The Brickyard Collaborative Makerspace Seeks Executive Director

Are you a maker, an educator, an innovator looking for an opportunity work with and lead a creative community of artists, entrepreneurs, and fellow makers? The Brickyard Collaborative in Lynn seeks an executive director to manage our community and our workshop, and to help us realize our long-term goals as an organization and an important community partner in Lynn and on the North Shore.

Brickyard members use our space to do woodworking, blacksmithing, 3D printing, photography, and much more. We have entrepreneurs and hobbyists, printmakers and electronics specialists. Some members pay monthly for access to our resources, while others maintain dedicated spaces for their projects or small businesses. Having expanded our footprint by moving to our new 10,000 square foot space just this past year, we are looking for a leader that that is eager for the opportunity to help our organization fulfill its potential and remain sustainable for the long-term.

A key component of the role of executive director will include the pursuit of grant opportunities secure funding for the position.

Your skills + The role

The Executive Director of The Brickyard Collaborative is an innovator responsible for directing all aspects of the Makerspace facility and setting short-, mid-, and long-term strategic goals. Other key responsibilities include the management of all day-to-day operations; building and maintaining strong community partnerships; overseeing staffing, space, resources, and resource use; and all financial planning and fiscal oversight for the Makerspace.

The Brickyard’s Executive Director shapes programs and product offerings of the shop; oversees lab staff responsible for monitoring the enforcement of all safety policies and guidelines in accordance with city and state requirements; develops and proposes workshops, events, membership offerings, and new program elements; and provides guidance to community stakeholders and users through the development and execution of training modules as well as the creation and distribution of resource materials (i.e., operations manuals and safety guidelines). Additionally, the position works with a member Steering Committee to address operational issues, finances, improvements, and challenges.

Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Liberal Arts

Required Experience:
7+ years experience overseeing medium- to large-scale Makerspace environment as well as experience with supervising renovation and construction projects and managing budgets.

Preferred Experience:
Familiarity with current higher education engineering curriculum trends and/or working in an academic environment.

How To Apply:
Please send your resume/CV and a letter expressing your interest to our board president Scott Nowka at snowka@gmail.com.

Feel free to contact us with questions. We look forward to hearing from you.

Apply by:
December 08, 2023
Salary: 0

It’s a Launch!

About 100 people turned out to see the launch of the U.S.S. 2 Sense yesterday, including the Mayor and a whole lot of the City Council, School Committee and Fire Department Rescue Team!

See the launch here:

Some more shots here:

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…and a great clip here:

We got a great piece in the Daily Item here, too: LYNN STUDENTS LAUNCH BOAT THEY MADE FROM SCRATCH

The weather cooperated, but as an old sailer friend would say, she kept us honest – the wind picked up to just over 12 knots (onshore, fortunately)  just as the boat hit the water.  It was the first time these kids had ever been in a boat, forget rowing their own vessel, and they handled it like old salts.  The Fire Department Rescue boat joined us just off the ramp, and regaled us with some siren play, and Carl Carlsen read us a passage from his book Brickyard Stories 2.0, to give us some context and history of the actual site.

It was an afternoon to remember.

Honestly, there are no words.  The Mayor said that this is the kind of thing that happens when the community comes together to support a passion.  Bob McCarty from Community Boatbuilding said he’d never, in the ten years he’s been doing this, has he seen a city turn out in such force to see a launch.  City Councillors commented that this city was fiercely hungry for this type of project, this energy, and the work of these kids.

All we can say is, this is only the beginning, folks, just watch us!

Workshops are BACK! Cyanotype at The Brickyard

It seems like it’s been a long time since our last class….  well, it has, but it’s like riding a bicycle!  We’re right back at it, and our first classes were a huge success.

Thanks to member Sally Jacobson and friend (and cohort), Stefanie Timmermann, we had a couple of really fun, really successful classes, and the re-launch of workshops and classes at The Brickyard is OFF!

Check out our classes pages, and we hope to see you soon!

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SO CLOSE!

We are SO CLOSE!  The campaign ends at NOON TODAY!

If you’ve been waiting for just the right time to jump in, now’s the time!  Help push us over our goal of $20,000 today!

Remember, we’re a 501c3 Non Profit, so your donation is deductible.  Your donation is a match, so, with the grant award from MassDEV, it will be doubled!  

Go to Patronicity to make your donation, here: Boatbuilding Comes to the Brickyard!