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Executive Producer

Title: Executive Producer
Reports To: Executive Director (ED) and Artistic Director (AD)
Status: Full time
Application Deadline: March 23, 2026
Anticipated Start Date: Ideally mid- to late-April

POSITION SUMMARY

The Executive Producer (EP) implements the programs and initiatives that support the mission of the International Contemporary Ensemble. The EP leads the collaborative creation of live concerts and digital content, and education and learning activities, to ensure that the vision for any project is realized to completion.

The ideal candidate is musically literate with a deep understanding and curiosity about experimental music practices. In concert with the mission of the Ensemble and the Artistic Director, the EP supports the creation of new works by living composers from diverse backgrounds and broad stylistic and methodological approaches.

The EP supports the organization’s artistic activities with staff, creators, and Ensemble; manages the production team, including the Technical Director, Personnel Liaison & Librarian, and part-time production staff for projects; and manages artistic productions from the beginning to the end of a project, along with the Technical Director and Artistic Director. The EP leads on-site execution of concert designs in cooperation with the Technical Director. The EP will also be a key liaison with artists and presenting venues throughout a project, including negotiating presenter contract terms, conditions, and compensation levels. The EP will be expected to uphold the organization’s missions and values, ensuring that we honor the diversity of human experience and expression, and creating a thriving workplace for everyone.

This position is hybrid in person and remote, with an expectation to be available in person for rehearsals and performances throughout New York City, and in-person office meetings at our Brooklyn office. This position requires working some evenings and weekends based on the schedule of events, as well as occasional travel for out-of-town projects.

REPORTING STRUCTURE

This full-time position reports to the Executive Director and Artistic Director. The organization values collaboration, and this position will also be expected to work collaboratively across all departments to ensure that projects are executed according to their vision, and with attention to detail and quality. The EP has two direct reports: the Technical Director (full-time) and the Personnel Liaison & Librarian (part-time).

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Project coordination of around 40-50 productions and events annually: communicate with artists from point of first contact to after load-out, leading all communications to ensure smooth interactions with artists, presenters, and staff

  • Create rehearsal and performance schedules for each event, in collaboration with staff and the Ensemble

  • Develop and/or oversee the budgeting of productions in collaboration with Executive Director, staff, and select musicians

  • Coordinate production meetings as well as cross-department meetings (specifically between Development and Production); assist in creating and managing production schedules

  • Communicate with venue teams on production, company management, marketing, website, and tickets

  • Serve as primary liaison to venues and event host

  • Manage internal production database, including Google Drive and LUIGI

  • Oversee the music library with the production team

  • Company Management including overseeing travel, accommodation, and hospitality plans for Ensemble members and guests

  • Depending on the candidate’s experience with contemporary music, the person in this position may also oversee booking of personnel to gigs, in collaboration with artists and Ensemble committees

  • Assist Development Team with grant applications and reports, including financial reporting

  • Develop and oversee the execution of program and marketing materials for each show (program notes, press materials, digital content) with the Communications Manager

Qualifications

  • At least 3 years in a producer role at an arts organization

  • Ability to manage complicated communications with professionalism, a commitment to openness, compassion, and clarity

  • Knowledge of music, also must be able to read music. An ideal candidate will have prior experience as a musician

  • Experience with creating marketing strategies for concerts and storytelling for a nonprofit arts organization.

  • Knowledge or curiosity of the contemporary music ecosystem including presenters, foundations, institutions, history, and artists

  • Strong written and verbal communication skills

  • Demonstrated financial and budgeting literacy, including budget reconciliation

  • Ability to navigate the difference between institutional priorities and personal priorities, and lead internal and external communications with discretion when necessary

  • Familiarity with synthesizing information for press releases, event descriptions, program notes, and event invites

  • Demonstrated ability to drive and follow deadlines

  • Demonstrated ability to make creative decisions to keep projects in budget

  • Exceptional time management, organizational, and prioritization skills

  • An open attitude to learning and implementing new skills

  • Passion, idealism, integrity, positive attitude, mission-driven, and self-directed

  • Expertise in Google Suites

  • Aligns with our values and commitment to equity, as outlined on our website

  • Sense of humor a plus

We recognize that talent comes in many forms, and we encourage candidates to apply even if they don't meet every requirement. If you meet most, but not all, of the qualifications listed, please consider applying. Your unique skills and experiences may bring valuable perspectives to our team.

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ENSEMBLE

Described as “America’s foremost new-music group” (The New Yorker), the International Contemporary Ensemble is dedicated to supporting living composers through commissioning, developing, and premiering new works. Now in its third decade, the Ensemble has premiered over 1,000 works and plays a pivotal role in launching and shaping the careers of today’s most influential composers. Through its bold programming and innovative curation, the Ensemble continues to redefine the possibilities of contemporary music.

The International Contemporary Ensemble has brought its vision of a mosaic musical ecosystem to festivals and venues all over the world including Carnegie Hall, Maerzmusik/Berliner Festspiele, Warsaw Autumn, Miller Theatre Composer Portraits, Museum of Modern Art New York, Centre for Contemporary Arts Glasgow, HEAR NOW Los Angeles, Darmstadt International Summer Courses for New Music, NYU Skirball, Pioneer Works, Oberlin College, House of World Cultures, Ojai Music Festival, Peabody Conservatory, TIME:SPANS Festival, Big Ears Festival, Adelaide Festival, the Dutch National Opera, Cité de la Musique (Paris), Haus der Kulturen der Welt (Berlin), Walt Disney Concert Hall, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and Japan Society.

Through trailblazing initiatives such as the Call for ____ Commission Program and Ensemble Evolution (in partnership with The New School’s College of Performing Arts), the Ensemble has had a major impact on the contemporary performance ecosystem in New York City, nationally, and internationally, supporting the creativity of its composer-collaborators and presenting workshops and performances for hundreds of student composers. Many of the Ensemble’s composer-collaborators have developed highly influential careers, such as Du Yun, who won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for the opera Angel’s Bone, which the Ensemble developed and premiered, and MacArthur Fellows Courtney Bryan and Tyshawn Sorey, winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize.

The Ensemble’s Digitice platform provides high-quality video documentation for artist-collaborators, as well as public access to an archive of composers’ workshops and performances. In addition, the Ensemble continues to build space for dialogue on equity, and has facilitated New Music Virtual Town Hall meetings for peer organizations and individual musicians to share resources, processes, and initiatives around equity and inclusion.

Yamaha Artist Services New York is the exclusive piano provider for the Ensemble. Read more at www.iceorg.org

The International Contemporary Ensemble is committed to overcoming systemic inequities which have been entrenched in classical music, and arts organizations, for centuries. We believe that as a musical collective, part of our responsibility is to challenge our biases and practices around who performs, or has their works performed, on the world’s stages. The Ensemble works to break down barriers inherent to the systems of Western European music, which have historically excluded individuals on the basis of race, wealth, sex, pedigree, background, gender-identity, able-bodiedness, and sexual orientation.

The International Contemporary Ensemble values the ideas and creativity that each employee brings to the table, and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

$80,000–90,000 annually, with health insurance benefits, hybrid work options, and generous office closures in the summer and winter, in addition to vacation days.

TO APPLY

Please submit a resume and a cover letter that describe your interest in this position and your relevant experience to careers@iceorg.org by March 23, 2026. Applications without a cover letter will not be reviewed. Interviews will be held on a rolling basis. We are ideally looking to fill the position by mid- to late-April.

The International Contemporary Ensemble is an equal employment opportunity employer. The organization adheres to a policy of making employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, age, criminal history, or disability.