Jeff Aguiar
Arts-based administrative and creative scholar linking global concern to local action.
- Role
- Director of Engagement and Education at Playmakers Repertory Company
- Location
- Raleigh, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Jeff Aguiar
Innovative and people-centered leader with over 15 years of experience in strategic…
Experience
Director of Engagement and Education
Feb 2023 — Present · Chapel Hill, NC, US
Lead, collaborate, and supervise conceptual development of engagement programming: Empower community through storytelling & the performing arts, community collaborations, & individual arts participation. Manage engagement budget & special project budgets. Leverage opportunities & mitigate obstacles.• Collaborate in grant prospecting, development, & writing (FY26 pending applications for engagement & community development. Ideation & planning. Outreach & collaboration. • Direct & install engagement programming. Identifying goals. Defining scope. Building timelines. Monitoring & evaluating program and operations. Over individual touchpoints across 25-26 season. Includes sustained engagement activities & single events. Establish consistency. Build trust. Sustain relationships. Strive for customer delight.• Manage sponsored engagement programming (FY26 Multiple project timelines across internal teams & external partners. Leveraging resources & capacity. Increasing brand awareness, arts engagement, & civic participation.• Lead collaborations with new & established community partners toward pro-social outcomes (>400 individual datapoints across 8 modes of engagement). Invitations to collaboration. Identifying opportunities & mutual interests. Building working groups. Establishing accountabilities. Actualize events & experiences.• Design & refine operational structures & social impact evaluation processes. Current efforts: digital productivity (MS365 Loop/Planner/Power Automate/Forms); sponsored program budget projections (Excel/Infoport); and standard operating procedures (event production, camp registration and record keeping).• Direct & manage educational programming: weekday matinees, Summer Youth Conservatory, collaborations, season-wide community programming for ages 4 and older. Trend analysis and program development. Communications planning. Budget development and management. Talent recruitment. Staffing. Continuous improvement.
Education
Nova Southeastern University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD
2018 — 2025
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
BFA
1997 — 2001
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Post Baccalaureate Certificate
2012 — 2014
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
Master’s Degree
2014 — 2016
Skills
- Event Planning
- Grant Writing
- Leadership
- Directing
- Performing Arts
- Marketing
- Theatre
- Nonprofit Organizations
- Social Media
- Nonprofits
- Drama
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Program Development
- Musical Theatre
- Management
- Fundraising
- Dance
- Strategic Planning
- Editing
- Training
- Stage
- Acting
- Film
- Stage Management
- Microsoft Office
- Higher Education
- Creative Direction
- Research
- Creative Writing
- Community Outreach
- Staff Development
- Customer Service
- Event Management
- Public Speaking
- Arts Administration
- Teaching
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