Description

CENTRE IN THE SQUARE (CITS) is seeking a creative and energetic individual to serve as its Commercial Talent Booking Manager. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Commercial Talent Booking Manager will be responsible for commercial programming at the Centre In The Square by connecting, budgeting, booking, and overseeing a dynamic variety of live events that includes theatrical, music, comedy, theatre, family, dance, and variety for the rental business, and the presenting season, in a multi-venue, not-for-profit environment.

The ideal candidate will have a well-established network in the commercial sector and performing arts with accumulated experience in negotiating artists’ contracts and will be able to demonstrate a broad knowledge of commercial and multi-disciplinary performing arts/live entertainment disciplines. The successful candidate will have a clear understanding of the CITS brand and overall artist strategy and will work to grow audiences through excellence in programming. The Commercial Talent Booking Manager will want to invest themselves in the success and growth of Centre In The Square and will find personal fulfillment in being part of an exciting future for the organization.

Position Summary

The Commercial Booking Manager actively seeks opportunities for commercial programming at the Centre In The Square by budgeting, booking, and overseeing a dynamic variety of live events that includes theatrical, music, comedy, theatre, family, dance, variety for the rental business, and the presenting season, in a multi-venue, not-for-profit environment. The manager works in collaboration with the Executive Director and the programming team to grow the rental business for the current and future calendar of events. The manager also works to support the quality, quantity, and diversity of Centre In The Square programming to plan the 2025-26 Season to further the Centre’s position as the leading venue for live experiences in the Greater Kitchener-Waterloo Area, and to achieve annual objectives (attendance and revenue)

Key Responsibilities

Reporting to the Executive Director, the Commercial Talent Booking Manager will be responsible to:

• Research and identify opportunities for future presentations
• Cultivate and foster relationships with local, national, and international commercial promoters, artists, and agents.
• Ensure the efficient in-take process of commercial presentations for the
• Evaluate and recommend presentations/artists to the Executive Director and Programming leadership for review and approval.
• Create commercial budgets, offers, and/or rental estimates according to established tools and
• Collaborate with internal and external colleagues to ensure smooth and successful planning and execution of all shows, ensuring clear, collaborative, and effective interface with the Production team.
• Work with the Contract Administrator with commercial performance rentals and presenting series contracts.
• Settle commercial performances as assigned, including the collection of all proper expense documentation and backup for the performance settlement, ensuring all financials on the settlement are accurate and in compliance with Finance guidelines.
• Function successfully in a very challenging environment that requires tact, discipline, and a balanced perspective.
• Administer and follow best practices for systems and workflow
• Follow and support all operational policies and procedures and understand, support, and demonstrate the core values of CITS.
• Maintain a professional and friendly relationship with other departments, colleagues, and
• Possess the ability to remain calm under pressure and have the ability to work effectively with internal and external customers, some of whom will require high levels of patience, tact, and
• Maintain Centre In The Square standards of customer service at all
• Able to effectively communicate in English in both written and oral
• Other duties as assigned

Special Conditions of Employment

• This position requires the ability to work a variable schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, to meet operational needs.

• This position will start as a full-time contract with a view to becoming a permanent position.

• CITS is open to discussing a hybrid working model during the full-time contract period, with the expectation that once the position becomes permanent, the Commercial Talent Booking Manager will be full-time in Kitchener.

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Position is open until filled.