Director of Development and Partnerships

About the position

PhillyCAM seeks a person who is passionate about the importance of community media production and moving resources to communities most often marginalized in the field of media arts. The Director of Development and Partnerships will be someone with proven success in fundraising from individuals, foundations and government agencies. Since relationship building is fundamental to all fundraising efforts, the ideal candidate will also be a people person who enjoys connecting with a wide range of people throughout our city at forums, screenings and other events. The person should also be a systems thinker and familiar with managing a database and collecting quantitative data organization-wide to strengthen the stories of PhillyCAM’s impact. This is a new position at the organization and has guaranteed funding for at least two years.

This position will report directly to the Executive Director and work collaboratively with program and administrative staff.

Responsibilities

Fundraising

• Develop and execute an annual fundraising plan to meet the organization’s revenue goals in collaboration with the executive director including individual giving campaigns, special events, government grants and corporate and foundation support.
• Collaborate with communications staff on the creation of fundraising print and digital materials
• Lead and act as the primary liaison for the board of director development committee

Partnerships

• Act as an ambassador of PhillyCAM at community, government and foundation events
• Seek out opportunities to showcase PhillyCAM’s work and help extend PhillyCAM’s networks of individual, organizational and institutional supporters as well and the ongoing maintenance of those relationships

Operations

• Build the operations infrastructure and systems needed to sustain and grow PhillyCAM’s $2 million budget annually through individual gifts, government grants, and corporate and foundation support.
• Manage PhillyCAM’s donor database, generate reports, and lead any regular maintenance and clean up efforts for accurate, up to date records
• Manage digital storage and organization of documents related to fundraising and reporting
• Collaborate with staff to build systems for programmatic data collection

Candidate requirements

Essential requirements

• Community-minded people person who loves to build connections and be out in the community at a variety of events
• Familiarity with the local foundation and government funders
• Familiarity with parts of the Philadelphia eco-system of community organizations
• Mission alignment and an understanding of the complexities of creating a community space and upholding first amendment rights to free speech while also not creating harm
• Demonstrable success in grant writing and individual donor recruitment, stewardship and retention
• Excellent writing skills and the ability to synthesize quantitative data and other reporting into compelling stories of PhillyCAM’s impact
• Systems thinker with experience managing a database and utilizing project management software to collaborate with staff on successful fundraising endeavors
• Ability to “manage up” and work with executive director collaboratively to reach goals
• Curiosity and openness to experimenting, learning and adjusting as well as the ability to productively give and receive feedback.

Other desired characteristics

• Experience in producing fundraising events
• Experience with different online giving platforms
• Familiarity with NeonCRM, Airtable, Basecamp