic, educational, and institutional projects
• Assist with competitor/industry trend tracking/research; support press pitching where applicable

You’ll be a fit if you bring:

• 2+ years of experience as a house manager in a theater or performance venue.
• Exemplary customer service and hospitality skills combined with the motivation and interest to act as a role model to staff
• Strong management skills with a proven ability to train, supervise and motivate staff
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, handle multiple tasks at once and demonstrate flexibility in light of shifting demands & priorities
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• High level of motivation, persistence, and patience in working with various groups of people
• Must be available to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as necessary and on a regular basis
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent combination of education and experience

Please Note:  All newly hired employees of Lincoln Center must have their booster dose of an FDA-authorized or WHO-listed COVID-19 vaccine, and provide proof of such in order to begin employment at any time after March 1, 2022, unless a reasonable accommodation on the following limited bases is granted. LCPA will consider accommodation requests from individuals who are unable to receive a COVID-19 vaccination due to either an underlying medical condition or sincerely held religious beliefs on a case-by-case basis in accordance with LCPA’s policies as well as federal, state, and local laws. Supporting documentation may be requested. 

What is Lincoln Center for  the Performing  Arts?   

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) is the world’s leading performing arts center in the heart of New York City. In these times of heightened anxiety and vigilance, we are holding on to the important role the arts play in our lives: they nourish our hearts and minds, teach us valuable lessons and critical skills, and help us create community. We are resolved not to lose sight of what connects us, and we hope you will consider joining our talented, diverse team.     

We are:    

The manager of the Lincoln Center Campus.   

• We are part of 16 acres of activity and one of eleven amazing resident organizations     

A leading Arts Presenter.     

• We curate a number of series showcasing music, dance, and theater     

An Education Hub.     

• We have reached 20 million students, educators, principals, and community members     

Who are our people?    

Lincoln Center is a diverse team of dreamers, collaborators, and entrepreneurs who use unique platforms in the heart of New York City and beyond to advocate for the transformative impact of artistic experiences.     

Lincoln Center People imagine and create in concert with this mission by founding President John D. Rockefeller III - "The arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many. Their place is not on the periphery of daily life, but at its center."     

Lincoln Center welcomes applicants from all sectors who agilely solve problems, show up as they are, and can't stop innovating.    

What’s the news?

Highlights from the Fall/Winter Season

• The Syncopated Sounds of Old San Juan Hill at the New Geffen Hall
• BANDALOOP performs at David Geffen Hall Open House Weekend
• Music, Science and Healing Intersect in an A.I. Opera
• Lincoln Center Makes Art Accessible For All
• How a global music festival helps international musicians reach larger audiences

Campus Happenings

• Lincoln Center Is Going All In on Terence Blanchard
• Coming soon: Gustavo Dudamel is joining the NYPhil!
• AFROPUNK + LINCOLN CENTER

Legacies of San Juan Hill

• Before Lincoln Center, San Juan Hill Was a Vibrant Black Community
• Lincoln Center Launches San Juan Hill Project Digital Hub To Remember the Lost Urban Neighborhood
• Lincoln Center lanza plataforma para rescatar la cultura de un barrio negro

Who is our President and CEO?    

Henry Timms is the co-founder of #GivingTuesday and the co-author of New Power.     

Join us!

It is the policy of Lincoln Center to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, marital or civil partnership/union status, familial or caregiver status, alienage or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, military or veteran status, genetic information, predisposition, or carrier status, unemployment status, domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking victim status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. LCPA is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.