Permanent Full-Time Position

Applications Due: April 10, 2026 at 11:59pm Atlantic Time

Remuneration: $45,950 gross annually, 30 hours per week

Anticipated Start Date: April 27, 2026

The Centre for Art Tapes is seeking a Programming Coordinator to join our team in a permanent part-time capacity. This role sits at the heart of CFAT's public-facing work — supporting the planning, promotion, and execution of our annual programming while keeping our operations running smoothly behind the scenes.

The Programming Coordinator will work 30 hours per week (four days) on a regular schedule to be determined with the Executive Director, primarily on-site during CFAT's operating hours. This is a hands-on role for someone who's excited about media arts, comfortable working across creative and administrative tasks, and ready to dig in.

Benefits include:

• Five weeks (150 hours) paid vacation per year

• Two weeks (60 hours) paid 'Creative Leave' to support your artistic practice

• Optional health plan (50/50 employer/employee cost-sharing)

• Access to CFAT's facilities and equipment during off-hours

Key Responsibilities:

• Programming Support: Support the planning and coordination of CFAT's annual programming and activities, including assisting with grant reporting and preparation of support materials

• Communications: Manage CFAT's communications through media relations and social media

• Event Production: Serve as install manager for CFAT events, coordinating technical and logistical needs on the ground

• Documentation: Manage audio/video and photo documentation of CFAT programming; basic camera knowledge and photo editing skills an asset

• Scheduling & Coordination: Maintain CFAT's shared programming calendar and coordinate scheduling across staff; support meeting coordination as needed

• Budget Tracking: Manage project budgets and track expenditures and transactions

• Records & Reporting: Keep updated records and prepare reports and proposals

• Program Development: Support the growth and evolution of CFAT's programming

Assets:

• Curatorial or community outreach experience

• Experience with grant writing or preparing grant support materials

• Basic camera operation and photo editing skills

Interested applicants should submit the following:

• A CV or resume detailing relevant work experience (max two pages)

• A cover letter outlining your interest in this position and relevant experience (one page)

• References (professional or volunteer experience)

Email applications to programs@cfat.ca. Applications and any questions can be directed to that address.

Ideal Candidate:

• Experience in arts programming, event production, or a related field

• Strong communication skills, including writing for public audiences and social media

• Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines

• Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively with a small team

• Interest in media arts and supporting artistic communities

• Experience with budget tracking or basic financial record-keeping an asset

• Grant writing or fundraising experience an asset

• Basic camera operation and photo editing skills

About CFAT:

CFAT is an artist-driven media art presentation and production centre. Our aim is to support the enjoyment, creation, and preservation of experimental contemporary media art practices. Our members and collaborating and exhibiting artists work in video art, experimental sound, animation, filmmaking, electronic and digital art, and media and interactive installation. We take a broad interpretation of the term "media art," aligning ourselves with its genesis from visual art as opposed to film. CFAT values presentation and research in tandem, and places an emphasis on programming that furthers the professional development of its exhibiting artists.

For more information on who we are, please click here.

Notes on Access:

CFAT recognizes our participation and complicity with the historic barriers to accessing job opportunities in the arts. Applicants are welcomed to self-identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ2SIA+, disabled, femme, or any other community that is important to their identity. We are in an ongoing process of making our space and programs as welcoming and available to all as possible. If you have specific needs you would like us to address, or any concerns, please reach out or mention them in your application.

CFAT's facility is wheelchair accessible and has one non-gendered washroom. Our core staff are happy to work with people with disabilities to support them comfortably and safely using our space. CFAT's facility is a community-used space, and a number of members have 24-hour access. Participation with CFAT's programs and use of our space by anyone is governed by our Code of Conduct, which does not tolerate discrimination or acts of violence in any form.

Image: "Fyke Net" exhibition by Katherine Diemert, 2026. Photo by Wren Tian-Morris.