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MISSION STATEMENT
HIRING: ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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Mission Statement
We have a three-pronged mission here at Blind Tiger Comedy. These points aren’t static: we talk them about a lot, and tweak them regularly. The commitment to these points is in everything we do.
At Blind Tiger Comedy, our mission is to:
– Create and deliver outstanding comedy shows and training;
– Welcome folks who are traditionally under-represented in comedy to training and shows, and reduce barriers for those folks to participate; and
– Pay comedians and our admin team professional, living wages.
Hiring: Artistic Director
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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Our current Artistic Director, Tom Hill, is stepping down to pursue other opportunities (rude) at the end of 2025. We’re looking for someone great to come be our next Artistic Director.
The Artistic Director (AD) is the leader of our company. We humbly think this is a cool job, and we’re proud that our little organization offers it: a salaried leadership position in comedy.
Our AD drives the creative vision for Blind Tiger Comedy: where we’re headed, how we’re getting there, and how to navigate all the many challenges along the way. They manage our amazing faculty and staff, they make our class, show and festival schedules, they drive the business goals of the company, and they are where the buck stops on everything.
Here’s the other piece: we want someone who will run with this job, with this company, and achieve great things with it. We’re proud of how this company has evolved, and it is well set up to continue being a foundation for exciting creative moves from you and our stacked team. We want you to open up your tool kit and build the coolest and funniest work you’ve ever created at Blind Tiger Comedy.
Us
Blind Tiger Comedy has been operating and growing in the Vancouver comedy scene for ten glorious years. We teach comedy classes, produce comedy shows, run comedy workshops for other businesses, work hard to welcome diverse voices into comedy and do a lot of laughing.
Our faculty are some of the most exciting and experienced comedians in the country, and we work hard to make our classes with those cool folks as impactful and accessible as possible.
Our mission is to:
– Create and deliver outstanding comedy shows and training;
– Welcome folks who are under-represented in our scene into comedy, and reduce barriers for those folks to participate; and
– Pay comedians professional, industry-leading wages.
The land we live, gather and perform comedy on is the traditional, ancestral, unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We are grateful to be here.
How you’ll spend your time
The Artistic Director oversees everything we do. As a job, it has the upside of being different every day, as you shift from different areas, staff and responsibilities to keep the whole ship running smoothly. The AD:
– Creates amazing comedy experiences. You will have the power to start shows, create and sustain festivals, develop groundbreaking training programs, and establish innovative partnerships with organizations around us.
– Leads the artistic vision of Blind Tiger Comedy and has an important hand in setting that vision, in collaboration with Blind Tiger Comedy’s five comedian owners.
– Works very closely with and manages our General Manager, in a partnership that in many ways forms the heart of our organization.
– Manages the Blind Tiger Comedy team, including ten part-time staff and sixteen professional faculty.
– Sits on the Anti-Oppression and Equity Committee, and ensures the Committee’s goals and initiatives are implemented alongside the Inclusion Coordinator. Takes a lead role in Anti-Harassment Policy complaint resolutions (but is not alone in this).
– Curates all classes, show and festival schedules alongside the General Manager. Ensures schedules are smartly designed, marketable and serve the needs of our community.
– Is the emergency contact for all venues and faculty (a rarely needed but important responsibility).
– Manages all legal and accounting needs for the company, including delivering regular reports to the owners, with assistance from the Business Development Manager. Ensures that the company is covering all its expenses and growing.
– Is the signing authority for all day-to-day expenses and payouts.
– May or may not lead the Events wing of the company, collaborating with companies to deliver the team building, presentation training, shows or other sessions that fit their needs. Note: we are comfortable with excluding this from your position if this is not a fit for you!
– Identify opportunities for improvement and growth, without being prompted.
– Is the boss. You will problem solve, respond when things come up, and be reachable through highs, lows, and when a venue is stinky for some reason.
– Play well with others: our company is founded on comedy, and we expect a positive, playful attitude from everyone who works with us and represents us, internally and externally. To quote Neworld Theatre: we’re looking for someone who likes to collaborate and to do so in ways that encourages themselves and the people around them to find joy in their work.
What we’re looking for:
Because this position oversees so many facets of our business and could benefit from such a diverse range of skill sets, we are open to adjusting this role, and the company, to the right person, just as we have with outgoing Artistic Director Tom Hill.
