A cover letter is required and should be attached as the first page of your resume; applications lacking a cover letter will not be considered. It should address your specific interest in the position and outline skills and experience that directly relate to this position.
This position reports to the Associate Director of Admissions. Significant out-of-town travel is required at certain times of year and may include weekends and evenings. Some additional hours during the height of the admissions season may be required.
As a comprehensive performing arts school set in one of the world's finest public institutions of higher education, the School of Music, Theatre & Dance (SMTD) is deeply engaged in the creation, practice, scholarship, and pedagogy of music, theatre, and dance. We aim to provide leadership, nationally and internationally, in all three fields. We assert and celebrate the value of the arts to the mission of the University of Michigan. Further, SMTD is strongly committed to diversity and inclusion as a means of achieving and sustaining excellence.
Recruitment, Admissions, and Financial Aid (75%)
Recruitment
- Meet with prospective students and their families in person or virtually to explain School and University admissions policies and procedures and answer questions on academic programs, auditions, School applications, and campus life.
- Travel and represent the SMTD at college fairs, regional auditions, recruitment visits, and receptions, or represent SMTD at similar online events.
- Give information sessions to prospective and auditioning students on campus.
- Partner with the Admissions Program Coordinator (Communications) to plan and implement SMTD advertising efforts, in liaison with SMTD Marketing & Communications.
- Develop and maintain content on relevant sections of the SMTD website.
- Assist with execution of prospective student event days and auditions, and other admissions visit programming.
Admissions
- Read, review, and render admission decisions on undergraduate and graduate student applications for specific programs in music, theatre, musical theatre, and dance as a
