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Open Positions

We are hiring!  Creative Evolutions is currently facilitating the following opportunities.  Please take a look at the full descriptions below, and reach out to us at any time if you'd like to discuss further!

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In addition, if you are interested in becoming a Collaborator with Creative Evolutions, either as a participant in various Think Tank activities, as a Consultant, as a Coach, or through ideas, articles, or workshops you may be able to provide, we are happy to talk to you about any of that as well.  Feel free to reach out!

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When Creative Evolutions facilitates a hiring process, we follow a set of hiring principles that respect the time and value created by the candidates themselves.  This means we commit to active and respectful communication with all candidates, paying candidates for their time for any hiring activity past a submission and a first interview, and creating hiring dynamics that have reasonable standards that are not based in unrealistic expectations that lead to disappointment.  For an article regarding our current hiring process, click here!

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Executive Director

Currently: WE ARE ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. 

Please submit by April 24, 2023!
 

To reference the full posting, Click Here.

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Semi-finalists will be compensated $250 and Finalists will be compensated $1,000 for their participation.

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What We Are Looking for in Our New Executive Director

  • Our next Executive Director will first and foremost be someone who can match the energy and enthusiasm for the rest of us at GDC and who sees their role as strategically and tactically elevating the company to the next level in Chicago, nationally, and internationally. They will be inspired by the legacy of the last 60 years and excited by the possibilities for our future.

  • The next Executive Director at Giordano Dance Chicago will be a truly exceptional non-profit team and resource manager, who has a masterful ability to connect granular decision making and uses of time and money to big-picture strategies and trajectories for the company.

  • They will directly handle: financial management, communications, fundraising, centering and prioritizing Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access, staff management, and partnership with board leadership.

  • They will have a working knowledge about and some experience in: data management, awareness of the national dance field, legacy dynamics, physical building transitions and capital campaigns, and legal and contractual oversight.

  • Our Executive Director will be someone who believes deeply in collaboration and who understands all the aspects and benefits of leading a group of passionate and creative individuals in a collaborative way. 
     

Structure and Compensation 

  • Annual salary begins at $100,000, with an annual Board-approved performance bonus of $10,000 based on mutually agreed commitments, and the potential for additional strategic bonuses linked to organizational revenue growth. 
     

  • Benefits include a 25% contribution to individual healthcare premiums and paid time off including standard holidays (plus the day before Thanksgiving), two weeks of discretionary paid vacation plus an additional 1-2 weeks of paid team vacation in late December.
     

Estimated Search Timeline 

  • Application Period:
    March 22 to April 24, 2023
    After the end of the application period, please reach out if you are still interested and we will let you know if there is still an opportunity for consideration.

  • Initial Candidate Meetings & Semi-Finalists Interviews:    
    April 3 to May 15, 2023

  • Finalist Interviews On-Site in Chicago, IL:
    June 5 to June 10, 2023

  • Employment Begins:
    Summer 2023

 

To reference the full posting, Click Here.

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Executive Director

Currently: DCYOP IS MEETING WITH FINALISTS. 

Submissions for this position have closed as of March 6, 2023.  Thank you to everyone who has applied!
 

To reference the full posting, Click Here.

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Semi-finalists will be compensated $200 and Finalists will be compensated $1,000 for their participation.

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What We Are Looking for in Our New Executive Director

  • They will be intentionally empathic and fearless. They will be fiercely and deeply committed to putting people first, and to work clearly and directly with the team to provide the real support that our students, teachers, staff, and Board need.  They will have a deep appreciation for the ways that young people’s lives can be transformed through programs like ours.

  • Our Executive Director will be truly exceptional on two related fronts – team leadership and building community connections.

  • At DCYOP, they will directly handle: maintaining a clear vision for the future, managing resources, financial management, facilitating clear communication, cultivating community support, and leading plans for future physical spaces.

  • They will have a working knowledge about and some experience in: diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, educational pedagogy, non-profit fundraising, and orchestral music.
     

Structure and Compensation 

  • Starting annual salary between $145,000 - $155,000, medical and dental insurance, and paid time off.

  • Flexible hybrid schedule, which currently includes one day per week in a physical office with the entire staff, participation at all Saturday program days, and regular in-person presence at other events and locations throughout the week.
     

Estimated Search Timeline 

  • Application Period:
    January 9 to February 20, 2023
    After the end of the application period, please reach out if you are still interested and we will let you know if there is still an opportunity for consideration.

  • Initial Screening Meetings & Semi-Finalists Interviews:    
    February 20 to March 31, 2023

  • Finalist Interviews On-Site in Washington DC:   April 1 to May 1, 2023

  • Employment Begins:                                       Summer 2023

 

To reference the full posting, Click Here.

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