Position: Associate Director, Fundraising and Special Events Department: Advancement and InnovationOverview: Lincoln Center's growing Special Events and Concierge Services Department seeks a dynamic Associate Director, Fundraising & Special Events to join their team, which executes 6 major annual fundraising galas and upwards of 60 additional events per year, ranging from small, intimate cocktail parties to events for 800+ attendees. Reporting to and working closely with the Senior Director, Fundraising & Special Events, this full-time position is responsible for managing a portfolio of events including signature galas, corporate benefit events, high touch in-home events, and one-night-only experiences. The successful candidate must be a proven fundraiser and event producer, with a successful track record of meeting budgeted revenue targets while driving event production, logistics, and operations for the full event cycle.What you'll get to do here:
- Lead the fundraising, planning, production, and logistics for a portfolio of assigned institutional events
- Work closely with event leadership to develop and implement fundraising plans, donor prospecting, and identify sponsors to meet revenue goals
- Compile and maintain invite lists, coordinate gala solicitation outreach and follow-up
- Partner with Lincoln Center's Sponsorship team on corporate member/sponsor integration within fundraising galas, events, and other corporate engagement activities
- Track and analyze event program performance on an ongoing basis - prepare budget revenue and expense forecasts, monitor financial performance, prepare financial reports, manage department expenditures to budget
- Collaborate with Lincoln Center's Design Team on the direction and development of all creative assets, collateral, and other event materials as needed - can include but not limited to: save the dates, invitations, event overviews, reply forms, solicitation letters, webpages, journals and programs
- Craft internal and external content and communications, ensuring messaging is consistent, engaging and aligned with Lincoln Center's overarching and event-specific objectives
- Lead planning meetings and manage event documents/correspondence, i.e. agendas, timelines, run-of-shows, trackers, memos and progress reports, ensuring all stakeholders are informed and engaged
- Oversee event production and execution including onsite management, set-up, front and back-of-house management, registration, signage, staffing plan, remark drafts and speaker prep, talent wrangling, decor, and other elements. Supervise members of the Special Events team, additional event staff, volunteers etc.
- Supervise members of the Special Events team, additional event staff, volunteers and consultants, as needed
You'll be a great fit if you bring:
- A bachelor's degree in a related field
- 8+ years of event management and fundraising experience, preferably in a large-scale cultural organization
- Minimum 4 years of previous management or leadership experience
- Demonstrated experience in fundraising, cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship strategies and techniques; experience working with Board members, event leadership committees and diverse constituencies
- A strong self-starter mentality; excellent organization, project management and written and verbal communication skills with strong attention to detail
- Excellent people and collaborative skills with an eye towards relationship-building, across departments and verticals and external partners
- Creativity, innovation and critical thinking with superb judgment and problem-solving skills
- The ability and willingness to work evening and weekends to manage Lincoln Center's robust events program, as needed
- A sense of humor
- Commitment to Lincoln Center's mission
What is Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts?Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (LCPA) is the world's leading performing arts center in the heart of New York City. In these times of heightened anxiety and vigilance, we are holding on to the important role the arts play in our lives: they nourish our hearts and minds, teach us valuable lessons and critical skills, and help us create community. We are resolved not to lose sight of what connects us, and we hope you will consider joining our talented, diverse team.We are:1. The manager of the Lincoln Center Campus.-We are part of 16 acres of activity and one of eleven amazing resident organizations2. A leading Arts Presenter.-We curate a number of series showcasing music, dance, and theater3. An Education Hub.-We have reached 20 million students, educators, principals, and community membersWho are our people?Lincoln Center is a diverse team of dreamers, collaborators, and entrepreneurs who use unique platforms in the heart of New York City and beyond to advocate for the transformative impact of artistic experiences.Lincoln Center People imagine and create in concert with this mission by founding President John D. Rockefeller III - The arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many. Their place is not on the periphery of daily life, but at its center. Lincoln Center welcomes applicants from all sectors who agilely solve problems, show up as they are, and can't stop innovating.What's the news? Get Ready for ‘Summer for the City'
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Who is our President and CEO? Mariko SilverJoin us!It is the policy of Lincoln Center to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, disability, marital or civil partnership/union status, familial or caregiver status, alienage or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, military or veteran status, genetic information, predisposition, or carrier status, unemployment status, domestic violence, sexual violence, or stalking victim status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. LCPA is committed to creating a dynamic work environment that values diversity and inclusion, respect and integrity, customer focus, and innovation.