Head of Customer Experience and Ticketing

Head of Customer Experience & Ticketing

We’re looking for a customer experience and ticketing leader to join our team. You’ll manage customer experience, sales and ticketing strategy and operations for one of Australia’s most dynamic and world-renowned performing arts organisations.

The ACO is one of Australia’s most dynamic and highly regarded performing arts organisations. We are looking for a full-time or part-time Marketing & Content Coordinator to join our team:

• Permanent role
• Flexible working arrangement
• Competitive salary

 

ABOUT THE ACO

Led by its charismatic Artistic Director, Richard Tognetti, the Australian Chamber Orchestra (ACO) is renowned world-wide for its inspired and courageous programming and unrivalled performances. The ACO collaborates with an extraordinary range of artists including the world’s leading performers, cinematographers, writers, and visual artists.

The ACO is based at its award-winning purpose-built home, ACO On The Pier, located at Pier 2/3 in Sydney’s Walsh Bay Arts Precinct. The venue includes a 275-seat performance space, rehearsal rooms, media suite and event space - an exciting home for performance, presentation, collaboration and community engagement.

 

ABOUT THE POSITION

The Head of Customer Experience & Ticketing leads customer service, sales and ticketing strategy and operations. Working closely with the ACO’s network of national venue partners and ACO On The Pier venue team, the role ensures exemplary customer service across all ACO touchpoints. As a key member of the ACO On The Pier venue team, the role supports business development and event delivery to ensure quality experiences for all hirers. Working with the Director of Market Development, and the wider Marketing team, the role supports pricing and ticketing strategies that drive audience growth, customer loyalty and revenue.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Extensive experience in leading a multi-channel Box Office within a customer focused organisation
• Advanced problem-solving skills and working knowledge of ticketing systems – Tessitura experience desirable but not essential
• High level of accuracy and attention to detail
• Excellent time management skills and the flexibility to juggle multiple, and sometimes competing, deadlines
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment
• Experience working for a subscription-based organisation - desired but not essential
• Strong customer service skills
• An interest in orchestral music (encyclopedic knowledge of music not necessary!)
• Excellent sales and communication skills and the ability to work with internal and external stakeholders to optimise revenue
• A kind team player who builds, and contributes to, a positive workplace culture

TERMS

This is a full-time permanent position, based at Pier 2/3 in the Walsh Bay Arts Precinct, Sydney.

 

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

The ACO is committed to equity and inclusion and welcomes applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, people with a disability, mature age workers, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex (LGBTQI+) people.


APPLY

Don’t miss out on this exciting opportunity to join our team.

 

Download the position description here.

 

Please review the position description and send us your CV and an accompanying cover letter outlining your relevant skills and experience in relation to the requirements for the role to [email protected] by 9am, Friday 5 July. Any queries about the position, please contact Antonia Farrugia, Director of Market Development, at [email protected]

 

Applications close: Friday 5 July 2025.

 

The ACO is committed to making reasonable adjustments to provide a supportive and barrier-free workplace. If you require any adjustments before or during the selection process, please email [email protected].