Compensation Range: $80,000 - $85,000 yearly commensurate with experienceBenefits:We have three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from based on your priorities and budget. Housing Works covers most of the plan; you pay a portion, based on your salary. Staff begins accruing PTO immediately for a total of up to 30 days earned in the first year. We offer employees an educational benefit. This money is available for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.
Overview:Associate Director, Development Events focuses on key design, fashion, donor cultivation, and physical challenge events, including the Groundbreaker Awards, Design on a Dime, and Fashion for Action. The Associate Director, Development Events assists with annual fundraising events and associated goals for Housing Works.
Responsibilities:Primary:
- Manage the planning and execution of events, including identifying dates, locations, participants, and formats
- Manage and execute event sponsorship outreach, including identifying new partners and renewing existing partners
- Develop and manage mutually beneficial integrated marketing and activation plans for sponsors
- Establish, build, and maintain relationships with priority donors, vendors, and volunteers
- Help develop event-related communications and asset development/production plans
- Help build event budgets and negotiate event/production contracts
- Identify new event opportunities to refresh the current offering of agency events that drive additional revenue, new donors, and visibility for the organization
Secondary:
- Manage quotes, logistics, and execution of all details of event production including: catering, lighting, A/V, décor, registrations, etc.
- Conceptualize and activate event staffing solutions
- Create effective timelines and assure adherence to all event deadlines; including run of shows
- With visual team, build merchandising plan to maximize sales and ensure budget compliance
- Communicate effectively with numerous in-house departments to facilitate staff, equipment, delivery, etc. needs for events
- Working with Thrift store staff and Development, manage technology needs across events
- Regularly report on the success of Development events and recommend areas of improvement for future events
Specific performance benchmarks associated with this role include:
- Meet/exceed annual fundraising goals (net profit)
- # of new/renewed event (cash) donors secured
Requirements:- BA/BS preferred; Associate's degree required.
- A minimum of 4 years of event/management experience is preferred.
- Superior communications skill, including leading presentations to diverse audiences.
- Strong, detail-oriented, organizational and follow-through skills, as well as exceptional written and oral communication skills, including public speaking.
- Demonstrated skill and experience in strategic planning, setting goals, and managing performance; must possess and maintain up-to-date knowledge of current and relevant professional issues and literature.
- Demonstrated ability to think critically and exercise good judgment, as well as the ability to work independently and collaboratively with minimal day-to-day supervision in a fast-paced environment.
- Exceptional computer software skills, including MS Office suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
- Ability to travel to appointments, meetings, conferences, etc. for job-related business.
- Willingness to work events scheduled after 5pm and/or on weekends.
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