HR for the Arts
Empowering the Arts Through Human Connection
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Hiring & Onboarding
From job posts to first day orientation, we help you hire the right people and set them up to succeed.
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Workshops & Training
Leadership, DEI, and conflict-resolution training built for creative teams, not corporate ones.
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Strategic Planning
Org charts, scaling plans, and culture strategy for the next stage of your organization's life.
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HR Operations & Compliance
Day-to-day HR, payroll coordination, and policies that actually make sense for how your organization runs.
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Benefits
Licensed brokers who make health insurance, retirement, and fair pay structures accessible, even on an arts budget.
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HR Technology
The right tools, set up right, so your systems work as hard as your team does.
Meet Jamie Joeyen-Waldorf
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Former People Operations at industry-leading manager/leadership training organization
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Former HR project manager at The New York Times
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Former adjunct faculty at DePaul University teaching HR for the Commercial Theatre
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PHR-certified
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Licensed Insurance Broker
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Tony-Nominated Broadway producer
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Shubert Artistic Circle Member
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Challenges
Resource Constraints
Many arts organizations struggle with limited resources, making it difficult to allocate dedicated HR personnel.
Unique Structures
Staff employed across different entities, unions, and reporting lines leads to confusion & communication issues.
Legal Risks
HR compliance requirements can be intricate, and the lack of expertise in this area may pose costly legal risks.
Inefficient Processes
HR is often added as an afterthought, leaving behind makeshift systems that are hard to maintain.
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Kokoro Solutions
Top-Tier Technology
We invest in the tools so you don't have to, bringing enterprise-level systems within reach.
Third Party Authority
As an outside HR partner, we give employees a neutral, approachable place to raise questions or concerns.
Compliance
We track the changes so you're covered, without you having to become an employment lawyer.
Customized Support
We build HR around your organization's actual size and budget, not a one-size-fits-all package.
Addressing Challenges that only Creative Organizations Experience
Tailored Solutions to Meet Your Needs
Our Services
BUILD
Get the people side of your business set up right.
Whether you're starting from scratch or realizing you've outgrown the systems you cobbled together along the way, we'll help you build a strong foundation. Together, we'll put the policies, tools, processes, and protections in place so your team can grow without everything living in your head.
Sustain
Keep things running without having to build a whole HR department.
Once the foundation is there, we can take care of the everyday people work that comes with running a team. From employee questions and onboarding to compliance, documentation, and those tricky situations no one quite knows how to handle, you get experienced HR support and efficient systems without needing to carry it all in-house.
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Optimize
Make what you've built work even better.
As your organization grows, the way you support your people needs to grow with it. We'll help you rethink what isn't working, strengthen what is, and tackle bigger questions around compensation, performance, leadership, culture, and change so your systems continue to fit the organization you're becoming.
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Real Testimonials Real Results
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