Marketing Art Director

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The Paramount Theatre/Aurora Civic Center Authority (ACCA), an innovative organization located on Stolp Island in the Fox River in the heart of the richly diverse community of historic Aurora, Illinois (one hour from downtown Chicago), is seeking a Marketing Art Director. ACCA is the parent organization, which also includes a 501(c)3 arm under the name of Paramount Arts Centre, Inc. It operates four performance venues: the 6,000-person River Edge Park, the 1,843-seat landmark Paramount Theatre, the 165-seat, newly renovated Copley Theatre, and the brand new Stolp Island Theatre: a 9,000 square foot development that includes an intimate 98-seat 4,600 square foot theater.

ACCA produces and presents over 500 performances each year, including star-studded touring productions, a self-produced Broadway Series of musicals (which has the largest theater subscription base in the country) and an intimate experience of Million Dollar Quartet for an annual audience of 350,000 patrons from over 250 communities. ACCA proudly operates the Paramount School of the Arts in the new John

C. Dunham Aurora Arts Center, right next door to Paramount Theatre in downtown Aurora. Paramount Theatre also hosts free community events, $1 Classic Movie Mondays and its opulent interiors provide a spectacular backdrop for private functions such as wedding receptions or corporate galas. Across the street from Paramount Theatre are the gorgeous Meyer Ballrooms, which play host to multiple wedding receptions and rental events throughout the year.

The Paramount Theatre/Aurora Civic Center Authority is committed to being a defining catalyst for personal and community transformation by:

• making the performing arts accessible for every age and socioeconomic background,
• introducing the magic of live theater across generations to encourage expansive imaginations and broad views of people and the world,
• and contributing to the future stability and growth of Aurora’s downtown.

The highest purpose of any theater is to inspire its community toward a more perfect humanity. Such humanity can exist only when every member of the community is included and valued, empowered and heard. To express this truth, ACCA commits its leaders, volunteers, artists and staff to the active, continual and accountable pursuit of the following principles: equity, inclusion and diversity.

DIRECT REPORTING – Senior Marketing Director

POSITION STATUS & SCHEDULE – Full time exempt; some weekends and evenings; not a 9-5 job.

COMPENSATION – Salary of $75,000 - $80,000

BENEFITS INFORMATION – Excellent benefits package includes health, dental, vision and group life insurance, 401k, and paid time off

HIRE DATE – Immediate

POSITION SUMMARY –

In coordination with the Senior Marketing Director and Chief Marketing Officer, the Marketing Art Director will be the creative lead of the ACCA/Paramount in-house graphic design team; working closely with marketing staff, graphic designers, web developers, photographers, videographers, internal clients, and outside contractors. The Marketing Art Director must have a passion for communicating visually; outstanding design skills; the ability to guide, evaluate and elevate design execution;

have strong management skills with demonstrated experience in creating and managing a team; and be a team player who shares Paramount’s artistic vision for a broad and inclusive audience.

This position is responsible for the strategy behind the visual representation of the brand and material produced by the organization and supports departments ranging from content to marketing to fundraising and more. This role offers an opportunity to play a major role in the creative direction and output of a highly-respected regional theater that is looking for a strong visual contributor and strategist.

Design pro. Magnificent mediator. Highly skilled multitasker. We want a Marketing Art Director who brings it all to the party.

• Oversee all creative work (in-house and externally) including the design of…