job opportunities
7/28/2025
Job Posting: Administrative Assistant
Experience
Minimum of 2 years general office experience.
Office Software Experience (with these or similar software and platforms)
Experience with FilemakerPro database, Emailoctopus or other email platforms, Quickbooks, Weebly/Wix or other 2nd party web platform, Microsoft Word, and Excel; Familiarity with social networking sites and their use in marketing. Experience with writing for marketing. Experience with grant writing a plus though not necessary.
Working Profile
Ability to organize and prioritize responsibilities, strong creative writing and business communication skills, create and follow a calendar of responsibilities, manage details, communicate clearly and directly, and work professionally in an informal atmosphere with a flexible schedule. Will work with supervision from the Artistic Directors.
Hours and Pay
The Administrative Assistant will work an average of 5-6 hours per week. Hours are flexible. Min pay starting at $20/hr.
The Administrative Assistant will be working mainly in the home office of the Artistic Directors of the company (owners of a friendly dog), with some off-site work possible.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
How to Apply: If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your inquiries to Jennifer Ilse at [email protected]
Job Posting: Administrative Assistant
Experience
Minimum of 2 years general office experience.
Office Software Experience (with these or similar software and platforms)
Experience with FilemakerPro database, Emailoctopus or other email platforms, Quickbooks, Weebly/Wix or other 2nd party web platform, Microsoft Word, and Excel; Familiarity with social networking sites and their use in marketing. Experience with writing for marketing. Experience with grant writing a plus though not necessary.
Working Profile
Ability to organize and prioritize responsibilities, strong creative writing and business communication skills, create and follow a calendar of responsibilities, manage details, communicate clearly and directly, and work professionally in an informal atmosphere with a flexible schedule. Will work with supervision from the Artistic Directors.
Hours and Pay
The Administrative Assistant will work an average of 5-6 hours per week. Hours are flexible. Min pay starting at $20/hr.
The Administrative Assistant will be working mainly in the home office of the Artistic Directors of the company (owners of a friendly dog), with some off-site work possible.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Data Maintenance - update information in FileMakerPro
- Marketing - create and send monthly e-newsletters and email blasts for productions and events, press releases, working with the Artistic Directors on writing the copy; update and maintain social networking sites (FaceBook, Twitter, mnartists.org, etc); update website
- Financial – track donations, enter cash disbursements and receipts in Quickbooks
- Support the organization with other administrative tasks as needed
- Attend bi-monthly board meetings and take minutes
How to Apply: If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your inquiries to Jennifer Ilse at [email protected]
7/2/2025
Job Posting: Loading and Set-Up Crew Member
Off-Leash Area is hiring 1 Set-Up Crew
Off-Leash Area is currently hiring 1 individual to join the Set-Up Crew for our 9th Neighborhood Garage Tour, scheduled for three weekends, Fridays and Saturdays, September 12-27. The Annual Neighborhood Garage Tour is Off-Leash Area's grass-roots, community-building program that each fall brings professional, family friendly contemporary dance & theater directly into neighborhoods across the Twin Cities & 7-county area. Off-Leash Area is a multi-award winning dance & theater company that creates exclusively original work, and has been producing in Minneapolis for the past 25 years.
The Neighborhood Garage Tour is an incredibly unique and fun community arts program, providing access to contemporary arts, and overcoming barriers of geography, time, and cost to reach Minnesotans in their own neighborhoods. Now in its 9th year, it is our most popular program. Additionally, Off-Leash Area embraces an all-abilities approach to performance making and presenting, forwarding a belief that all bodies should be seen on stage. Access services are offered throughout the company’s programs and productions.
Job Description:
Members of our Set-Up Crew play an essential role in the successful execution of this program. Responsibilities include loading and unloading equipment, setting up stage platforms, and ensuring all logistical aspects of the event are handled efficiently. The Set-Up Crew works with and under the direction of our Technical Director, and the Artistic Directors of the company.
Crew-Loading:
Compensation: $600.00
Hours: 8 per weekend
Schedule: Fridays approx. 11:30am to 5:30pm, Saturdays approx. 8:30pm to 11:00pm*
Fridays: The Crew-Loading person will meet the other 2 crew members at the storage location, load and unload the truck, and set up the stage and seating. There will be one short break.
Saturdays: The Crew-Loading person will meet at the location at the end of the performance, and with the other 2 crew will dismantle and store the set/lighting/seating/etc at that location, ready for pick up the next week.
*Times vary slightly each weekend*
General Requirements:
- Ability to work with others, take direction, and be self-directed
- Ability to work positively and communicate cordially with many different types of people
- Ability to lift heavy objects
- Background in the performing arts preferred
How to Apply: If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your inquiries to Paul Herwig at [email protected]
Job Posting: Loading and Set-Up Crew Member
Off-Leash Area is hiring 1 Set-Up Crew
Off-Leash Area is currently hiring 1 individual to join the Set-Up Crew for our 9th Neighborhood Garage Tour, scheduled for three weekends, Fridays and Saturdays, September 12-27. The Annual Neighborhood Garage Tour is Off-Leash Area's grass-roots, community-building program that each fall brings professional, family friendly contemporary dance & theater directly into neighborhoods across the Twin Cities & 7-county area. Off-Leash Area is a multi-award winning dance & theater company that creates exclusively original work, and has been producing in Minneapolis for the past 25 years.
The Neighborhood Garage Tour is an incredibly unique and fun community arts program, providing access to contemporary arts, and overcoming barriers of geography, time, and cost to reach Minnesotans in their own neighborhoods. Now in its 9th year, it is our most popular program. Additionally, Off-Leash Area embraces an all-abilities approach to performance making and presenting, forwarding a belief that all bodies should be seen on stage. Access services are offered throughout the company’s programs and productions.
Job Description:
Members of our Set-Up Crew play an essential role in the successful execution of this program. Responsibilities include loading and unloading equipment, setting up stage platforms, and ensuring all logistical aspects of the event are handled efficiently. The Set-Up Crew works with and under the direction of our Technical Director, and the Artistic Directors of the company.
Crew-Loading:
Compensation: $600.00
Hours: 8 per weekend
Schedule: Fridays approx. 11:30am to 5:30pm, Saturdays approx. 8:30pm to 11:00pm*
Fridays: The Crew-Loading person will meet the other 2 crew members at the storage location, load and unload the truck, and set up the stage and seating. There will be one short break.
Saturdays: The Crew-Loading person will meet at the location at the end of the performance, and with the other 2 crew will dismantle and store the set/lighting/seating/etc at that location, ready for pick up the next week.
*Times vary slightly each weekend*
General Requirements:
- Ability to work with others, take direction, and be self-directed
- Ability to work positively and communicate cordially with many different types of people
- Ability to lift heavy objects
- Background in the performing arts preferred
How to Apply: If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your inquiries to Paul Herwig at [email protected]
