Join Odyssey Theatre’s team this summer for our 39th season as Ottawa’s premier professional open-air theatre. We are looking for dedicated and enthusiastic people from diverse backgrounds with a passion for the arts who want to contribute to the success of our 2025 season. Work with a dynamic and collaborative team, gain experience with a professional arts organization, and spend the summer with Ottawa’s leading mask and movement Theatre!

This summer, we are staging an original dark comic fantasy, The Girl With No Hands. The production takes place on our open-air stage in Strathcona Park, on the banks of the Rideau River from July 31 to August 24.

We are hiring a Box Office and Outreach Assistant. The successful candidate will work with the Front of House Manager and the Marketing Manager to help implement an effective community outreach campaign, respond to public enquiries, book individuals and groups to see the production, manage our box office system, provide information to the public, and encourage participation by diverse community groups underserved by the arts.

Dates: July 14 – August 24, 2025

Salary: $17.25/hour

Duration: 35 hours per week.

August weekends required

Location: Arts Court (2 Daly Ave.) and Strathcona Park

The successful candidate will be responsible to:

• Assist with initiatives to promote our community outreach program;
• Research groups working with diverse and underserved members of the community;
• Conduct outreach to schedule bookings for community groups to attend and participate in theatre and arts events;
• Assist in updating web sites and social media;
• Posting information on online event sites to promote Odyssey’s activities;
• Respond to public enquiries accurately and promptly, assisting people to register and obtain tickets for performances;
• Maintain and update databases (eg. mailing and donor lists);
• Assist the front of house manager;
• Assist with administrative duties as needed.

The successful candidate should have:

• Courses in Theatre, Marketing, Communications, Media/Public Relations or similar;
• Attention to detail;
• Excellent telephone skills and dealing with community groups and the public;
• Outgoing, positive attitude in dealing with the public;
• Strong organizational skills;
• Excellent communication skills in English (written and verbal);
• Good technical skills (Mac, Microsoft Office, Canva, WordPress, etc.);
• Ability to show initiative;
• Ability to work independently.

Odyssey Theatre is an equal-opportunity employer, committed to reflecting our city and country’s diversity. We welcome and encourage persons of all cultural backgrounds, disabilities, gender identities or expressions, religions and sexual orientations to apply.

Please submit a cover letter, resume, and 3 references to: info@odysseytheatre.ca.

For more information, visit odysseytheatre.ca, call us at 613-232-8407, or email us at info@odysseytheatre.ca.

Odyssey Theatre operates on the traditional, unceded Territory of the Algonquin, Anishnaabe peoples. We are grateful for the opportunity to perform here and to the generations of people who have taken care of this land – for thousands of years.