Marketing Associate

Fine Arts Building, a historic landmarked building located at 410 S. Michigan Ave, home of the Studebaker Theater (a 600 seat proscenium), is seeking a dynamic individual to join our team as a Marketing Associate. We are looking for talent to support our company’s growth and ensure our company is representative of the communities we serve. We view our employees and co-workers as equals who deserve our respect. It is important that we create and foster an affirming space for our employees to be seen as their full selves.

We are looking for a dynamic, strategic, and thoughtful Marketing Associate with a love of Chicago’s vibrant arts, theatre, and culture, to join our team. Reporting to the Creative Director while under the supervision of the Managing Artistic Director, the right candidate will have a background in social media, digital marketing, and communications. You must be highly adaptable and excited to promote a wide variety of events and artistic disciplines. You are someone who is creative, empathetic, innovative, and highly organized. This is an opportunity for a driven, self-starter candidate with experience in arts administration, social media management, and marketing at one of Chicago’s most acclaimed cultural landmarks.

The role’s primary function is to assist with administrative and marketing projects that support awareness and growth of the Fine Arts Building and Studebaker Theater. As the Marketing Associate, you will execute communications within the Fine Arts Building and Studebaker Theater’s brand voice and identity across multiple platforms including social media, website, and email newsletters. The right candidate will possess knowledge of performance marketing techniques and strategies, familiarity with the Chicago arts community, and will be proficient in social media content creation and management. Candidates will have the ability to generate written, photo, and video content within a brand identity, develop content ideas and monitor growth and maintenance of social media channels, and have a genuine passion for the Chicago arts community. You will be expected to interact regularly with Fine Arts Building and Studebaker Theater team members and renters, while enforcing and upholding Fine Arts Building policies.

Candidates with previous experience in social media management, content creation, graphic design, marketing, or arts administration are strongly encouraged to apply. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Creative duties include generating video, photo, and graphic assets for social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube)
• Editorial duties include copyediting (to improve clarity, accessibility, and style); proofreading (to correct grammar, punctuation, and typography); and fact checking
• Assist in executing website updates, including for Studebaker Theater ticket on-sale dates
• Assist in coordination of email marketing and digital advertising campaigns
• Collect data and generate reports from email and advertising campaigns
• Assist in managing Fine Arts Building tenant database and perform regular updates to public-facing tenant directories
• Assist in coordinating media opportunities

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, arts administration, theatre, or similar field and/or 1-3 years of professional experience
• The ideal candidate has a passion for, and experience in, theatre and/or arts and culture in the Chicago community
• Proficiency in social media content creation
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign) or similar (Affinity Suite)
• Proficiency in website management (Wordpress)
• Experience with Email Marketing & CRM platforms (DotDigital, Mailchimp, etc)
• Experience with digital marketing platforms (Meta Ads Manager, Google Ads)
• Comfortable using Google suite, including Google Docs and Google Sheets
• Analytical skills with the ability to collect and interpret data
• Skill in photography and videography a plus
• Strong attention to detail, exceptional organizational skills and time management to meet deadlines
• Strong writing and proofreading skills, as well as communication and interpersonal skills

Ideal Candidate:

• Is passionate about the arts in Chicago, and creating a welcoming environment to all artists and visitors to this historic landmark.
• Will elevate anti-racist practices and assist our team in dismantling the systemic racism perpetuated within arts and culture.
• Will bring an appreciation of inclusivity to their role, peers, and our theater audiences, while identifying barriers that prevent full, human participation.
• Extend grace, patience, and compassion as required by the start-up environment. You are joining a new company that is still building and growing – you must be excited by that.

This is a part-time position of 25-30 hours per week with a starting hourly rate of $21. Some nights and weekends required. Interested applicants should send a resume, cover letter and 3 professional references to jobs@fineartsbuilding.com.

Candidates selected for interview will be contacted for an initial interview in early May. Anticipated start date will occur at the end of May 2025.

All applicants should  format the subject line of the email as follows:

Your Name : Marketing Associate in the subject of your email.

(Example: John Doe : Marketing Associate)

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Please note that Fine Arts Building joins the coalition of Chicago theaters in implementing safety policies and guidelines for our staff and audience to protect against the spread of Covid-19. Full vaccination is required to be considered for employment. 

The Fine Arts Building was built in 1885, originally designed as the carriage assembly and showroom for the Studebaker Company. Situated on Michigan Avenue overlooking Grant Park, the building was immediately hailed as one of “Chicago’s architectural jewels.” In 1898, the building was repurposed to become the Fine Arts Building, Chicago’s first fine arts colony. From the beginning, the building attracted influential artists from all creative disciplines, becoming a cultural hub for some of the most acclaimed visionaries of their time – A home for art in all forms. 

The Fine Arts Building acknowledges its place on the traditional unceded homelands of the Council of the Three Fires: the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations. Many other tribes such as the Miami, Ho-Chunk, Menominee, Sac, and Fox also historically called this area home.

The Fine Arts Building strives to be an organization which embraces a commitment to Indigenous rights, racial justice, and cultural equity. As a home to some of Chicago’s most prominent artists, the Fine Arts Building strongly believes that art is for everyone and aims to be a driving force in showcasing art that is accessible to all. The Studebaker Theater and Carriage Hall, while not producing organizations, are committed to building, fostering, and maintaining an inclusive, accessible, affirming, diverse workplace that is an equitable and anti-racist environment for artists to thrive. By honoring our past as a home for art in all forms, we carry that legacy into the future through articulating these core values. This vision of being an intersectional home to today’s artists shapes the organization’s decision-making and institutional policies.

Fine Arts Building is an equal opportunity employer where all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, ancestry, or national or ethnic origin.