Agência do Trabalhador da Cultura

What Agência do Trabalhador da Cultura does

Agência do Trabalhador da Cultura is a public employment intermediary operated by the Government of Paraná, Brazil, under the state's Secretaria da Cultura. The agency matches cultural-sector job seekers (artists, performers, cultural workers) with employers (cultural institutions, theaters, museums, orchestras) across the State of Paraná, free of charge to both sides of the market. It sits within the broader Agência da Cultura portal, which aggregates six cultural verticals — Cinema, Dance, Literature, Museums, Music, and Theater — and links to state cultural institutions including Teatro Guaíra, Biblioteca Pública do Paraná, Museu Oscar Niemeyer, and Orquestra Sinfônica do Paraná.

The platform is built on Drupal and developed and maintained by Celepar, the Paraná state IT company. It embeds the Paraná Inteligência Artificial (PIÁ) platform to deliver accessibility features (libras translation, contrast and text-size controls). Job seekers self-register and browse vacancies; employers register and post job openings; the agency itself does not curate listings beyond the matching interface. There is no native mobile app, no public API, and no disclosed integrations beyond PIÁ.

The business model is that of a publicly funded state service rather than a commercial enterprise. The agency is funded through the state budget of the Secretaria da Cultura and generates no direct revenue from users; pricing is zero to both candidates and employers. Headcount is approximately 21 employees, and the entity is classified as a state government agency, not a privately held company. No funding rounds, acquisitions, partnerships, or commercial contracts are disclosed.

Name

Agência do Trabalhador da Cultura

Legal name

Agência da Cultura - Secretaria da Cultura do Estado do Paraná

Website

https://agenciadotrabalhadordacultura.pr.gov.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Free public employment intermediary operated by the Government of Paraná, Brazil, matching cultural-sector workers (artists, performers) with cultural employers (theaters, museums, orchestras) across the state via a Drupal-based portal under the Secretaria da Cultura.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Employment Services

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (7121)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYTHAJADAK

Indigenous & Community Cultural Institutions

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Museums, Galleries & Cultural Institutions

SECONDARYTHAJADAI

Cultural Heritage Institutions (Archives, Historic Houses, Monuments Foundations)

Travel & Hospitality/Tours, Attractions & Experiences/Museums, Galleries & Cultural Institutions

Keywords

• Cultural employment services
• Public job matching
• Arts sector recruitment
• Cultural services portal
• Government cultural services

Headquarters

HQ city

Curitiba

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public Government Service: As a government agency under the Paraná State Secretariat of Culture, the agency provides free employment intermediary services funded by public government budget. No direct revenue is generated from users.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Agência do Trabalhador da Cultura is a free public employment intermediary service for the cultural sector in the State of Paraná, Brazil. It operates as a centralized web portal where individual job seekers (artists, cultural workers, performers) can self-register and browse open vacancies, while cultural-sector employers (companies, theaters, museums, cultural institutions) can register and post job openings. The agency also serves as a unified gateway to cultural services across cinema, dance, literature, museums, music, and theater, connecting users to state cultural institutions and programming.

Product overview

Agência da Cultura is a government cultural services portal for the state of Paraná, Brazil, operated by the Paraná State Culture Secretariat. The platform provides a unified gateway to cultural services organized into six main categories: Cinema, Dança (Dance), Literatura (Literature), Museus (Museums), Música (Music), and Teatro (Theater). Each category aggregates multiple services such as guided tours, event programming, ticket purchases, collections access, and educational programs across Paraná's cultural institutions including the Biblioteca Pública do Paraná, Teatro Guaíra, and numerous museums. The portal also supports employment services through dedicated sections for job seekers (Candidatos) and employers (Empresas), enabling registration and vacancy management.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Candidatos (Job Seeker Services) Job seeker registration and management services enabling individuals (artists, cultural workers, performers) to self-register, browse open cultural-sector vacancies, and apply for employment opportunities in the cultural sector of Paraná.
• Empresas (Employer Services) Employer registration and job posting management services for companies, cultural institutions, theaters, museums, and organizations in Paraná seeking to hire cultural-sector workers and post job vacancies.
• Serviços de Cinema Cultural services related to cinema, including access to the collection of the Museu da Imagem e do Som de Curitiba and programming of the Cineclube da Biblioteca Pública do Paraná.
• Serviços de Dança Dance-related cultural services including ticket purchases for Teatro Guaíra performances, information on Balé Teatro Guaíra, G2 Companhia de Dança, and enrollment in the Escola de Dança do Teatro Guaíra.
• Serviços de Literatura Literary services including access to the Biblioteca Pública do Paraná collection, digital archives, Braille programming, reader registration, book lending, and guidance on copyright.
• Serviços de Museus Services for visiting and learning about multiple museums across Paraná, including the Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Museu Paranaense, Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Museu da Imagem e do Som, and various university museums (UEL, UEPG, UEM).
• Serviços de Música Music-related cultural services including information about the Orquestra Sinfônica do Paraná and access to Paraná cultural productions.
• Serviços de Teatro Theater services including Teatro Guaíra programming, ticket purchases for performances, and information on Paraná cultural productions.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights2 records

Broad incumbents

• LinkedIn Brasil: Global professional network with a strong Brazilian user base widely used by cultural workers for job search and employer branding. Comparable as a candidate-employer matching platform, though broader in scope and commercial in nature.
• Vagas.com: Major Brazilian job board operating across all sectors. Comparable as a candidate-employer matching platform with cultural-sector job postings, though significantly larger and broader in scope than the cultural-focused agency.
• Catho: Brazil's largest private employment marketplace serving all sectors including cultural roles. Comparable as a job-matching intermediary between candidates and employers, but broader in scope and commercial rather than government-operated.
• Indeed Brasil: Global job search platform operating in Brazil with multilingual matching across industries. Overlaps with the agency on cultural-sector job posting and candidate matching, but operates as a commercial aggregator rather than a state government service.

Direct peers

• Fundação Cultural do Estado da Bahia: Bahia's state cultural foundation that aggregates cultural services across multiple institutions and programs. Directly comparable as a state-level cultural infrastructure entity that operates a portal connecting citizens to state cultural assets, similar to the Agência da Cultura's aggregator role.
• Funarte (Fundação Nacional de Artes): Brazilian federal arts foundation that supports cultural workers and institutions through funding and programs. Directly comparable as a public cultural institution providing services and opportunities to cultural-sector professionals, intersecting with the agency's employment intermediation role.
• Agência do Trabalhador (Paraná): Paraná's general (non-cultural) state employment agency operated by the same parent government. Direct peer as sibling entities under Governo do Paraná sharing the same operating model, technology provider (Celepar), and targeting of free public employment intermediation, but serving all sectors of the economy.
• Sine (Sistema Nacional de Emprego): Brazil's national public employment intermediation system operating free government-run matching services. Highly comparable as both Sine and Agência do Trabalhador da Cultura provide no-cost, publicly-funded employment matching between employers and job seekers, with Sine covering general labor and the agency covering the cultural vertical.

Emerging players

• Apinfo: Brazilian arts and entertainment industry platform offering job listings and professional resources. Comparable as a niche platform serving creative and cultural professionals, but operates at national scope and is private rather than government-run.
• Trampos: Brazilian job platform focused on creative industries and cultural professions. Closely comparable to the agency's cultural-sector specialization, but operates as a private Portuguese-language job board rather than a public government service.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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