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About the Position

The Membership Coordinator position is an opportunity to strengthen Seattle’s arts community through successful program administration for Shunpike and its client arts groups. Specific responsibilities include:

• Fielding requests for information and support from prospective and current clients
• Properly matching client need to Shunpike’s available resources across its Membership, Fiscal Sponsorship and Arts Business Clinic programs, and shepherding clients into those programs
• Active community relations and outreach around Shunpike’s programs
• Supporting the launch of the new Membership program
• Administration and tracking of client contracts and membership
• Database entry and maintenance
• Office procedures and operations, including reception duties
• Intern supervision

The Membership Coordinator is a 40 hour/week salaried position with benefits, including medical, dental & vision coverage. This is Shunpike’s entry-level position. Salary is DOE. Occasional evening and weekend work may be necessary. This position reports to the deputy director.

Qualifications

Successful candidates will have a majority of the following skills and experience:

• Familiarity with and interest in serving the local arts community
• Strong customer service skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Strong problem-solving abilities
• Understanding of the basic principles of nonprofit administration
• Ability to work independently and meet deadlines
• Experience with the Microsoft Office suite and the Mac operating system

To Apply

Please submit a resume and cover letter outlining your interest in and qualifications for the position to jobs[at]shunpike[dot]org by 6pm on Friday, May 4th. Cover letters should not exceed one page in length, and both documents should be submitted in .doc or .pdf format. Additional attachments will not be reviewed. No phone calls, please. Shunpike is an equal employment opportunity employer and encourages all applicants.

With music by Emerald City Soul Club and J-Justice, food by Space Needle chefs, an open bar featuring top-notch liquor and beer and local wines, and dozens of other creative touches, this is an occasion to be remembered.

Dress up fancy and bring a date!

The food will be delicious, the alcohol will flow, and Shunpike artists will join past Genius Award winners to delight and inform the best and brightest in Seattle.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Stranger Genius Awards—providing unsolicited grants to outstanding local artists, and Shunpike, whose leadership training and fiscal sponsorship serve hundreds of Seattle arts organizations. Satellite helps ensure the growth and recognition of creative risk takers and game changers in our community.

Sponsored in part by

The Space Needle

Alaska Airlines Visa

Hendrick’s Gin

Storefronts Seattle is accepting applications in three tracks: Installation (two-dimensional, three-dimensional or new-media artworks); Artist Residency (meeting, rehearsal or studio space); and Creative Enterprise (retail art gallery, boutique, museum, etc.). Participants in all tracks will receive the use of a retail storefront space at no cost for three months, with a possible extension in the Creative Enterprise track.

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It’s a challenging time out there, to say the least. Our cities, our neighborhood businesses, our community organizations, and our households are all navigating new economic realities. Arts groups are being asked to do more with less – requiring them to be bolder than ever to meet their goals.

Fortunately, there’s something in the water out here in the Puget Sound. The creativity that’s driven the local economy leads an awesome number of arts entrepreneurs to set their sights on new projects. We at Shunpike continue to be inspired by so many arts programs emerging to invigorate neighborhoods, educate young people and stimulate community engagement.

Shunpike exists to support these arts entrepreneurs in their bold endeavors. We currently serve more than 200 arts groups – theatre companies, dance companies, filmmakers, educators, visual arts collectives, literary cohorts and more. We partner with these groups to strengthen their fundraising and day-to-day operations, while also offering strategic guidance that leads them toward their long-term goals. Shunpike helps to maximize the impact of local arts programming – no matter the budget size.

Beyond our work with individual arts groups, Shunpike is taking on our own bold new projects to benefit the larger community – like the Storefronts Seattle program, which provides arts businesses with free, short-term leases on vacant storefronts in several neighborhood retail corridors. Through this program, Shunpike brings together artists, property owners, neighborhood leaders and government agencies – who combine to deliver greater neighborhood vitality and a one-of-a-kind opportunity for arts entrepreneurs.

When you make a gift to Shunpike, you’re investing in the future of our creative community.

For more on Shunpike as the home to creative entrepreneurs, read a recent feature on Shunpike in Entrepreneur Magazine

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The pilot program is running from mid-October to March 1, 2012. Shunpike will assess artist needs and space opportunities, offer direct services to artists and arts groups and recommend a model for expanding the program to other Seattle neighborhoods. Shunpike envisions involving more than 30 artists and arts groups and a dozen property owners and real estate professionals and offering more in-depth, free placement services to about 10 artists and/or arts groups.

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The more than 200 guests in attendance combined to raise more than $23,000 for Shunpike’s services to arts groups, and successfully celebrated our 10th anniversary.

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2011 GOLDEN Auction Catalog

LIVE AUCTION

2012 Sasquatch! Music Festival Passes for Two (2)

2012 VIP Bumbershoot Platinum Passes for Two (2)

Scenic Flying Adventure

A Beautiful British Colonial Style Casa on Ambergris Caye, Belize for 7 Days and 6 Nights

5 Nights/6 Days in the Methow Valley for up to 15 People

Live—and Look—Like a Rockstar; start with a day, take it to a lifetime

SILENT

8 Limbs Yoga Package

Weekend in Lake Wenatchee Waterfront Cabin

Tavolàta $150 Gift Certificate

2011 City Arts Fest Wrist Bands for two (2)

Beyond Celtic Tickets for two (2)

I Am My Own Wife tickets for Two (2) plus Drinks with Director Jerry Manning

Sunset Paella Dinner for Four (4) with Shunpike Founders & Board Members

Award-Winning Wine from Palouse Winery