DIRECTOR OF ARTS PRODUCTION

Director of Arts Production Status:

Full-Time (Variable hours including evenings and weekends)

Compensation Range:

$90,000 - $125,000 / Salary Rate

W E L C O M E T O C R O S S R O A D S

See the world differently.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Norton Campus 1715 Olympic Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90404 MIDDLE & UPPER SCHOOL 21st Street Campus 1714 21st Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404 About Crossroads School Crossroads School for Arts and Sciences, located in Santa Monica and a 20-minute drive to downtown Los Angeles, is a progressive, independent, K-12, co-educational day school with nearly 1,200 students. Crossroads was founded in 1971 on five basic commitments: to academic excellence; to the arts; to the greater community; to the development of a student population of social, economic, and racial diversity; and to the development of each student's physical well-being and full human potential. From the beginning, Crossroads has provided a student-centered approach to education, with a dedication to diversity and involvement in the community. The school's ongoing commitment to its founding commitments, coupled with a robust financial aid fund, has contributed to the School's racially, economically, geographically, and culturally inclusive student community. Crossroads' unique K-12 program is built on a progressive, developmental model of education with many of its programs on the cutting edge of education. While Crossroads has strong academic programs in all disciplines, the school is renowned for its programs in the sciences, in the arts, and in human development. Crossroads' selective admission process is driven by high demand and application volume. As a result, Crossroads has the privilege to shape enrollment with truly exceptional students who come with a range and depth of interests, talents, and diversity. Position Overview The Director of Arts Production provides senior operational and strategic leadership for the Bezdek Performing Arts Center. This role is responsible for venue operations, production planning, and revenue‑generating use of Bezdek while exercising independent judgment to balance academic priorities, artistic excellence, and financial sustainability. The position serves as the primary steward of Bezdek's scheduling, external rentals, production workflows, and event financial performance, and plays a central role in ensuring the facility operates as a professional‑grade performing arts venue in alignment with Crossroads' educational mission. Essential Job Functions and Responsibilties Strategic Venue & Production Leadership Provide overall leadership for the operation of the Bezdek Performing Arts Center. Establish and enforce venue, production, and scheduling standards consistent with professional performing arts practice and school policies. Independently prioritize competing uses of the facility, balancing instructional needs, performances, and revenue‑producing rentals. Serve as the principal decision‑maker regarding production feasibility, risk assessment, and operational readiness. Revenue Generation & External Rentals Lead the strategy for external rentals and other earned revenue opportunities. Cultivate and manage relationships with external presenters, artists, producers, and clients. Exercise discretion over pricing, rental terms, and contract approvals within established guidelines. Evaluate rental opportunities based on financial return, operational impact, and mission alignment. Oversee event budgeting, settlements, and post‑event financial analysis. Production Oversight & Coordination Oversee planning and execution of school and external productions, ensuring alignment across artistic, technical, and operational needs. Supervise the Lead Technical Manager and ensure technical strategy supports production objectives. Address complex production and scheduling challenges requiring judgment and trade‑off decisions. Ensure compliance with safety standards and best practices for live performance environments. Staff, Vendor, and Institutional Collaboration Supervise, coach, and evaluate direct reports. Contract and manage external vendors and over‑hire personnel. Coordinate with faculty, staff, and administrators to support curricular and co‑curricular arts programming. Represent Bezdek in cross‑departmental planning and institutional initiatives. Qualifications Significant experience in performing arts venue operations, production leadership, or comparable environments. Demonstrated success managing complex schedules, budgets, and stakeholder relationships. Strong independent judgment with demonstrated financial and operational decision‑making authority. Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills. Our Philosophy Statement The School was built upon five basic commitments: to academic excellence; to the arts; to the greater community; to the development of a student population of social, economic, and racial diversity; and to the development of each student's physical well-being and full human potential. It is the goal of Crossroads School to provide a strong college preparatory program from which each student will develop a personal commitment to learning, a respect for independent thinking, and an expanding curiosity about the world and its people. We consider certain skills to be essential for all graduates: to read well, to write clearly and coherently, to study effectively, to reason soundly, and to question thoughtfully. Through the educational process, we assist students in gaining self-esteem, self-knowledge, and respect for the knowledge and opinions of others. We believe that education must not be a race for the accumulation of facts, but should be an enriching end in itself. We also believe that education is a joint venture among students, parents and teachers. To be effective with young people, teachers and parents must themselves continue to learn, so that they may perceive the young accurately and treat them wisely. We believe that the arts are an essential part of the curriculum and that it is important for students to express themselves creatively and to use their imaginations freely. Therefore, music, drama, visual arts, film, writing and dance are significant parts of student life at Crossroads. Through our academic and extra-curricular programs, we seek to promote social, political and moral understanding, and to instill a respect for the humanity and ecology of the earth. We understand that there are many kinds of intelligence, and the traditional academic, cognitive area is one. Other important areas of intelligence are intuition, imagination, artistic creativity, physical expression and performance, sensitivity to others and self-understanding. To neglect any of these areas is to limit students in the development of their full human potential. We believe that the uniqueness of children is revealed in their very existence and that it is the School's responsibility to foster their innate sense of the mystery and joy of life. Our Diversity Statement One of Crossroads School's founding commitments is to develop a socially, economically and racially diverse student body. We are equally committed to supporting a vibrant and diverse workforce. Crossroads is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer; we do not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, gender or gender identity, age or sexual orientation. People of color, women and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply.