Rainbow Serpent is Seeking a Creative Operations Director
Position type: Full-Time
Salary: $70,000
Location: Hybrid in Pittsburgh (preferred) or Remote for Exceptional Candidates
Priority Deadline: Friday, August 15, 2025
Rainbow Serpent is a Black LGBTQ+ artist-led organization dedicated to myth-making, ancestral healing, immersive technology, and Afro-diasporic spiritual traditions. We produce work across performance, XR, literature, sculpture, public installation, photography, and film while offering residencies, rituals, retreats, and workshops grounded in ancestral knowledge.
We root our work in service to Black queer artists, cultural workers, ritualists, and technologists across the United States, Nigeria, and England. Our installations, performances, and immersive media also engage global public audiences by sparking wonder, dialogue, and cultural transformation across communities.
We are visionaries, but we need a Creative Operations Director to build the backend engine that turns vision into lasting structure.
About the Role
This is a high-trust, high-autonomy leadership role for someone who thrives at the intersection of systems, strategy, and soul. You’ll be the sole operational lead managing our XR films, exhibitions, publications, partnerships, and public activations. You’ll work directly with our Co-Executive Directors (Marques Redd and Mikael Owunna) and help lay the technical and structural foundation for national and international growth.
You’ll Lead:
- Project management for interdisciplinary creative and institutional projects
- Grant writing, submission, and reporting
- Building SOPs, dashboards, and systems that scale
- Strategic research (festivals, funders, residencies, and partners)
- Communications and coordination with artists, funders, and collaborators
You Should Have:
- 4–6 years experience in operations, arts management, or nonprofit development
- Strong writing, coordination, and digital organization skills
- Ability to self-direct and manage multiple timelines
- Alignment with Black LGBTQ+ cultural and spiritual work
- Comfort being the only operations lead in a fast-paced, high-standards environment
Bonus Points For:
- MA in Library Science, Arts Administration, Nonprofit Management, Cultural Studies, Literature, or allied field
- Experience with XR or immersive tech projects
- Familiarity with museums, academic ecosystems, or cultural funders
- Background in archiving, data systems, or public art workflows
What We Offer:
- $70,000 salary, full-time
- Health, vision, and dental insurance
- Professional development
- Creative, mission-driven culture rooted in care and clarity
To Apply:
Submit your resume and responses to five questions (instead of a cover letter).
Priority Deadline: August 15, 2025, 5pm
If you are hungry to help build a cultural institution that matters, energized by execution, driven by values, and ready to build systems that support operational flow with clarity and care, this is for you.
Image Credits: Rainbow Serpent
