Associate Producer

Overview

The Moth is an acclaimed not-for-profit organization dedicated to building community through the art and craft of storytelling. For nearly 30 years, The Moth has presented more than thirty thousand stories, told live and without notes, by people from all walks of life to standing-room-only crowds worldwide. Beyond live events, The Moth connects listeners through our Peabody Award-Winning
Moth Radio Hour heard on public radio stations nationwide and with
The Moth Podcast
. Our Education and Community Engagement Programs partner with schools and other non-profits to teach storytelling to young people and community groups, while
Moth Works develops workshops and private events for corporate partners.

If you’re unfamiliar with The Moth, we encourage you to listen to a few stories here:
The Moth | Stories.

The Moth’s Production Department oversees the planning and execution of the organization’s hundreds of annual live events each year. Members of the Production Department work collaboratively with each other and across departments to successfully and strategically bring The Moth’s artistic vision to life on stages across the world.

The Moth Production Department Produce s 3 different kinds of ticketed events:

StorySLAM - Community-focused open-mic storytelling competitions in which anyone can share a five-minute story on the night’s theme.

GrandSLAM
- Ten Story

SLAM winners in a given city are invited to take the Grand Slam stage for the ultimate storytelling competition.

Mainstage - Curated events featuring five tellers who develop and shape their stories with our Directors. Beyond theater, The Moth Mainstage is a community where entertainment and enlightenment merge.

The Moth seeks a candidate with 3 - 6 years of work experience to join our production team as a full-time Associate Producer. The Associate Producer will provide production support, strategic thinking and industry experience to the production team with a specific focus on live event production, event promotion and scheduling, and database management. The Associate Producer will manage designated Story

SLAM markets and produce Moth Mainstages and other Moth events. They will also be responsible for managing all ticketing needs for The Moth’s live events; which includes ticketing operations across multiple markets and platforms, manage customer service queries related to ticketing, and liaise with ticketing partners for externally ticketed events.

Please note that this role is not directly involved in the production of The Moth Podcast or The Moth Radio Hour.

Story

SLAM Production and Management

• Oversee all ticketing systems for Story
  
  SLAM markets, including but not limited to; creation of ticketing links, liaising with venues for ticketing needs, website entry, database maintenance and management.
• Supervise an assigned number of Story
  
  SLAM communities, with responsibilities that include, but are not limited to:
  • Manage the Story
    
    SLAM working budget to accurately reflect ticket sales, expenses and number of shows in each market.
  • Review, track and report Story
    
    SLAM financials ensuring invoices are in order, in collaboration with Finance team
  • Hire subcontractors in regional SLAM communities, as needed
  • Hire, train, and manage regional Story
    
    SLAM producers
  • Manage media partner relationships
  • Research new venues and negotiate contracts
• Ongoing evaluation of each assigned Story
  
  SLAM community throughout the year, including ticket sales, marketing and promotion, and local outreach
  • In response to each evaluation, propose and implement solutions as necessary
• Assist in brainstorming and implementing plan to increase national Story
  
  SLAM awareness, attendance, and audience diversity
• Listen and screen Story
  
  SLAM and Mainstage stories for potential broadcast consideration
• Assist in hiring, training, and managing of production interns
• On site production of Story
  
  SLAM events in NYC
• Travel for new Story
  
  SLAM community launches and/or when strategically appropriate
• Lead and produce specialty events including showcases, Grand
  
  SLAMs, or one-off events

Mainstage Production

• Produce Moth Mainstages from top to bottom, including but not…