Managing Director
DESCRIPTION
Lead, Dream, and Grow the Regenerative Arts with Hogfish
At Hogfish, we believe art is more than performance — it is ritual, it is healing, it is seed and soil. We are cultivating a new movement of Regenerative Arts, where stories and artistic experiences mend the fractures of our times and reweave the threads between body and spirit, individual and community, people and planet.
We name ourselves after the fish that lives life as both sexes, an everyday miracle of adaptability and transformation. Like the hogfish, we invite artists and audiences alike into a more expansive way of being: authentic, poetic, kind, and in reciprocal relationship with one another.
The Managing Director of Hogfish is not simply an administrator, but a steward of this vision — someone who can translate bold dreams into grounded structures, who knows that spreadsheets and rituals are not opposites but partners, and who can help us grow this work in Maine and beyond. This role calls for a leader who can hold both the practical and the poetic: building budgets, managing expenses, and cultivating donors while also honoring gardens, forests, and healing practices as essential parts of our creative life.
“Action on behalf of life transforms. Because the relationship between self and the world is reciprocal, it is not a question of first getting enlightened or saved and then acting. As we work to heal the earth, the earth heals us.” — Robin Wall Kimmerer, Braiding Sweetgrass
OVERVIEW
Hogfish is innovating a new movement of Regenerative Arts. As a 501(c)(3) non-profit production company and residency, Hogfish works from the top-down—adapting classics and creating new works that center underrepresented voices—and from the bottom-up, by supporting artists-in-residence to generate Regenerative Arts projects from their own perspectives.
The Managing Director will report to and work in close partnership with the Co-Founders/Artistic Directors and Board of Directors to realize this mission.
This position is based in the Portland, Maine area and requires in-person presence for at least seven months of the year including May, June, July, August and other months TBD.
Candidates should bring not only professional expertise but also a passion for gardens, forests, and the natural world, and an openness to healing modalities such as the Alexander Technique, reiki, shamanism, forest bathing, energy healing, yoga, and plant-based practices.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Provide strategic leadership and governance in partnership with Co-Founders and the Board, including cultivating meaningful collaborations with Wabanaki communities.
Oversee finance and administration, including budgets, payroll, contracts, HR, and compliance.
Collaborate with co-founders on fundraising and development: cultivate donors, manage campaigns, pursue grants, and work with governmental affairs including federal appropriations.
Develop and execute marketing strategies that achieve seasonal goals, including all messaging, pr, social media, advertising, partnerships, community and audience engagement. Ensure programs and outreach reflect Hogfish’s mission. Manage and direct all outside contractors and interns responsible for executing marketing tactics.
Manage production and operations: summer MainStage production, touring productions, collaborations with universities and non-profits across the state of Maine.
Support and oversee the Hogfish Artist Residency, Regenerative Seed Project, and the Regenerative Arts Summit.
EXPERIENCE & COMPETENCIES
Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Minimum of five years’ experience in nonprofit performing arts management or artist residency programs.
Fundraising and donor cultivation success.
Financial literacy (budgeting, reporting, analysis).
Union contract negotiation (including AEA, AGMA, IATSE, USA, SDC).
Experience with governmental affairs, including appropriations/public funding, and grant applications.
Passion for social justice and environmental causes.
Commitment to equity, diversity, inclusion, and anti-oppression.
Curiosity, openness, and a willingness to change, evolve, and grow.
Skills in team/community building, accountability, facilitation, and communication.
Helpful but not required:
Experience and passion for opera, musical theatre, Indigenous music of North and South America, dance, poetry, and storytelling.
Interest in hospice care and/or death doula practices (in alignment with Hogfish’s vision for a regenerative arts hospice house.)
Experience in education, teaching, or curriculum design.
Facility with, or openness to learning, languages such as Spanish, French, and Indigenous languages of North and South America.
Experience and interest in horticulture, botany, and regenerative agriculture
Experience and interest in healing modalities such as the Alexander Technique, reiki, shamanism, forest bathing, energy healing, yoga, and plant-based practices.
CULTURE OF WELCOME & RESPECT
Hogfish believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion are essential to the arts — just as they are to any thriving ecosystem. In regenerative agriculture, a field planted with many species becomes more resilient, abundant, and balanced. We hold the same truth in our practice of the arts: a diversity of voices, stories, and lived experiences strengthens our community and our creative work.
We recognize that Hogfish is located on land that was stolen from the Wabanaki people. Honoring this truth, we are committed to cultivating relationships that acknowledge history and uplift Indigenous leadership and knowledge.
We strive to create and maintain an environment that is welcoming and supportive of all individuals, regardless of ethnicity, race, gender identity, age, national origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, education, marital status, language, military or veteran status, or any other dimension of identity.
Hogfish is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Salary range between $65,000 - $75,000 depending on experience
Health insurance
Basic life insurance
Optional 401(k) retirement plan
At Hogfish, we honor a regenerative rhythm of work where we are like fields not factories. In a world that often demands constant speed, we make space for pause, renewal, and reflection. Our team is not defined only by output, but by the opportunity to learn, to imagine, to nurture connections, to create, and to contribute with care to one another and to the wider community. Therefore, Hogfish offers:
Four weeks vacation plus additional paid holidays.
Optional monthly heal modality offering (Alexander Technique, reiki, shamanism, forest bathing, energy healing, yoga, and plant-based practices.)
This position is based in Portland, Maine, and requires in-person presence for at least seven months of the year. During the summer production season (May, June, July, August) and during other production periods, in-person work is required. At other times of the year, hybrid work arrangements are possible.
Target start date of January 2026, with flexibility to begin as early as the final week of November 2025, depending on candidate availability.
Desired Start Date: January 1, 2026
BENEFITS
Pay Range: $65,000 - $75,000 Annual
Health insurance
Basic life insurance
Optional 401(k) retirement plan
HOW TO APPLY
Please submit an application via the link provided. Every response is read with care, and will be responded to in turn by October 1st.
Application Deadline: October 1, 2025
Application Email/Link: bit.ly/41TZppB
JOB CONTACT
Matt Cahill, Co-founder/director