Corporate Relations Manager
March 29
🔄 Hybrid – Manhattan
Description
• Manage and steward a portfolio of corporate foundations and corporate sponsors • Write compelling letters of inquiry, proposals, and reports, as well as sponsorship proposals for new and returning corporate partners • Devise and implement a corporate membership program • Track and monitor fulfillment of institutional donor benefits, crediting, and sponsorship fulfillment/activations where appropriate • Build relationships with corporate funders and prospects by inviting them to events, arranging tickets, and updating them on ABT activities that are relevant to their funding and interests • Regularly work cross-collaboratively with ABT’s Finance, Education, Marketing, Artistic, and Administration departments to obtain materials and data for proposals and reports as well a benefit fulfillment • Represent ABT at corporate donor events and meetings • Maintain institutional “library,” both digitally and hardcopy where appropriate, of agreements, meeting notes, acknowledgments, award letters, other notifications, and important correspondence • Maintain corporate records in database, currently Raisers Edge, ensuring emails, addresses, and relationships of funders to individuals are up to date, and ensuring the institutional task list is accurate with report and proposal submission dates • Research and identify new sources of corporate support • Prepare draft communications, correspondence, meeting background and presentations for corporate funders as needed • Work collaboratively with the Manager, Institutional Support • Be an active participant in department-wide activities such as cultivation and fundraising events • Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree and minimum of 3 years of experience in not-for-profit fundraising and development required; work with corporate donor and sponsors highly desirable • Experience in fulfilling donor benefits and partnership agreements including event and visibility execution • Must be familiar with corporate prospect research tools • Excellent verbal and writing skills and an exceptional capacity for detail are required • Ability to manage and meet tight deadlines • Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously • Ability to work collegially across departments and across the organization • Excellent interpersonal skills • Must be able to work in a fast-paced environment and have an energetic, proactive, optimistic, collaborative “roll-up-your-sleeves” approach to work • Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and Power Point are required. Proficiency in Raiser’s Edge is highly desirable • Some weekend and evening hours are required, especially during performance seasons
Benefits
• 10 days’ vacation, 2 personal days, 1 floating holiday; 20 sick days • ABT also takes a “Hiatus Week” in August, and we close between Christmas and New Year; we also observe the standard annual Company Holidays including Juneteenth. • 403(b) with no company match; eligible to participate after 6 months. • Group health insurance where company pays 100% of the single premium rate for all plans; $1,500 annually if you chose not to participate in the plan (Medical, Dental, Vision) • Short-Term Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, etc. provided by the company.
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