CIRCA Pintig Seeks New Associate Roles

CIRCA Pintig, Chicago's theatre and community arts organization for Filipino American theatre, is establishing new associate roles for its creative staff. Following a successful rebrand, CIRCA Pintig plans to produce a theatre festival, two mainstage productions, and a consistent staged reading series each year to develop new works rooted in immigrant, Filipino, and Filipino American diaspora stories. To support that growth, the organization is seeking creative associates to share creative leadership responsibilities across its team and help grow the presence and production quality of Chicago's Filipino American theatre. These roles are needed immediately as CIRCA Pintig prepares for its final production of the 2026 season and plans for 2027.

All of CIRCA Pintig's executive staff currently serve pro bono so that limited funding can go toward artist compensation and production budgets. These associate roles are volunteer-based as well, with the goal of eventually offering honoraria as the organization's operating budget grows. Time commitment will never exceed four to five hours per week and will flex around production needs, with roles shaped around what time each volunteer is able to give. CIRCA Pintig welcomes applicants looking to build their resume or skills, or to make an in-kind donation of time to a nonprofit, and is glad to serve as a future reference or resource in return.

The Marketing Associate will help grow CIRCA Pintig's social media and marketing presence in Chicago's theatre landscape, handling social media, ideating program and production campaigns, managing marketing collaborations and correspondence, building marketing budgets and proposals, and creatively using stories, reels, and posts to expand reach. The role calls for comfort with Canva (creative staff will onboard new and existing templates, with graphic design or video editing experience a plus), comfort learning and using Instagram and Facebook, eagerness to engage with social media, and strength in content ideation, planning, and execution. The Marketing Associate reports to the Artistic Director and Branding Associate.

The Outreach Associate will manage CIRCA Pintig's relationships with press outlets, community organizations, and theatres, while growing outreach for future donors, sponsorships, and collaborations, spreading awareness of CIRCA Pintig's focus on Filipino, Filipino American, and immigrant stories through theatre and community arts. Responsibilities include managing lists and directories, handling invites and correspondence, building relationships with organizations and individuals, and fostering sponsorship and donor opportunities, along with managing the organization's Mailchimp CRM and its monthly and production-specific email campaigns. The role calls for comfort using Mailchimp, full use of Google Drive and Canva, strong email correspondence and list-tracking skills, attendance at events as a CIRCA Pintig representative, outreach ideation and collaboration with creative and production staff, press release writing, and documentation that can support grant and funding applications. The Outreach Associate reports to the Executive and Artistic Directors, as well as the Brand and Marketing Associates.

Both roles are open now. Interested applicants can reach out to [email protected].