News and Events Press Room Press Releases Young Audiences Announces New Director of Marketing & Communications

April 13, 2007 – Atlanta, GA – Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center (YAWAC) is proud to announce the addition of a Director of Marketing & Communications to its staff. This position was previously called Communications Director and now includes additional responsibilities. Jihan François will join Young Audiences full time on June 4^th after the completion of her Masters in Business Administration from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University. Ms. François brings experience in the areas of public finance, public relations, non-profit, and marketing to this new position. François holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Entrepreneurship from Hampton University.

 

As Director of Marketing & Communications, François will be responsible for creating and implementing marketing and public relations campaigns for YAWAC in order to increase awareness and revenues. She will collaborate with other senior staff members to integrate marketing communications across all YAWAC programs and initiatives.

 

Ms. François has already begun working part-time for YAWAC until her graduation. She is excited and ready to tackle the projects facing her. “I entered graduate school with the goal of finding a job I loved going to everyday and that challenged me. With this position, I found those attributes and even more. I am excited about making a difference in the lives of children here in Georgia and becoming a part of the Young Audience’s and Woodruff Arts Center’s missions,” François said.

 

Tony Kimbrell, Executive Director of Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center said, “We are so pleased to be bringing someone of this caliber into the position. Jihan brings a great deal of energy, drive, experience and education that will help us take our marketing and communications efforts to a whole new level. People are going to hear about Young Audiences!”

 

With the new addition of a Director of Marketing & Communications, Young, Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center has plans to create a comprehensive strategic marketing and public relations plan to guide YAWAC through the coming years.

 

Young Audiences, Woodruff Arts Center (YAWAC) is a leading provider of arts-in-education programming in the Southeast. Part of the 33-chapter national Young Audiences organization, YAWAC brings the power of live arts experiences to Georgia students from pre-school to high school. From a small organization of nine artists in 1983, YAWAC has grown into a force in arts education, comprising more than 65 professional artists and ensembles that reach more than one million students each year. We fulfill our mission – to improve the life and education of every child through the arts – by providing a dazzling and culturally diverse array of curriculum-based performances, workshops and residencies in music, dance, theatre, literary and visual arts. For more information, please visit www.yawac.org.

 

The Woodruff Arts Center is the largest arts centers in the Southeast as well as one of the four largest in the nation. The Woodruff is unique in that it combines five visual and performing arts divisions on one campus as one not-for-profit organization. Opening in 1968, the Woodruff Arts Center is home to the Alliance Theatre, the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, the High Museum of Art, Young Audiences and the 14^th Street Playhouse.

 

 

Jihan François

(404) 733-5308

jihan.francois@woodruffcenter.org