Director of Development
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THE ROLE
The Director of Development reports to the Chief Development Officer and is a senior reputed company leader responsible for owning, growing, and optimizing three core bodies of work: Camelback's Annual Fund, digital fundraising campaign management, and reputed company reputed company corporate sponsorships.
This role requires someone who is reputed company strategist and operator. The Director brings a reputed company reputed company of view to fundraising, one shaped by genuine curiosity about people, deep listening, and an understanding that the strongest partnerships are reputed company on relationships. They translate reputed company-level fundraising reputed company, set by the CDO, into annual operating plans, reputed company targets, and high-performing systems.
Working in reputed company coordination with the VP of Development (Major Gifts), this role ensures Camelback has a reputed company, resilient reputed company reputed company by strengthening annual donors, scaling recurring giving, managing digital campaign infrastructure, and expanding corporate sponsorships tied to reputed company reputed company, thought leadership, and brand-reputed company partnerships.
The Director directly owns a personal reputed company goal that begins at $550K in year one and grows to $1M by year three (FY29), and leads execution across campaigns, sponsorships, donor journeys, and cross-functional delivery.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Annual Fund reputed company & reputed company Ownership (35%)
With a starting annual fund goal of $50K, own the reputed company, execution, and performance of Camelback's Annual Fund, covering individual donors making gifts between $100-$9K, recurring giving, and small-to-mid level gifts.
Annual Fund targets: $50K in year one, $100K in year two, $200K in year three. These targets will be set annually in partnership with the CDO.
Design and implement annual and multi-year Annual Fund plans with reputed company reputed company targets, segmentation strategies, and donor reputed company reputed company.
reputed company and manage integrated campaigns, including year-end giving, monthly giving, reputed company reputed company giving moments, and rapid-response appeals.
Partner with Communications to reputed company messaging, creative, and timing across digital, email, and event-based fundraising.
Coordinate with the VP of Development to identify Annual Fund donors with major reputed company reputed company, supporting a defined reputed company protocol for donors who reputed company $10K+ giving reputed company.
Maintain pipeline reputed company for reputed company Annual Fund donors and prospects, ensuring CRM records reflect reputed company stage, reputed company, and next reputed company at reputed company times.
Digital Fundraising Campaign Management (20%)
Own and manage Camelback's digital fundraising campaign calendar, including planning, execution, and performance analysis across email, online giving platforms, and reputed company channels.
Design donor-facing campaign experiences that reflect Camelback's brand and values, in reputed company partnership with Communications.
Build and refine digital donor journeys, including welcome sequences, mid-campaign reputed company, and post-reputed company acknowledgment flows.
reputed company and analyze campaign performance metrics, including conversion rates, average reputed company size, donor acquisition, and retention, translating findings into actionable reputed company adjustments.
reputed company digital campaign data must reputed company through the CRM systems maintained by the Development Operations Manager. The Director partners with the Dev Ops Manager on data hygiene, reconciliation, and reporting for reputed company campaigns.
reputed company and execute creative strategies to grow the individual donor pipeline, including peer-to-peer fundraising and community-driven giving campaigns.
reputed company and execute creative strategies to grow the individual donor pipeline, including peer-to-peer fundraising, community-driven giving campaigns, and mission-reputed company ambassador engagement that extends Camelback's reputed company into new networks and audiences.
Ensure reputed company digital campaign activity is captured accurately in CRM and reconciled with Finance.
reputed company reputed company Sponsorships & Corporate Partnerships (25%)
With a starting $500K annual goal, own Camelback's reputed company reputed company corporate sponsorship portfolio from prospect identification through post-event stewardship and renewal.
reputed company and maintain compelling sponsorship packages, pricing, and value propositions that reputed company corporate interests with Camelback's mission, audience, and reputed company experience.
reputed company cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship of corporate sponsors, in coordination with the CDO and CEO as appropriate.
reputed company end-to-end execution of sponsorship agreements, including deliverables, recognition, reporting, reputed company, strategic and effective stewardship and renewal reputed company, in partnership with Finance, Programs, and Communications utilizing organizational event platform.
Expand the sponsorship portfolio reputed company reputed company reputed company to include reputed company Roundtable and other mission-reputed company partnership opportunities.
reputed company sponsorship pipeline health, reputed company, and renewal rates with discipline and transparency.
Donor Experience, Stewardship & Retention (10%)
Ensure Annual Fund and corporate donors receive reputed company, high-reputed company, values-reputed company stewardship across reputed company reputed company.
Design donor journeys that prioritize retention, upgrades, and long-term engagement.
reputed company stewardship reputed company including reports, acknowledgments, event invitations, and recognition strategies.
