Our Executive Search Services
Looking for Your Next Leader?
Hiring a new executive is one of the most consequential decisions your organization can make. The right leader doesn't just fill a role—they shape vision, culture, and impact. TOC Arts Partners works with arts and culture organizations to recruit leaders who not only meet the moment but catalyze progress. Our deep understanding of the field, paired with a tailored, equity-centered approach, ensures you meet candidates who align with your goals, values, community and future.
What Sets Our Searches Apart
We design a full search process that reflects your organization’s unique context, from stakeholder engagement to candidate evaluation, ensuring alignment, buy-in, and a leadership fit that lasts.
Customized Strategy
We leverage our network, community partnerships, and proprietary research process to deliver a diverse and equitable candidate pool primed for success.
Commitment to DEIA
Our expertise and insights deliver unexpected and exciting options no algorithm can, along with an exceptional candidate experience.
Human Touch
If our hire stays less than one year, we will deliver additional candidates free of charge—we are committed to their success and yours.
Our Promise
Our Process
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Discovery & Positioning
We begin by getting to know your organization—its goals, culture, context, and aspirations. We work closely with you to define what success looks like and shape a compelling, inclusive position profile.
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Outreach & Sourcing
We launch a multi-channel search, tapping our broad network and leveraging research tools to build a diverse, well-qualified candidate pool.
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Evaluation & Selection
We screen and assess candidates for experience, values alignment, and leadership style. We guide your team through interview design, decision-making frameworks, and equitable evaluation practices.
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Hiring & Onboarding
We support the final hiring process, compensation negotiations, and onboarding planning to ensure a successful transition and long-term fit.
Our Results
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More than 30% of candidates and successful placements identify as BIPOC, aligned with US demographics
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More than 90 successful placements of executive and senior leaders
Recently Announced Placements
Looking for Your Next Role?
Our Executive Search team partners with arts organizations across the country in search of a variety of leaders, including Executive, Artistic, Marketing, Development, and more. Follow the link below to view our current active searches.
If you are interested in short-term roles, that have no guarantee of becoming permanent, please complete our Interim Placement Form to be included in our roster. Please keep in mind that only individuals with direct experience will be considered for Interim roles.
Past Searches
5th Avenue Theatre | Managing Director
54 Below | Director of Development
59E59 Theaters | Marketing/General Manager
A Noise Within Theatre | Director of Marketing and Communications
Art21 | Senior Director of Communications & Partnerships
Ballet Hispánico | Director of Marketing and Communications
Baltimore Center Stage | Director of Marketing & Communication
Barbizon Lighting | Senior Director of People
Barrington Stage | Managing Director
Brooklyn Academy of Music | Vice President of Marketing & Communications
Boston Court Pasadena | Executive Director
Capacity Interactive | Director of Operations
Capacity Interactive | Manager, People Operations & Recruitment
Cincinnati Opera | Director of Marketing
City of Eugene | Public Art Manager
Classical Theatre of Harlem | Director of Development
Classical Theatre of Harlem | Director of Education and Community Programs
Cornerstone Theater Company | Artistic Director
County of Marin | Director of Cultural Services
DC Arts and Humanities Education Collaborative | Executive Director
Dramatists Guild Foundation | Director of Development
East West Players | Artistic Director
Flint Institute of Music | Senior Manager, Audience Insights
Flint Institute of Music | Vice President of Artistic and Community Programs
Flint Institute of Music | Director of Marketing
Glenstone Museum | Assistant Curator
Glenstone Museum | Director of Communications
Grand Rapids Symphony | Vice President of Marketing and Communications
Goodspeed Musicals | Director of Development
Goodspeed Musicals | General Manager
Harris Theater for Music and Dance | Vice President of Marketing and Sales
Hartford Stage | Director of Marketing & Communications
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival | Managing Director
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival | Director of Development
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival | Director of Marketing & Communications
Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival | Director of Finance
Hult Center for the Performing Arts | Managing Director
Huntington Theatre Company | Director of Marketing
Jacob’s Pillow | Chief Marketing Officer
Jacob’s Pillow | Associate Director of Human Resources
LaPlaca Cohen | Director of Marketing & Business Development
La Jolla Music Society | Director of Marketing
Little Island | Assistant Director of Human Resource Operations
MCC Theater | Director of Marketing & Communications
MCC Theater | Director of Advancement & Audience Strategy
Marin Theatre Company | Artistic Director
The Metropolitan Opera | Digital Marketing Manager
The Metropolitan Opera | Senior Director of Ticketing & Customer Service
Montclair Film | Executive Director
The Moth | VP of Marketing & Communications
National Black Theatre | Director of Development
The New Group | Director of External Affairs
New York Theatre Workshop | Managing Director
Northern Stage | Managing Director
Ogunquit Playhouse | Managing Director
Paper Mill Playhouse | Director of Development
Paper Mill Playhouse | Director of Education
The Park Avenue Armory | Director of Ticketing & Customer Relations
People’s Light | Managing Director
Pioneer Theatre Company | Managing Director
Playwrights Center | Producing Artistic Director
Playwrights Horizons | Managing Director
Playwrights Horizons | Director of Marketing and Communcations
Sarasota Performing Arts Foundation | Director of Communications
Segerstrom Center for the Arts | VP, Marketing & Communications
Segerstrom Center for the Arts | VP of Development
SPACE on Ryder Farm | Executive Director
Syracuse Stage | Director of Marketing
Texas Performing Arts | Managing Director
Texas Performing Arts | Director of Marketing and Sales
TheaterWorks Hartford | Managing Director
United Arts of Central Florida | Director of Development
Westport Country Playhouse | Director of Marketing & Audience Development
Williamstown Theatre Festival | Managing Director, Operations & Advancement
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company | Managing Director
ZACH Theatre | Director of Marketing & Communications