Position: Events & Programs Director Assistant
– 1 PT position, 10 am to 3pm, T – Sat, and all events, 1 hour lunch
Supervisors: Caru Das, Vaibavi, Nitya, Merlin
Planning, set up and onsite management of festivals and cultural events
Duties Include:
- Planning, organizing, & implementing ongoing events & festivals
- Seven festivals annually, Shiva Ratri (500 attendance), Holi (15,000 attendance), Himalayan Fest (800 attendance), Llama Fest (3,000 attendance), India Fest (3,000 attendance), Festival of Lights (1,000 attendance)
- Coordinating with local university performing arts programs/drama clubs to do skits & plays for events (exception: Morgan High, Adam Clee, drama teacher) – using our scripts only
- Producing and directing dramas as needed w/universities
- The art of postering for an event
- Event promotions
- Costumes & stage management (working w/universities’ productions)
- Airport – drop off and pick up of out of town artists
- Coordinating hosting out of state artists
- Tours of local area with artist
- Negotiation of artist fees
- Itinerary coordination
- Scheduling workshops for visiting artists at local universities that artists can be paid for
- Promote kirtans at local yoga studios
- Advertising and PR of all events – promoting
- Flyers
- Coordinating the activities of Om Shanti Retreat
- Skills – apprenticing how to organize and conduct a retreat to benefit participants
- Script and play writing project for drama departments of local universities
- Create contact portfolio w/universities
- Interfaith Conference, Luncheons for teachers and professors