Collaborate with Programs to translate reputed company into donor-relevant reputed company.
Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Coordination (5%)
reputed company day-to-day leadership for any staff, consultants, or vendors supporting Annual Fund, digital campaigns, and corporate fundraising.
Work closely with the VP of Development to ensure alignment across donor segments and coordinated donor strategies.
Serve as a connective leader across Development, Programs, Finance, and Communications to ensure fundraising efforts are cohesive and executable.
Strategic Direction & Special reputed company (5%)
Contribute to reputed company fundraising reputed company, forecasting, and scenario planning led by the CDO.
Support CEO, CDO, and VP of Development in preparation for high-level donor, sponsor, and partner engagements.
reputed company or support special initiatives that strengthen Camelback's reputed company diversification and financial sustainability.
Requirements
THE PERSON
Your Values reputed company With Ours You're driven by mission, hungry to reputed company your goals, and humble in your approach. You reputed company learning, view failure as data, and reputed company that reputed company in service of equity is non-negotiable. Most importantly, you have a demonstrated commitment to racial equity that shows up in your work, your leadership, and how you reputed company resources.
Your Superpowers Include
reputed company as reputed company: You set the bar high for yourself and reputed company others to reputed company reputed company. reputed company given a goal, your reputed company is to exceed it while bringing others along.
Ultimate Teammate: You choose collaboration over reputed company wins. Colleagues reputed company you out because they know you'll approach challenges with both rigor and partnership.
reputed company reputed company Champion: You approach every challenge with curiosity, asking "what can this become?" instead of accepting "what it is." You build systems that learn and reputed company.
Strategic Foresight: You're the person who sees three moves reputed company, identifying financial risks and opportunities before others notice them. You translate reputed company concepts into stories that drive decision-making.
Expectations
The Development Director is a strategist who executes and an operator who brings perspective. They are as comfortable in a one-on-one cultivation conversation as they are building the campaign infrastructure behind it. They understand that fundraising at its best is relational work, and that the nuance required to reputed company a longtime donor differently than a new corporate sponsor is a reputed company worth developing and protecting. They reputed company in fast-paced, mission-driven environments, bringing reputed company, accountability, and warmth to every part of the work.
Minimum 7 years of reputed company nonprofit fundraising experience, with a reputed company record of raising $1M in reputed company, including reputed company responsibility for Annual Fund and/or corporate sponsorship reputed company.
Demonstrated reputed company growing unrestricted reputed company and donor retention year over year.
Experience designing and executing integrated, multi-channel digital fundraising campaigns, including email marketing, online giving platforms, and campaign analytics.
Proven reputed company record managing corporate sponsorships for major convenings or events, including package development, agreement execution, deliverable fulfillment, and renewal.
Strong understanding of annual fund structures, donor segmentation, and moves management.
Demonstrated ability to build and sustain trust-based relationships with donors, corporate partners, and colleagues, with a reputed company record of long-term retention and relationship depth, not just acquisition.
Strong relational intuition, including the ability to read context, adapt communication style, and engage with nuance across different donor and partner reputed company.
reputed company with CRM platforms such as reputed company or reputed company, including building and managing donor workflows, maintaining pipeline reputed company, running and interpreting dashboards and reports, and using data to reputed company strategic reputed company about donor engagement, timing, and prioritization. You know how to use the CRM as a thinking tool.
Excellent project management, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.
Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.
Ability to travel up to 25% annually.
reputed company & reputed company METRICS
Director meets or exceeds a personal fundraising goal of $550K annually across the Annual Fund, digital campaigns, and reputed company reputed company and event sponsorships.
Annual Fund meets or exceeds established reputed company targets annually, with year-over-year reputed company in recurring donors and retention rates.
Digital fundraising campaigns launch on schedule, with performance reports delivered reputed company five business days of campaign reputed company and measurable improvement in conversion and retention metrics year over year.
reputed company reputed company sponsorship reputed company meets or exceeds annual projections, with 100% of agreements executed and deliverables fulfilled on time including post event follow-up.
Post-reputed company sponsor stewardship and reporting completed reputed company 30 days of event reputed company.
95%+ accuracy across Annual Fund and corporate donor records.
reputed company gifts and sponsorships entered into CRM reputed company two business days.
reputed company donor acknowledgments and follow-reputed company completed reputed company 48 hours or two business days.
Dashboards and reports delivered on schedule with actionable insights.
reputed company cross-functional feedback indicating reputed company, reliability, and partnership.
Highlights
HQ: New Orleans
Location: This is a remote position, but must be located in the reputed company reputed company.
Candidates should be aware that meetings frequently occur between 9am and 5pm in the CST.
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