Development Assistant

As a key contributor to TheatreSquared’s collaborative development team, the Development Assistant will play an essential role in upholding crucial administrative functions within our Development department. This part-time, temporary position supports a range of fundraising activities while nurturing positive relationships with patrons, artists, and colleagues.

Key Responsibilities:

• Set up for board meetings, corporate council meetings, and other events
• Oversee inventory and order supplies for mailings and events
• Assist with organizing fundraising and donor appreciation events
• Help source decor and materials for fundraising events
• Research new grant opportunities
• Collaborate with team members to coordinate the donor stewardship program
• Attend departmental, event planning, and other relevant meetings
• Collaborate with the Development team on various tasks and additional duties as assigned

Requirements:

• Positive, professional attitude with a self-starter mindset; dependable and adaptable
• Strong communication skills with a proactive approach to problem-solving
• Excellent attention to detail, accuracy, and organizational abilities
• Comfortable interacting with donors and patrons in person, over the phone, and via email
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (including Excel) and Google Workspace
• Availability for occasional evenings and weekends
• Valid driver’s license (required)

Preferred Qualifications:

• Relevant experience in non-profit fundraising, marketing, or relationship management is a plus, but not required
• The ideal candidate will exhibit a collaborative spirit, a deep passion for TheatreSquared’s mission, and a commitment to our principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, anti-racism, and access.

TheatreSquared celebrates diversity and commits to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. The company’s goal is to remove barriers to employment that are faced by racialized groups and encourage applicants of all genders, abilities, and ethnic, socio-economic, religious, and educational backgrounds. TheatreSquared believes that a team with a variety of perspectives and skills is critical to our growth as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

We offer a competitive hourly rate of $16 - $18 for this part-time, non-exempt, temporary position, commensurate with experience. Benefits include flexible scheduling, holiday pay, complimentary show tickets, and regular opportunities to experience live theatre.

This temporary role will be scheduled for 20 to 25 hours per week through December 31, 2024. This position may be re-evaluated for continued employment past December 31, 2024.

THEATRESQUARED MISSION

We believe that theatre—done well and with passion—can transform lives and communities. At the theatre, in schools and online, we create remarkable performances; broaden access; foster empathy, equity and cohesion; and gather with one another around art, conversation, food and other shared experiences in a welcoming, inclusive space.

THE COMPANY & REGION

TheatreSquared’s signature offering of bold new plays in an intimate setting has driven its growth to become the state’s largest theatre, offering more than 300 performances annually and operating on a $6 million annual budget. The playwright-led company is one of mid-America’s leading laboratories for new work, having launched more than 75 new plays. Its work has received critical acclaim from The New York Times (“Best Theater of 2020” list), The Wall Street Journal (“an outstanding drama company”), NPR’s All Things Considered, and the American Theater Wing, founder of the Tony Awards. In 2023, TheatreSquared became the first and only Arkansas-based theatre company whose work has won an OBIE Award (off-Broadway’s highest honor).

TheatreSquared’s home—winner of six national and international architecture awards, including the 2020 American Architecture Award and the AIA NY Honor Award—is a cultural landmark. T2’s hometown of Fayetteville is annually ranked among the top ten US News and World Report "Best Places to Live,” a progressive, bike-friendly, and scenic college community near several Fortune 100 world headquarters. TheatreSquared’s remarkable expansion—with a twentyfold increase in audience in just the past decade— parallels the emergence of its home region as a booming population center and destination for American art.

Offering far-reaching access and education programs and an open-all-day gathering space, TheatreSquared remains rooted in its founding vision, that “theatre—done well and with passion—can transform lives and communities.”