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The Executive Director of YourClassical provides leadership, strategy and operations to deliver on YourClassical’s multichannel vision, aligned to the APMG enterprise strategy. This is an exciting opportunity to transform our audio-based services to multichannel content services, in order to meet our growing younger and more diverse consumers’ needs. We are seeking a leader to set the multichannel vision for classical music services for APMG, create a growth culture to expand revenue and multichannel consumers, as we create the future of public media, aligned to our values. Our leader will build internal and external partnerships that align with our mission and vision, at an exciting time in the history of our organization. This leader is responsible for achieving YourClassical’s financial and non-financial goals and ensuring the long-term relevancy and financial viability of the YourClassical brand, working closely with our APMG brand leaders to accomplish brand loyalty and enterprise growth.
The Executive Director leads and lives the culture that reflects our values, encourages excellence, and rewards productivity and creativity. Creation of shared goals and ongoing collaboration with internal centers of excellence (enterprise shared services) is critical for YourClassical leadership to achieve long-term success. Specifically, our YourClassical leader will work closely with our centers of excellence - marketing, philanthropic development, technology, and administrative teams to develop shared success. The desire and commitment to develop strong relationships across the organization and to work collaboratively to serve audiences is a requirement for this position. People skills, creativity, the ability to advance strategy-to-execution, and the willingness to take calculated risks, and data-informed decision-making are important attributes for this leader.
This leader is a champion of equity, inclusion, diversity and access in the classical music genre, but also in the organization and in the communities we serve. Our strategic imperative is to expand this genre of music to younger and more diverse audiences, and seeking a leader who is excited about that challenge.
The Executive Director serves as the primary spokesperson and ambassador for YourClassical to audiences, donors, partners, and all other constituents. We are seeking a leader who is passionate about classical music; someone who can speak and activate authentically about advancing the love of classical music to current and future generations, and someone who enjoys asking our partners and donors for help as we advance our growth ambitions.
The Executive Director reports to the SVP, Chief Transformation Officer.
Expected Compensation Range: $160,000 - $200,000/yr. Exact salary determined by experience and education related to the role, organizational compensation structure and internal equity.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
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APMG offers a comprehensive benefits package including Medical plans with HSA and FSA options, Dental, Vision, Life and AD&D, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability, Paid Parental Leave and Paid Caregiver Leave after 1 year, Vacation (3 wks/per year, pro-rated, based on hours worked), Sick time (12 days, pro-rated, based on hours worked), Holiday Pay (10 holidays 2 floating holidays each year), Volunteer Time (8 hours per year), Long-Term Care and Critical Illness insurance options, Employee Assistance Program, 403(b) Retirement Plan, and more.
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