| For the complete position prospectus, please write to Chris Wingert at chriswingert@aspenleadershipgroup.com POSITION:
The President and Chief Executive Officer will provide positive leadership and vision to ensure
the Kalamazoo Symphony’s organizational, financial, and artistic success.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
ORCHESTRAL OPERATIONS
The President and Chief Executive Officer will
• be responsible and accountable for all aspects of the Orchestra’s operations, including
strategic planning, budgeting and financial management, artistic administration and some
program planning, contract negotiations and labor relations, marketing and public relations,
fundraising, human resource management, education, and community engagement; and
• ensure that the Kalamazoo Symphony realizes its vision, fulfills its mission, achieves its
operational and budgetary goals, and fulfills its commitment to diversity, equity, and
inclusion.
FUNDRAISING AND CREATIVE REVENUE STRATEGIES
The President and Chief Executive Officer will
• take a leadership role in fundraising, develop creative fundraising strategies, and provide
guidance and impetus to the fundraising efforts of the Board;work with the Board of Directors and the development staff to identify, cultivate, solicit, and
provide excellent stewardship for annual gifts, endowment gifts and special project gifts
from individual and institutional donors; and
• oversee special underwriting and alignment of earned revenue to planned artistic ventures.
ARTISTIC PARTNERSHIP
The President and Chief Executive Officer will
• assure that the KSO achieves its goals for artistic planning, in partnership with the Music
Director;
• negotiate and assure compliance with the KSO’s collective bargaining agreement;
• foster a strongly collaborative environment that allows orchestra members, conductors, and
guest artists to do their best work; and
• actively seek new opportunities for performances, partnerships, and collaborations
throughout the community and region, creating innovative and engaging alternative concert
formats and venues with the Music Director with the goal of welcoming, growing, and
diversifying new audiences.
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
The President and Chief Executive Officer will
• manage the business operations of the Orchestra;
• oversee the development of annual budgets and multi-year financial projections, with a
focus toward sustainability;
• ensure that the KSO achieves or exceeds goals for both earned and contributed income;
and
• recruit, motivate, supervise, and evaluate a high caliber administrative staff.
STAKEHOLDER RELATIONS
The President and Chief Executive Officer will
• be a spokesperson and visible representative of the Kalamazoo Symphony throughout the
community;
• actively participate in the arts, education, and greater not-for-profit community as well as in
civic organizations;
• advocate for the KSO with government and the business community;
• ensure the Orchestra’s commitment to and engagement with all parts of the community;
and
• place special emphasis on continually building and diversifying the audience and patron
base.
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