Here are some of the ways we’d describe the ideal candidate. If some but not all apply to you we’d welcome your application.
– An ambitious, motivated arts leader.
– A hilarious, brilliant maker. You have lots of responsibility in this job, but also creative freedom – we are looking for someone who is thrilled by that combination and wants to run with it.
– Someone with a vision and a track record of making hilarious, funny work.
– Someone who can sustain the success we’ve had and possibly add to it with new directions. Maybe that’s a new festival, a new series of shows, touring, establishing a new conference for experimental comedians… you tell us!
– Someone trustworthy, in the strongest sense of the word. They can be relied on to problem solve or crisis manage without oversight.
– A proven, progressive small business leader with a proven track record of sustaining growth.
– A strong business manager comfortable with small business accounting and best business practices.
– An exceptional, fun communicator, in person and in writing.
– A tested manager of people, with experience hiring, reviewing and supporting staff.
– An experienced voice in handling anti-harassment complaints and dispute resolution.
– A lover of the arts and of comedy in particular.
We are not necessarily looking for a professional comedian to run our company, we think there could be exciting opportunities for other dynamic leaders to come in who aren’t…obsessed with bits. That said, professional comedian applicants will have the advantages of both knowing our industry better and being able to do additional work with us (teaching and gigs) that would not be available to a non-comedian.
What we can offer
Compensation
The compensation for this position will be adjusted to the candidate and the job description that is a fit for them.
– 30 admin hours a week*
– Four weeks vacation
– $45,000-$50,000 / year for admin work
– For comedians who are qualified to join our faculty, teaching and performing opportunities (outside of your 30 office hours a week) would move total compensation to the $60,000 – $65,000 / year range.
– Possible relocation allowance for out of town applicants.
*Working hours are flexible but 80% should land within 9-5, Monday to Friday. It may also be that in order to take other work in your career you need to adjust your schedule to accommodate that opportunity and we are open to making that work for the right candidate.
There are other directions that could work as well. If you are someone who could be a fit for this job, we expect you’ll have opinions and ideas about these possible arrangements and we’re open to discussing your favourite approach (and the business case for it) with you.
This job is designed to make space for other things in your life, be that other income streams, childcare, or creating your one-person clown show, but also that you will adapt your life and schedule to it as the leader of this company.
Apply
To apply, please the following to adsearch@blindtigercomedy.ca and tom@blindtigercomedy.ca:
– Your resume
– A cover letter outlining why you are interested in running Blind Tiger Comedy, why you think you are a fit for us, and how this position is a fit for you
– Please submit these by September 19, 2025 though earlier is very welcome as well
– We plan to interview qualified candidates to meet each other and answer questions both ways, as well as have you demonstrate your skills in a couple writing and problem solving exercises. Candidates in later stages may be asked to present a one-page creative statement about where they see opportunities for Blind Tiger Comedy. Candidates asked to work outside of their interview time will be offered a small honorarium for their time doing these steps even if they are not the eventual successful applicant.
– This process may shift as we go through it (we’ve never hired an Artistic Director before!), but we will communicate with you as we go and be open to your needs and feedback.
Here’s how we see this process going:
– September – applications accepted
– October – interview process and meeting our team
– November – ideal part-time start date (could be remote in this phase), with overlapping part-time weeks with outgoing Artistic Director Tom Hill
– December – full-time hours begin in person, overlapped with Tom
– January 1 – over to you!
We hope all of this is landing as really exciting. We also understand it may take a major life shift (or even a move) to take this position. If you have questions or just want to learn more, please get in touch!
All Welcome
Blind Tiger Comedy is a company committed to diversity, and we hope to receive applications from candidates who bring a range of voices, experiences and perspectives to our team.
Contact Us
Registration, General Inquiries, Class Payment
Jill Goranson, General Manager
classes [@] blindtigercomedy.ca – by far the best email for initial inquiries and quick responses
jill [@] blindtigercomedy.ca
Artistic Director, Blind Tiger Comedy
Tom Hill
tom [@] blindtigercomedy.ca
Consulting Director, Blind Tiger Comedy
Caitlin Howden
caitlin [@] blindtigercomedy.ca
Refer-A-Friend Program
Know a friend who might want to try a Blind Tiger Comedy class? Refer-A-Friend by emailing classes [@] blindtigercomedy.ca to introduce us to them, and you will each receive $50 off your registrations! Simple as that.
