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We don't have to look very far to find ways that our world is divided. CASA (Contemporary A Cappella Society) connects and inspires those within the vocal music community by reminding us that we have far more things in common than we do differences to separate us. Our goal is to build a human connection and overcome those barriers to make the world a more beautiful place. We can't do it alone; join us and let's continue to build harmony together.
Interested in supporting CASA’s mission? We are always looking for more hands and skill sets. Browse the open positions below and apply via the application links included in the job descriptions.
Got questions, or want to pitch an idea not covered by our current openings? Email Jessie Mark, Director of HR, at [email protected].
Please note: all openings listed below are volunteer positions.
Awards
CASA’s Awards programs help us to recognize excellence within our community and celebrate those who are helping to advance vocal music as an artform.
Open roles on the CASA Awards Team:
This position will work on the CARAs team and report to the Director of Awards. Ideal candidates will have experience with client management or customer service, project management, leadership and team building. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Recruit applicants, review applications and select team of CARA Nominators and Judges
- Align CARA Nominators and Judges to award categories, creating equitable division of submissions for Nominator and Judge review
- Oversee Nominator and Judge progress, ensuring timely and sufficient nomination and ranking data for awards committee
- Collaborate with Program Coordinator and Revenue Manager to provide support as needed to Nominators and Judges
- Serve on the CARA Awards Committee, participating in committee calls following the Nomination and Judging periods to review and confirm results
- Coordinate with the Awards Committee and CARAs Producer, creating final list of CARA Winners
Interested? To apply, click here.
This position will support all CASA Awards programs and report to the Director of Awards. Ideal candidates will have experience with marketing, customer relationship management, MailChimp (or similar), social media and/or marketing. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Create and implement communications strategy to increase participation in CASA Awards programs, achieving submission and revenue goals as set by Director of Awards
- Coordinate the timely processing of submission fees with Revenue Manager
- Collaborate with CARA Producer, AVA Producer and Revenue Manager to support ticket sales to live awards shows
- Support broader efforts within CASA to build database of active groups, album releases and contact information
- Serve on the CARA Awards Committee, participating in committee calls following the Nomination and Judging periods to review and confirm results
Interested? To apply, click here.
Marketing
CASA Marketing helps to build community, facilitate engagement, and foster connection with CASA's programs and offerings.
Open roles on the CASA Marketing Team:
Content Creator, Tik Tok
This position will support the Director of Community and Director of Marketing (to be hired). Ideal candidates will have experience with social media marketing, TikTok, Reels and online “vernacular”. Expected time commitment is 1h-2h per week. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Record and edit 1 TikTok/Reel per week (can be the same video across both platforms)
- Brainstorm content ideas with Director of Community / Director of Marketing that apply current trends to CASA initiatives and the a cappella community more broadly
- Comment as CASAVocal TikTok/Instagram account on a cappella / a cappella adjacent content
- Identify potential a cappella industry partners for collaborations and/or new contributors to the account
- Foster positivity within the a cappella community through comedic and uplifting content
- Be creative!
Interested? To apply, click here.
Events
CASA Events help us to build community, inspire creativity, and provide access to fundamental educational and performance opportunities.
Open roles on the CASA Events Team:
This position will report to the Board of Directors and will serve as a key member within CASA Festival Leadership. Ideal, successful candidates will have a strong understanding of the vocal music space and experience with event planning/production/budgeting, team building/management, and project management. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Oversee festival teams, collating best practices and learnings across festivals and supporting broader CASA initiatives within events team strategy
- Collaborate with Festival EPs to choose festival dates/locations, determine festival format, set ticket prices, review budget goals, and book festival talent for professional showcase and featured education
- Review and approve all festival expenditures while closely monitoring cash flow including incoming festival revenue and existing CASA funds
- Draft and execute all talent-related contracts; review all festival-related contracts, serving as signatory when necessary
- Attend festivals for supervision and support, ensuring team/talent travel and accommodations are booked as needed for in-person festivals
- Assist Festival EPs and CASA HR with festival team recruitment, hiring, and onboarding as needed
- Participate in festival staff calls as needed, offering guidance and support
- Maintain online drive of festival folders and important documents including budget, contracts, and festival team org chart, roles and responsibilities
- Manage relationships with new and previous talent, including fielding incoming talent submissions and track up-and-coming professional groups
- Support the design and implementation of DEI initiatives in all CASA festivals
- Work with Awards team for the planning and implementation of awards ceremonies within a festival weekend, if applicable
- Partner with Festival EPs to ensure critical milestones are met in the planning process, such as:
- Acquire information for visa petition and prep application for international talent
- Support festival sponsorships, sourcing new opportunities and maintaining existing sponsor relationships
- Secure venue insurance certificates and any necessary music licensing permits
- Design and ordering of badges, lanyards, awards plaques, etc.
- Payment of any talent/venue deposits or equipment rentals
Interested? To apply, click here.
This position will report to the Executive Producer of SoJam. Ideal candidates will be highly organized, creative, proactive, strong communicators and have experience with event planning. Candidates should be based in or near the Raleigh-Durham, NC area and able to attend the festival in-person. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Set competition format and rules (rounds vs. no rounds, number of groups, themes, submission guidelines, etc.) and timelines (submission deadline, competitor selection date/announcement, materials due date, etc.) with input from team
- Help arrange and manage selection panel for competitor submissions
- Once competitors are selected, communicate directly with group leaders to get competitor details (technical needs, setlists, member info, group bio/photo, marketing videos, etc.) and share all pertinent details regarding day of competition
- Work with team to select judges for the event and communicate all competition processes to judges
- Prepare loose script for Competition emcee for run of show
- Lead competition and judges meetings and manage all competitor sound checks on competition day
- Create adjudication forms and train/manage volunteer tabulators
- Ensure timely start of competition and keep team updated with pacing of show in real time
- Oversee competitor liaisons/wranglers and tabulators to ensure efficient and timely run of show
- Work with judges to select special awards
- Attend weekly festival team calls during planning season
Interested? To apply, click here.
