Production Office Assistant
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New York Shakespeare Festival
NY
Summary
Provide administrative, financial, and logistical support for production activities, including managing financial tracking and designer agreements. Handle general office operations such as mail sorting, Playbill coordination, and running errands.
Job Description
Production Office Assistant
Part Time Hourly, Available Immediately
The Public Theater is seeking a part-time Production Office Assistant to join our dedicated, fast-paced Production Department. Based in the Production Administration Office, the Production Office Assistant provides administrative, financial, and logistical support for production activity across The Public.
Responsibilities:
Support the Managers in the Production Administration Office:
- Enter andmaintaindata in the Concur financial tracking system.
- Cross-track purchase orders from the Production PO system into the company’s general ledger.
- Assistwith building andmaintainingschedules on the crew booking platform (Lasso).
- SupportAirtablefunctionality.
Support Production Management with the drafting of designer agreements, including:
- Track, onboard, and process payment for Designers, Assistant Designers, and the applicable unions.
- File new-hire paperwork for Designers and Assistant Designers,submitpayments and payment reports toUSA829, and track Assistant Designer hours, reporting updates to Production Management.
- Maintain and update the designer agreement template.
- Liaise with Finance to reconcile payments and resolve any discrepancies related to designers.
- Maintain and update designer documents, contacts, and agreements in the Production Admin SharePoint.
- Book designer travel as needed.
Support general office operations, including:
- Retrieve and sort mail, including pulling invoices for the Production Administration Office.
- Collect and edit Playbill information and coordinate with Press to ensure production credits are reflectedaccurately in programs; work with the Senior Production Manager to confirm designer billing.
- Run errands as needed, including ordering or picking up meals.
- Process vendor ticket requests as needed.
Additional responsibilities as necessary.
Requirements:
- One year of administrative office experience or comparable experience.
- An understanding of The Public Theater’s mission, strategies, and programming, including a commitment to culturaltransformation and antiracism inthe work and theworkplace.
- Ability to respond to changing circumstances quickly and with a positive attitude.
- Strong analytical thinking, problem-solving, and attention to detail.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Concur,Airtable, andLassoa plus.
Compensation:
This position is part-time, with an hourly rate of $24.93.
The standard schedule is approximately 20 + hours per week, with the potential to increase based on seasonal demand.
This is a non-exempt position under the Fair Labor Standards Act.
The position is available immediately.
The Public is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. Applicants from populations underrepresented in the theater field are strongly encouraged to apply. All qualified applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, familial status, sexual orientation, national origin, ability, age, or veteran status.
Conceived over 60 years ago as one of the nation’s first nonprofit theaters, The Public has long operated on the principles that theater is an essential cultural force and that art and culture belong to everyone. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham, The Public’s wide breadth of programming includes an annual season of new work at its landmark home at Astor Place, Free Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, the Mobile Unit touring throughout New York City’s five boroughs, Public Works, Public Shakespeare Initiative, and Joe’s Pub. Since premiering HAIR in 1967, The Public continues to create the canon of American Theater and is currently represented on Broadway by the Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Their programs and productions can also be seen regionally across the country and around the world. The Public has received 60 Tony Awards, 190 Obie Awards, 57 Drama Desk Awards, 61 Lortel Awards, 36 Outer Critics Circle Awards, 13 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards, 62 AUDELCO Awards, 6 Antonyo Awards, and 6 Pulitzer Prizes.
Cover photo by Steve Brown
Founded
1957
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Performing Arts
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
New York, NY
Conceived over 60 years ago as one of the nation’s first nonprofit theaters, The Public has long operated on the principles that theater is an essential cultural force and that art and culture belong to everyone. Under the leadership of Artistic Director Oskar Eustis and Executive Director Patrick Willingham, The Public’s wide breadth of programming includes an annual season of new work at its landmark home at Astor Place, Free Shakespeare in the Park at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park, the Mobile Unit touring throughout New York City’s five boroughs, Public Works, Public Shakespeare Initiative, and Joe’s Pub. Since premiering HAIR in 1967, The Public continues to create the canon of American Theater and is currently represented on Broadway by the Tony Award-winning musical Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Their programs and productions can also be seen regionally across the country and around the world. The Public has received 60 Tony Awards, 190 Obie Awards, 57 Drama Desk Awards, 61 Lortel Awards, 36 Outer Critics Circle Awards, 13 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards, 62 AUDELCO Awards, 6 Antonyo Awards, and 6 Pulitzer Prizes.
Cover photo by Steve Brown
Founded
1957
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Performing Arts
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
New York, NY