Available: July 1
Reports to: General Director
Classification: Full-Time
Working with the General Director and existing development staff, Austin Lyric Opera’s Director of Development creates and executes plans to achieve all contributed income goals, including individual, foundation, corporate, government, and planned gifts, as well as special campaign fundraising. The successful candidate is an experienced and effective fundraising professional, a strong communicator and team player, and has a high sense of ownership and a positive outlook.
Responsibilities:
The Director of Development is responsible for creating effective strategies to expand all areas of company fundraising, including:
- Annual Fund (individual gifts under $1,500)
- Major Gifts (contributors above $1,500)
- Corporate Sponsorship
- Foundation and Government Grants
- Education Gifts
- Planned Gifts
- In-Kind Gifts
In addition, the Director of Development:
- Strengthens the department’s research and reporting capabilities in order to identify new opportunities, while effectively stewarding existing relationships
- Creates and carefully monitors the Development department’s income and expense budgets as well as forecasting throughout the year
- Works with the General Director and Director of Marketing to ensure consistency in external communications
- Provides expertise as needed to the Guild for the planning and execution of special events
Qualifications:
- 5 years’ experience in the creation and successful execution of initiatives across the areas of fundraising described above
- Superior communication skills
- Ability to work effectively with the Board of Trustees’ Development Committee, as well as other members of the staff
- Proven, successful experience in developing relationships with current donors and cultivating prospective donors
- Analytical ability to help in the expansion of research efforts, including experience in working with donor databases
- Strong experience in budget planning and analysis
- Understanding of the current planned giving landscape, and experience in securing planned gifts
- Ability to identify opportunities that link press/communications, development, and marketing
- Proactive, goal-focused, and possesses a high sense of accountability
- Ability and willingness to work outside of regular business hours as needed
- Ability to manage multiple and changing priorities as needed
- Knowledge of opera and the performing arts is strongly preferred
Compensation and Benefits:
Compensation is commensurate with experience. Benefits include health insurance and vacation time. Austin Lyric Opera is an equal opportunity employer.
To Apply:
Please send your resume, cover letter, and references to ehanson@austinlyricopera.org. Please put “Director of Development” in the subject line.
Available: July 1
Reports to: General Director
Classification: Full-Time
Austin Lyric Opera’s Director of Marketing and Communications is responsible for the creation and execution of short- and long-term marketing and public relations efforts across all media, with the goal of expanding ticket sales and developing brand/awareness-building campaigns that grow ALO audiences and increase the company’s engagement with the Austin community. This position reports directly to the General Director, and utilizes external resources as needed in order to develop compelling creative and form successful marketing partnerships and collaborations.
Responsibilities:
- Creates and implements marketing plans that increase performance attendance and revenue, including both subscription and single ticket sales
- Develops institutional marketing and branding campaigns that significantly increase community awareness of ALO and its activities throughout the year to expand the company’s potential audience base
- Is responsible for ensuring consistent presentation of the ALO brand in all aspects
- Books, places and delivers all print, radio, television, outdoor and digital advertising, etc., using external resources as needed to develop creative
- Creates and implements all digital media strategy, including social media and website
- Creates and implements all communication strategy
- Communicates with the Long Center (ALO’s performance home) as needed with regard to ticketing, programs and other related topics
- Provides marketing support as needed educational and other community engagement activities
- Provides accurate and timely on-going ticket sales data and analysis
- Creates and carefully monitors Marketing income and expense budgets as well as forecasting throughout the year
- Works with the General Director and Director of Development to ensure consistency in external communications
- Accurately tracks and projects promotional spend and ROI
Qualifications:
- 7 years’ experience in a senior marketing position, with a track record of generating significant gains in earned revenue
- Deep understanding of the Austin community for development of media buying, social media, and digital strategy
- Experience in developing successful awareness/brand-building initiatives
- Knowledge and hands-on experience with all forms of digital communications
- Strong analytical ability to measure and increase ROI
- Ability to produce compelling and effective creative
- Ability to develop opportunities that link press/communications, development, and marketing
- Outstanding written and oral communication skills
- Personable team player, with ability to manage relationships effectively within the organization, as well as with external parties
- Proactive and goal-focused, with a high sense of accountability
- Ability and willingness to work outside of regular business hours as needed
- Knowledge of opera and the performing arts is strongly preferred
Compensation and Benefits:
Compensation is commensurate with experience. Benefits include health insurance and vacation time. Austin Lyric Opera is an equal opportunity employer.
To Apply:
Please send your resume, cover letter, and references to ehanson@austinlyricopera.org. Please put “Director of Marketing” in the subject line.
