Job Description

CORPORATE & INSTITUTIONAL GIVING MANAGER

The Corporate and Institutional Giving Manager will be a key member of TheatreSquared’s development team and will contribute to the organization’s overall fundraising and partnership management strategies. TheatreSquared seeks a creative individual with outside-the-box solutions who can execute sustainable strategies to form mutually beneficial partnerships. Experience maintaining and growing high-level relationships with funders is preferred.

This staff member’s primary duty is to engage new corporate and institutional partners for TheatreSquared, and carefully steward each relationship to ensure continuity whether they provide $1,000 or $50,000 in annual support. This position leads efforts to renew and grow current corporate partnerships and acquire new partnerships to expand the portfolio. The ideal candidate for this role will be an experienced frontline fundraiser who is comfortable working towards numeric goals and targets. Additionally, the ideal candidate should be eager to expand their horizons with opportunity for personal and professional growth.

By sustaining the theatre’s core offerings through creative partnerships, this key staff member will help TheatreSquared to answer the question, “How can a theatre be an agent of social change—helping foster a community that is fundamentally more equitable?”

The Corporate & Institutional Giving Manager will:

• Assist with the research, cultivation, and acquisition of potential new corporate and institutional partners at the local, regional and national levels
• Successfully steward current corporate and institutional donor relationships toward renewal by managing appropriate frequency of outreach, communication, and involvement
• Engage executive staff and board in stewarding corporate and institutional partners
• Execute a customized engagement and benefits plan for partners based on their marketing and business needs, as well as their philanthropic and community engagement goals
• Solicit donations and sponsorship of organizational fundraising events including the annual Gala, Season Kickoff, and other gatherings
• Oversee and grow in-kind donations to offset expense in other areas
• Support donor stewardship events throughout the year
• Gather supplemental materials and reporting for corporate and institutional partnership proposals, grants, and progress reports in close partnership with the Associate Director of Development 
• Produce compelling reports to demonstrate impact of corporate and institutional partnership investments
• Engage and network with corporate representatives at internal and external events and site visits to deepen their relationship with the organization and secure their long-term funding of T2
• Communicate with a diverse array of people and tell the T2 story in a compelling and inspirational way
• Available on occasional nights and weekends; since some events are off-site, a drivers’ license is preferred
• Report to the Director of Development

QUALIFICATIONS

Preferred candidates will have:

• experience in non-profit fundraising, marketing, relationship management, or related fields 
• strong communications skills, both verbal and written 
• the ability to deliver inspiring and succinct presentations and conduct productive meetings; 
• comfort working towards and achieving annual personal fundraising goals 
• strategic, analytical project and time management skills
• a proven track record of creating and implementing systems and processes that contribute to significant organizational growth
• a desire to form strong business relationships
• a persistent, yet respectful approach, and an entrepreneurial spirit

Additional skills and experience that are preferred, but not required, include knowledge of the Northwest Arkansas corporate community via local business, civic, and cultural networks; and experience with Tessitura or another CRM platform. 

Finally, the ideal candidate will demonstrate a strong passion for TheatreSquared’s mission and vision, as well as a dedication to the company’s principles of inclusion, diversity, equity, anti-racism, and access. 

TheatreSquared celebrates diversity and commits to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. The company’s goal is to remove barriers to employment that are faced by racialized groups and encourage applicants of all genders, abilities, and ethnic, socio-economic, religious, and educational backgrounds. TheatreSquared believes that a team with a variety of perspectives and skills is critical to our growth as an organization, and we seek to recruit, develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.

Please note: All interviews at this time will be held via video service (Google, Zoom, etc.)

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

This permanent, full-time, exempt position includes an annual salary in range of $45,000-55,000 and full benefits. These benefits include health; dental; paid time off; relocation assistance; paid parental leave; professional development allowance; employer-sponsored long-term and short-term disability; $100,000 in employer-sponsored term life insurance; and voluntary 401(k).

THEATRESQUARED MISSION

We believe that theatre—done well and with passion—can transform lives and communities. At the theatre, in schools and online, we create remarkable performances; broaden access; foster empathy, equity and cohesion; and gather with one another around art, conversation, food and other shared experiences in a welcoming, inclusive space.

THE COMPANY & REGION

TheatreSquared’s signature offering of bold new plays in an intimate setting has driven its growth to become the state’s largest theatre, offering more than 300 performances annually and operating on a $6 million annual budget. The playwright-led company is one of mid-America’s leading laboratories for new work, having launched more than 60 new plays. Its work has received critical acclaim from The New York Times (“Best Theater of 2020” list), The Wall Street Journal (“an outstanding drama company”), NPR’s All Things Considered, and the American Theater Wing, founder of the Tony Awards.

TheatreSquared’s home—winner of the 2020 American Architecture Award and the AIA NY Honor Award—is a cultural landmark. T2’s hometown of Fayetteville is annually ranked among the top ten US News and World Report “Best Places to Live,” a progressive, bike-friendly, and scenic college community near several Fortune 100 world headquarters. TheatreSquared’s remarkable expansion—with a twentyfold increase in audience in just the past decade— parallels the emergence of its home region as a booming population center and destination for American art.

Offering far-reaching access and education programs and an open-all-day gathering space, TheatreSquared remains rooted in its founding vision, that “theatre—done well and with passion—can transform lives and communities.” 

How to Apply

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 40,000 - 60,000.

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