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Seeking Creative Director for Multi-Media Comedy Ensemble

LOST MOON RADIO, an award-winning comedy ensemble based in Los Angeles, seeks a creative director to serve on a three-person management team. LOST MOON RADIO regularly creates and performs new work with an emphasis on sketch comedy and music. Ongoing projects include live performance, podcasts, videos, and albums. Planned ventures include a self-financed feature film and pilots for television and new media.

Founded in 2009, LOST MOON RADIO has appeared in venues throughout Los Angeles. We enjoy an ongoing partnership with KPCC-FM's Crawford Family Forum, and have appeared on Good Day LA, at the Super Serious Show, on KFI-AM, and at the Hollywood Fringe Festival, winning the top comedy prize in 2011 and 2012 and the top overall prize in 2012. Our live show has been cited by the LA Weekly as "best of the Hollywood Fringe" and by Live Comedy LA as "show of the year." We have hosted the LA Weekly Theatre Awards for the past two years and will make our debut at South Coast Rep in Costa Mesa this spring.

The duties of Creative Director are as follows:

• In tandem with the Business Director and Development Director, define and pursue the company's artistic and financial goals.
• Oversee creative health of company, maintaining safe, productive, and exciting creative environment in the group.
• Maintain and oversee company's calendar of artistic projects. Balance priorities of the company in terms of time allocation.
• Help determine which opportunities to pursue by considering company goals, artistic interests, business interests and morale.
• Oversee company meetings + debriefs (at least four per year).
• Help determine percentage of authorship for songs and scripts.
• Maintain open company communication (i.e. company newsletter).
• Act as Human Resources contact for complaints or concerns.
• Work with the Development Director to find and pursue new opportunities for the company.
• With Development Director, oversee website and social media outlets, focusing on a creative perspective and maintaining a consistent company voice.
• Ensure that creative endeavors are physically produced to the company's high standards.
• Communicate regularly with Lost Moon Radio's Managing Members, especially regarding large company projects and initiatives.
• The Creative Director reports to the Managing Members and will schedule four in-person meetings per year with them.
• Compensation DOE.

Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to Dylan Ris at dris79@gmail.com. Please include a daytime phone number.

from LA Culture Net