My New(ish) Job

So at Thanksgiving I became unemployed. Luckily my wedding kept me pretty busy but after all that hustle and bustle and crazy traveling I came back to NYC and started freaking out about not having a job. So I started working on that problem and (as usual, Ryan says) had a job before 2 weeks were up. How, What and Where, you ask?

I emailed one of my old bosses about being a reference and she emailed me back saying that her company had been without a managing director since August and would I like the position. I met her for coffee, we talked about what needed to be done and I showed up that next Monday. Unhappily it was the Monday after they went to IPAY, but such is life.

I am currently the Interim Managing Director for FOI/Ardea Arts Inc. I handle all the money issues, which includes logging the sea of invoices and bills that haven't been entered into Quickbooks going back to August. I plan events such as Open Houses and this summer's Southampton Benefit. I handle social media; blogs, facebook, twitter and linkedin and I run the office. Running the office includes setting up and documenting procedures for everyday tasks, handling the ordering of supplies, phones, email, fixing technical problems, fundraising, grant writing, cleaning and making sure the trash and recycling goes out. I am also creating budgets for touring and future productions and in March I probably need to start interviewing and training at least some summer interns if not a new managing director because Ryan and I move away from NYC in May.

Oh and the office includes me, my boss and my intern. Very cosy.

Very exciting and exhausting stuff-

(add us to your twitter! familyopera - my goal is to double the followers by May. Please help!)