BRIAN W. GILL 329 West 101st Street, Apt. 2D New York, NY 10025

(479) 866-9035 LinkedIn E-mail: briangill39@gmail.com

Arts Management Experience (2005-present) Walton Arts Center, Fayetteville, AR (May 2009-May 2012)

House Manager • Managed day-to-day front of house operations in 5 different spaces: • 1201-seat theater, 150-seat Black Box theater, 2 multi-purpose studios, Skyspace Amphitheater at

Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art • Merchandise sales and post-show reconciliation • Responsible for Donor Lounge experience and patron engagement • Volunteer training on general procedure and system improvements • Management of fiscal year attendance records per event to aid development team in future planning

and forecasting. • Recommended show-themed concessions to drive increased profits

Archivist • Proposed the creation of an Archives • Developed role and defined job description • Instituted process for cross-departmental collection of materials for preservation • Created and developed first exhibition, The Art of Wine, a celebration of its 10th Anniversary, 2010 • Presented moments of WAC history at quarterly all-staff meetings from Fall 2010 • Submitted line item budget for continued development of Walton Arts Center Archives • Initiated discussions with University of Arkansas Special Collections department to establish

repository and implement ongoing preservation of WAC records

Saint Thomas Church, New York, NY, Concert Series Manager (2002-2005) (laid off due to restructuring) • Responsible for writing and submitting press releases to major media outlets including the New

York Times, the New Yorker, New York Magazine, and WQXR as well as trade publications: the American Organist, the Diapason, and the Episcopal New Yorker; organized media at events

• Oversight of volunteer staff (ushers and ticket takers) at events, including customer service procedures

• Coordinated rehearsal, travel and accommodation schedules for orchestras and guest artists for a five-concert season

• Oversight of ticket sales, will call, and post-concert financial reports

Carnegie Hall, New York, NY, Event Sales Assistant (1999-2001) (laid off due to budgetary cuts) • Marketed to travel directors and agencies to raise the national and international exposure of daily

historical tours; resulted in increased tour revenue of 20 percent • Developed and implemented volunteer docent training program • Coordinated activities between event sales manager, house managers, and volunteer docents,

including daily rehearsal and house access updates

Arts Management part-time positions (on pages 1 and 2 of resume) a) Macy’s Herald Square, New York, NY (November 2014-December 2014) Santaland Manager (over Christmas period) • Execution of all front of house operations for average weekly attendance of 30,000 guests

b) Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY (September 2014-present) List Usher

c) Lynn Redgrave Theater, Culture Project, New York, NY (March 2014-present) House Manager

• Coordinate all front of house operations in 199-seat theater • Management and scheduling of 60- person volunteer usher pool

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d) Snapple Theater Center, New York, NY (December 2012-present) House Manager

• Implement all front of house operations for 199- seat theater

e) Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, Pace University, New York, NY (August 2012-October 2013)

House Manager • Execution of all front of house operations in 743- seat theater • Training of employed Pace students in front of house procedures • NYC Fire Guard Certified - Maintained all fire/safety regulations in accordance with NYC safety

standards

f) Snapple Theater Center, New York, NY (September 2008-May 2009) House Manager • Responsible for opening and closing the house, patron seating, and managing intermission • Managed will-call and late arrivals • Responsible for concession sales and post-show cash reconciliation

g) Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Concerts and Lectures Department (2005-2006) Assistant House Manager • Management of all front of house procedures in 708-seat concert/lecture hall • Coordinated Ushers, led pre-show performance briefings

Related Experience Continental Guest Services, New York, NY, Concierge (July 2006-Jan. 2008/June 2008-May 2009)

• Facilitated corporate travel arrangements for such global clients as American Express, Coca Cola, Bang & Olufsen, IBM and the Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House

• Coordinated Theatre, Entertainment and Sightseeing Services for visiting groups

Little Women, the Broadway musical, National Tour, Musician (January-May 2008)

Special Projects

Arkansas Music Pavilion, a Walton Arts Center Venue, Volunteer Usher (2010-2011) AmeriCorps, Joplin Tornado Relief Volunteer (August 2011) Junior League of New York, Co-chair (July, 2006)

• A Mid-Summer Soirée, to benefit the American-Scottish Foundation® Scotland Conversations, Kaye Playhouse of Hunter College (April, 2006)

• A public series of transatlantic discussions between Scotland and the United States to celebrate Tartan Week in America

• Initiated discussion with General Manager about venue availability and rental costs • Advanced contract agreements for

• Simple Gifts, a rich program of Scottish and American Music featuring students of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

• The Arts and the Pursuit of Happiness, a panel discussion focusing on the Scottish Enlightenment Orpheus Chamber Orchestra presents Sound Effect, Seminar Panelist (2006)

• A Scottish Fantasy: Influence and Inspiration in the Music of Maxwell-Davies, James MacMillan, and Felix Mendelssohn

Regimental Band of Her Majesty’s Coldstream Guards, Representative (2005) • Negotiated with the British Embassy, Washington, D.C., and the American Embassy, London, and

secured political clearance for visa approval

Education

• University of Michigan, Master of Music, Trumpet Performance, 1995 • University of Texas at Arlington, Bachelor of Music, Music Business, 1993