Director of Marketing and Communications

Milwaukee, WI (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableDirector/Executive3+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own the revenue and ticketing engine with a data driven approach to pricing, multi channel campaigns, and audience research in a performing arts context.

  • Ownership of ticketing strategy and pricing for subscription, group, and single tickets, with clear revenue goals.
  • Lead marketing across traditional and digital channels and shape the organization’s digital and social presence.
  • Build and analyze audience research, tracking methods, and reporting to optimize campaigns and drive ticket sales.

Job Description

- Consult with Executive Director in establishing revenue and ticket volume goals and in planning repertoire and performance schedules. - Develop subscription, group and single ticket structure and pricing. - Design and implement marketing campaigns for both traditional and digital channels, including strategies, promotions, and project timelines to meet goals. - Lead all aspects of the organization’s digital and social media presence. - Collaborate and content and reporting metrics with the Digital Media and PR Manager and Marketing Consultant. - Negotiate media buys, advertising, and external photo, video, web and print production. - Identify and implement marketing opportunities in education programs. - Develop and analyze methodology to track ticket sales and evaluate efficacy of marketing strategies. Conduct audience research. Keep historical records and conduct trend analysis. - Oversee the marketing team, front of house box office staff and house management staff.
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Skylight Music Theatre

Skylight Music Theatre marks its 65th season in 2024-2025. Skylight is Milwaukee’s professional music theatre company, producing the full range of music theatre ranging from blockbuster Broadway musicals to reimagined operas, and from exciting world premieres to contemporary off-Broadway hits. Skylight’s home is the 350-seat Cabot Theatre, modeled after an 18th century French opera house. It is widely considered to be one of the most beautiful theatres in Milwaukee. With just 350 seats everyone has a great view and feels close to the powerful emotions on stage.

Founded in 1959
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
57 employees (22 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
5.8K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$1.2K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
27.6%
Direct
49.2%
Referral
6.1%
Social
15.8%
Paid
1.2%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~57

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
12 (21% of company)

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