Executive Director

TeenTix seeks our visionary next Executive Director to strategize and implement TeenTix’s programs, services, and impact, in collaboration with staff, teens, Alumni Advisory Council, and our Board of Directors.

The Executive Director reports directly to the Board of Directors, and directly manages four administrative, leadership and development staff members.

This is a full time, exempt, 40 hour per week position with a flexible schedule. The Executive Director leads the staff to determine a hybrid schedule that best supports our operations and activities, with a balance between in-person work and events directly supporting young people, and remote work. The majority of work will take place during business hours during the week, but occasional evening and weekend time will be required, depending on the needs of these programs and events.

The TeenTix Board of Directors actively supports the Executive Director and works to create the foundation for them to lead, experience, and sustain this unique and positive environment. The Board participates in fundraising and partner network development efforts, and provides expertise and direct contributions in “working” board committees focused on technology, expansion, development, finance, and governance.

Essential Responsibilities

Leadership, Organizational Strategy, and Staff Management

• Drives programmatic direction, impact strategy, and growth initiatives.
• Leads annual planning in collaboration with teens, board, and staff, and ensures the availability of resources needed to achieve the annual plan.
• Sets, manages, and monitors organizational goals and evaluation metrics.
• Ensures operational integrity of the organization through systems creation and management, observing nonprofit best practices and compliance, and monitoring evolving resource needs.
• Manages and provides HR support to staff by ensuring employment best practices are followed, managing benefits, and leading internal culture.
• Collaborates with Board President and Committee Chairs to develop Board and Committee meeting agendas and participates in meetings with Board, Committees, Alumni Advisory Council, and teens (as needed).

Fundraising

• Supports the Director of Philanthropy in setting and accomplishing annual revenue goals, ensuring alignment of the fundraising plan with organizational needs and financial strategy
• Anchors major donor and funder relationship-building, with strategic direction from the Director of Philanthropy and support from the Board of Directors.
• Oversees messaging of initiatives and programs for the purpose of grants and requests for grant funding in partnership with the Director of Philanthropy, program staff, and grantwriters. Ensures assessments and reporting due to grantors are done correctly and in a timely fashion.

Finance

• Leads the organization’s financial strategy, including building and managing the annual budget (expected to be around $500,000 in 2025), monitoring cash flow, and expense tracking.
• Oversees monthly and quarterly reconciliation with finance and fundraising teams.
• Synthesizes and reports financial performance to the Board and Finance Committee regularly, providing recommendations and direction as needed.
• In partnership with the bookkeeper ensures compliance measures are observed including timely filing of all employment taxes and annual form 990.

Technology and Data Collection

• Oversees technology and data tracking efforts with the Board Tech Committee that impact regular operations such as program output, data collection, surveys and assessment for grant and funder reporting.

Community Engagement and Expansion

• Builds strong relationships with our Arts and Community Partners, expanding TeenTix’s growing regional and national network.
• Serve as the primary leadership “face” of TeenTix by representing the organization in community and industry gatherings, meetings, and groups as appropriate.
• Oversee the ongoing expansion of the programmatic model outside of Washington, including advising the current TeenTix LA chapter and a pilot project in Kansas City, MO.

Qualifications

You are encouraged to apply if your skills and interests align with our mission, even if your experience doesn't precisely match the list of qualifications below.

• A proven track record with at least four years of leadership experience in nonprofits, ideally in youth or arts sectors, or a combination of education and experience that meets the job's essential requirements.
• A wholehearted belief in the value of the teen voice, and enthusiasm for working with and spending concentrated time with young people.
• Understanding of nonprofit organizational and governance structure, annual budgeting and program execution, and sustainable growth strategies.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills that allow you to adapt to working with a wide range of teens, staff, donors, partners, and other collaborators - including people from a variety of cultural backgrounds and those who embody intersectional identities.
• Supervisory experience and an empathetic collaboration and management style, including experience nurturing and managing relationships with staff, teens, partners, and supporters.
• Experience participating in fundraising, with an emphasis on donor relations and engagement.
• Financial management experience.
• Stellar written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to collaborate or work autonomously in a detailed, organized fashion
• Ability to get along with young people in an office environment, including support and mentorship of those in our programs and on our team.
• Entrepreneurial spirit, high-risk tolerance, and a growth mindset.
• Familiarity with anti-racist frameworks and enthusiasm for supporting equitable access to art for all young people, especially for teens who have been excluded from arts participation, such as teens of color, LGBTQIA, low-income, English as a second language, and with unstable housing.