Job Description:

Job Summary

The Director of KU Presents will provide visionary leadership for Kutztown University's performing arts series, ensuring the program engages both the campus and surrounding community through a diverse range of high-quality performing arts experiences. The director will identify and contract with professional talent who will provide artistically and culturally significant performances that enrich both the campus community and the general public of the region (East Penn Valley, Berks County and the Lehigh Valley, PA). The director will enhance and solicit funding for the series through corporate partnerships, grant writing, ticket sales, subscriptions, fundraising activities and marketing. The successful candidate will serve as executive director of the Kutztown University Arts Society, with a mission that supports, promotes, and creates meaningful arts engagement opportunities between the campus community of Kutztown University and the greater community-at-large through programs, events and educations outreach. This includes the PLAY series, which brings students from area school districts to campus for field trips to view special performances. The position manages three staff members (two full-time and one part-time).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree


• 3 to 5 years managing a successful Performing Artist Series or related operation


• Fundraising, volunteer recruitment and management.


• Excellent negotiation and interpersonal relationship skills.


• Knowledgeable of marketing and social media platforms.


• Working knowledge of budgeting and financial management.


• Ability to work collaboratively and effectively with constituents and community partners on- and off-campus.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a university setting


• Ability to meet goals in a timely manner.


• Collegial team member and team builder.


• Personnel management


• Comfortable and effective in a shared-governance environment.


• Works inclusively with diverse constituents and embraces a global perspective.


• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written; comfortable making presentations and in social settings with donors and community partners.


• Strong interpersonal skills; an openness to feedback and new ideas.


• Availability to work evenings and weekends.

Supplemental Information

Applications & resumes will be accepted until position is filled, however; to ensure full consideration, application materials should be received no later than the end of day on Sunday, January 5, 2025 .



The starting salary for this position is $84,500.00.

All applications for this position must be submitted via our online application/resume system ONLY. Please do not fax, mail, or e-mail any documentation.

Successful interview, reference checks, background clearances (PA Criminal, Child Abuse Clearance & FBI Clearance), and demonstration of ability are requisite qualifications for all positions.

The University is very interested in hiring employees who have had extensive experience with diverse populations.

Kutztown University is an AA/EOE/member of the PA State System of Higher Education and actively solicits applications from women and minority candidates.




Non-Discrimination Statement
Kutztown University does not discriminate in employment or educational opportunities on the basis of sex, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, or veteran status. To discuss a complaint of discrimination, please contact the Office of Social Equity, Old Main A-Wing, Room 02, by phone at 610-683-4700 or by e-mail at pena@kutztown.edu. Pursuant to Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Kutztown University does not discriminate on the basis of sex and prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity that it operates, including admissions and employment. Any inquiries regarding the application of Title IX at Kutztown University may be made to Bradley Davis, the University's Title IX Coordinator, located in Old Main A-Wing, Room 02A, by phone at 610-683-4782 or by email at titleix@kutztown.edu, or the Office for Civil Rights located in the Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Bldg., 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20202-1100, by phone at 800-421-3481 (TDD: 800-877-8339), by fax at 202-453-6012, or by e-mail at OCR@ed.gov. Kutztown University's Sexual Misconduct, Anti-Discrimination, and Anti-Harassment policies can be found in The Key student handbook or online at https://www.kutztown.edu/about-ku/administrative-offices/social-equity.html.

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