This position will report to the Executive Producer of SoJam. Ideal candidates will have experience with Eventbrite, Square (and/or other event ticketing/management platforms), MailChimp, Google Workspace, and Excel. Candidates should be based in or near the Raleigh-Durham, NC area and able to attend the festival in-person. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Create SoJam event on Eventbrite or similar ticketing platform, working with team to determine on sale dates, promotional codes, graphic requirements and needed intake fields for event registration
- Prepare weekly registration and ticketing reports, tracking sales, groups attending and requests for masterclasses, acabombs, intent to compete, etc.
- Work with festival performance venues to set up concert ticketing for non-CASA ticketing platforms (i.e. Ticketmaster, etc) if required
- Liaise with registrants as needed to handle payment assistance plans or offline registration payments, such as invoices, checks, or wire transfers
- Order festival lanyards and badges, coordinate registration data export in preparation for printing name badges, and partner with team to acquire design and sponsorship needs
- Work with team to prepare informational festival email blasts to current and past attendees via Eventbrite and/or MailChimp
- Coordinate with team on festival printing needs/order (including signage) in advance of weekend
- Prepare Square account for weekend of ticket and merch sales, inputting tickets and merchandise items
- Lead and oversee on-site registration, ticketing and merchandise, managing and training local volunteers on Eventbrite, Square, and all CASA processes
- Attend weekly festival team calls during planning season
Interested? To apply, click here.
This position will report to the Executive Producer of SoJam. Ideal candidates will be highly organized, proactive, strong communicators and have experience with event planning/production. Candidates should be based in or near the Raleigh-Durham, NC area and able to attend the festival in-person. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Obtain staff food requirements (which meals to be provided, expected number of people per meal, any food allergies/needs, etc.)
- Contact restaurants and food establishments about donating meals or providing discounts
- Coordinate meal schedule with team and communicate to staff, instructors, and volunteers (pick-up times, delivery times, locations, etc.)
- Work with Web/Social Media/Graphics coordinators to ensure all sponsors are properly recognized on website and through any social channels
- Coordinate with volunteers to make sure food is picked up and delivered at the right times and to the right locations
- Scout possible restaurant/bar locations for Friday and Saturday after-party social events
- Contact locations about hosting social events, making sure they are able to accommodate a large number of people and under 21 crowd
- Ensure locations have an open kitchen in the later evening hours, or otherwise arrange for a nearby food option
- Contact, secure, and coordinate with 2-3 food trucks for Saturday lunch break
- Contact and secure 1-2 hotel blocks in the area, negotiating discounted group rate for festival dates
- Attend weekly festival team calls during planning season
Interested? To apply, click here.
This position will report to the Executive Producer of SoJam. Ideal candidates will be highly organized, proactive, strong communicators and have experience with event marketing/planning. Candidates should be based in or near the Raleigh-Durham, NC area and able to attend the festival in-person. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Lead outreach efforts to past and first-time attending groups via email and social media, sharing festival information, building interest and driving attendance and ticket sales
- Build, manage and update outreach master spreadsheet (list of groups and their affiliated universities/schools, target priority, contact info, social media links, etc.)
- Create and oversee a strategy and timeline for targeted outreach waves (competition, professional concert, instructors, all-access passes, etc.)
- Assign targeted groups to available team members and oversee team progress and spreadsheet maintenance
- Construct outreach email templates for team to send
- Field questions from potential attendees and work with the festival team to respond
- Contact local media outlets and post event details to local websites and community boards
- Liaise with CASA Chapter Program Manager, identifying groups from BOSS outreach with interest in Chapter Program
- Attend weekly festival team calls during planning season
Interested? To apply, click here.
CASA's festivals are produced by an army of passionate, dedicated volunteers who donate their time to CASA's mission. We have three festivals throughout the scholastic year: SoJam in Durham, NC in the fall, LAAF in Los Angeles, CA in the winter, and BostonSings in the spring. From seasonal assistance with producing the event to on-site help the weekend itself, we'd love for you to join us in our efforts.
Interested? To apply, click here.
Education
The CASA Education team develops learning resources, drives community engagement and provides access to industry-leading experts and educators.
Open Roles on the CASA Education Team:
This position will support CASA Education content creation and report to CASA’s Director of Education. Ideal candidates will have vocal music expertise of any genre (Contemporary, Gospel, Jazz, Barbershop, etc.), digital media experience from which to draw best practices for written and video educational content and a demonstrated passion for music education. Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
- Partner with the Director of Education to create and edit educational content (written and/or video, subject-matter dependent) for the CASA Chapter Newsletter, the CASA website, and other CASA outlets
- Collaborate across CASA’s portfolio of program managers, festival producers and guest instructors to capture and synthesize key learnings for CASA’s audience of students, educators and vocal music professionals
Required application supplement: The application enclosed in the link below includes a requirement of submitting an original piece of writing about an educational a cappella topic of their choosing. This might be a how-to about an area of expertise, a “feature” article about an experience with an educational twist, or an opinion piece about a trend in a cappella (with a focus on the educational aspect). Feel free to get creative with your submission!
Interested? To apply, click here.