REQ ID – 33951078
ROLE – Head of Content Programming
LOCATION – Chicago – Onsite – Need only local
MAIN SKILLS – Experience in managing high profile events and partnerships, working with emerging and established talent, delivering a broad spectrum of output including series content/formats, experiential and live
Job Summary
The Head of Programming serves as an evangelist for our vision in city-based and regional Today at Apple programs. This role is responsible for supporting Today at Apple campaigns and experience initiatives in Chicago while curating and delivering culturally relevant programming in the AMR market through engagement with musicians, photographers, artists, entrepreneurs, designers, educators, and more. The Head of Programming will collaborate closely with AMR Retail Engagement & Marketing, local store teams, internal Apple partners, and external nonprofits and talent to conceive, implement, and execute Today at Apple sessions. Additionally, this role will play a leadership position in programming initiatives that support small to medium-sized businesses across the country.
Key Qualifications
- A deep understanding of market-wide trends, themes, and current cultural events
- Significant experience in managing high profile events and partnerships, working with emerging and established talent, delivering a broad spectrum of output including series content/formats, experiential and live
- Creative and highly strategic in the development of content experiences and programs that build and engage audiences, deliver against business and marketing objectives.
- Well-connected within the cultural and creative industry with ability to discover, recommend, and source local talent
- Passionate about learning and creativity to create meaningful learning experiences
- Ability to successfully navigate and execute multiple large-scale projects simultaneously
- Internal and external production management experience to ensure flawless event experiences
- Discreet and professional with excellent collaboration, verbal and written communication, and networking skills
- Flexible project management style with the ability to quickly adapt and effect change
;Preferred 8+ years in nonprofit arts education or marketing, and cultural event planning.
Description
- Work with the AMR team to set the vision and roadmap for Today at Apple in the Mid region.
- Lead programming across the Geo focused on small to medium businesses.
- Maintain a strong understanding of the business to lead culturally relevant and strategic in-store content across all formats of Today at Apple programs
- Partner with Apple Retail field leadership on a regional level
- Work closely with the Chicago Today at Apple programming teams.
- Partner with teams across Apple in Mid region to identify new opportunities and initiate, receive and write program briefs. Ensure that each opportunity is aligned with clear business objectives that contribute to the retail proposition of Apple, and built within a clear strategic framework, working with other cross functional teams as needed
- Cultivate, manage, and maintain relationships with external partners (e.g. cultural institutions, entertainment, art, music, and design industry professionals)
- As part of a global programming team, be an active contributor to cultural observations and ideas, as well as to bring to life programming content that are consistent with Apple’s core values.
- Lead communication with Store Operations, Comms, and PR teams
- Conceptualize and execute in-store programs with talent with support from production experts based in retail stores
- Hire external production vendors as needed
- Leverage performance metrics and data to enable tracking and reporting on program results, challenges, and opportunities
- Flex and support across projects as needed and when is required
- Responsible for maintaining and reporting programming budgets
