Job opportunity: Become the leader of Duluth’s music scene bureaucracy

The Homegrown Music Festival is looking for a director to follow in the footsteps of Paul Connolly, who has stepped down from the position.

Homegrown is Duluth’s yearly celebration of local music, featuring eight days of concerts with performances by well over 100 bands.

The 12th annual Homegrown will be held May 2 to 9, 2010.

The festival director is responsible for the overall management of Homegrown.

The job entails the following:

• Tracking the festival’s finances and balancing its budget, while maintaining records of all invoices, receipts and expenditures, and filing necessary tax information and other reports in a timely manner.
• Managing communication with bands, steering committee members, media, festival staff, volunteers, the general public and the festival’s fiscal agent, the Bridge Syndicate.
• Promoting the festival, and developing and maintaining a business plan for it.
• Rawking and/or rolling in accordance with the spirit of Homegrown.

Strong organizational and communication skills are a must, due to the size of the festival and number of parties involved. Diplomacy is of the utmost importance, as the festival includes between 100 and 150 acts, each with its own preferred color of M&Ms.

This position requires an intense time commitment in the spring, but light workload throughout the rest of the year. It is an independent contractor position, with pay based on the festival’s annual budget.

To apply, please send a brief e-mail, with a resume attached, to duluthhomegrown @ gmail.com by Sept. 15.