DescriptionThe
Sr. Strategist, Corporate Initiatives, serves as a strategic advisor to nonprofit clients, developing corporate partnership marketing strategies that create new partnership relationships, drive engagement, and maximize impact. This role works with mission-driven brands to create partnership sales pitches, develop activation plans, support executive-level business development efforts, and ensure successful execution across multiple channels.
Your Impact:- Serve as the lead advisor to nonprofit clients on corporate partnership strategy, stewardship, and activation.
- Create strategies to secure new partnerships, strengthen partner engagement, and drive long-term value.
- Develop brand-specific partnerships strategies, messaging, and activation plans to support client corporate development efforts.
- Create compelling partnership concepts and sponsorship opportunities that deliver on client's desired outcomes.
- Develop executive-level presentations and partnership proposals for corporate and board-level audiences.
- Support negotiation strategy and partnership structuring discussions ass needed throughout the sales process.
- Facilitate strategic planning sessions to identify growth opportunities and strengthen partnership programs.
- Partner with cross-functional client teams to execute partnership activations across marketing, communications, digital, events, and media channels.
- Monitor corporate partnership trends, sponsorship best practices, CSR initiatives, and employee engagement programs to provide ongoing strategic counsel to senior client leaders.
- Build trusted relationships with senior client leaders and provide ongoing strategic counsel.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Your Profile: - 8+ years of experience in corporate partnership marketing, cause marketing, or corporate social impact.
- Demonstrated success in stewarding major corporate partnerships valued at mid-six figures or greater.
- Experience working with nonprofit organizations or purpose-driven brands is required.
- Exceptional executive presentation development experience.
- A bachelor's degree requires
- Demonstrated success securing corporate partnerships, sponsorships or cause marketing agreements, valued individually at $250,000+ annually.
- A bachelor's degree with a deep understanding of nonprofit corporate partnership programs, sponsorship activation, cause marketing, and partnership stewardship.
- Exceptional presentation development and executive communication skills, including creation of board-level, C-suite, and corporate partner-facing materials.
- Ability to participate confidently in corporate partnership pitches, executive meetings, and high-level client presentations.
- Strong understanding of how nonprofit organizations create value for corporate partners through mission alignment, brand visibility, employee engagement, customer engagement, and social impact initiatives.
- Proven ability to manage multiple clients, priorities, and deadlines in a fast-paced agency or consulting environment.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with experience influencing senior leaders and navigating complex organizational structures.
- Excellent project management and cross-functional collaboration skills.
- Ability to analyze partnership performance data and translate findings into actionable
- Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.
- Advanced proficiency in PowerPoint and executive presentation development.
- Highly organized with strong attention to timelines, budgets, and performance metrics tied to both brand and campaign outcomes.
- Adaptable and solution-oriented in fast-paced, evolving environments.
- Fully competent in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and CRM systems; able to quickly learn new tools and platforms.
How We'll Support You:- Join the largest marketing and fundraising company in North America serving the nonprofit industry, where we prioritize innovation and professional growth.
- Collaborate with industry subject matter experts across the enterprise.
- To help you stay energized, engaged, and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits, including comprehensive healthcare, paid holidays, and generous paid time off so you can have the time and space to recharge and pursue your other passions and be with the people you care about.
