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Creative Arts Senior Associate

Long Island City, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 18 Mar 2025

💰 $70,000/yr($65,000/yr – $70,000/yr)

About the role

Job Details

Job Location Long Island City - Long Island City, NYPosition Type Full-Time Non-ExemptSalary Range $65000.00 - $70000.00 Salary/year

Description

Title: Creative Arts Senior Associate

Unit: Creative Arts

Reports To: Director of Creative Arts

Status: Full-Time; Regular, Non-Exempt

Salary Range: $35.72 to $38.47 (approximately $65,000 to $70,000 annually)

Location: In-Person, LIC, NY, as well as other Fortune locations and project sites

Schedule: 35 hours per week (Monday - Friday 9 am - 5 pm; flex schedule as program requires

The Organization:

The Fortune Society’s mission is to support successful reentry from incarceration and promote alternatives to incarceration, thus strengthening the fabric of our communities. We do this by believing in the power of individuals to change; building lives through service programs shaped by the needs and experience of our participants; and changing minds through education and advocacy.

Program Mission:

The Fortune Arts Community activates the restorative and transformative capacities of art, art making and radical joy to build community and imagine and advocate for future freedoms.

Position Summary:

The high energy, primarily in-person role of the Creative Arts Senior Associate is to work with the Director of Creative Arts, Creative Arts staff and community members, and Fortune program staff across all departments to develop and sustain innovative programming. The Senior Associate will also manage administrative aspects of the Arts program across all of Fortune’s locations. They will plan, coordinate and execute projects and programming that are in direct service to Fortune participants, and ensure that engagement positively impacts community members’ growth, learning, and creative expression. Currently, the primary base of operations for this position is at Fortune’s main service center in Long Island City, Queens but that may change according to program needs.

Core Competencies: Mission, Culture and Fit – Selected candidate must embody the values and mission of The Fortune Society. This includes meeting participants where they are in their healing process, demonstrating our values through compassion and understanding; and affirming that none of us should be measured by the worse things we have done. Second chances are the Fortune Way.

Artistic Integrity – The Senior Associate must posses a deep appreciation for the Arts in all forms and believe that the Arts provide potent, accessible, proven pathways to personal and collective healing and community building.

Attention to Detail – The Senior Associate must be consistently conscientious, thorough, accurate and reliable when performing and completing job tasks in a high-paced environment.

Communication – The Senior Associate must demonstrate writing, speaking, and listening skills that enable them to communicate effectively and compassionately with participants, colleagues, external community partners and the general public.

Tasks / Primary Responsibilities

Work directly with the Director of Creative Arts to plan and execute all programming, projects and day-to-day activities at Fortune and off-site locations;
Contribute to brainstorming/ideation sessions on current/future programming, partnerships, and how to increase participation;
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