Vice President of Development and Marketing - Chicago, United States - Leadership Greater Chicago

Description

ABOUT LEADERSHIP GREATER CHICAGO (LGC):

Leadership Greater Chicago (LGC) is the region's premier civic leadership development program, delivering the knowledge and network to lead bold, transformative change.

LGC convenes, connects, and mobilizes the area's most promising leaders around key socioeconomic issues through dynamic education and experiential activities.

These diverse individuals represent the most prominent corporate, nonprofit, government, and education organizations.

Since its founding in 1983 by The Chicago Community Trust, LGC has developed more than 1,300 leaders through its Signature Fellows Program an intensive 10-month exploration of current socioeconomic issues that provides the foundation for a lifelong commitment to civic engagement.

Fellows learn from a diversity of perspectives, styles and world views, and develop the capacity to approach and break down complex problems to drive transformative change in effective and collaborative ways.

In 2019, LGC launched The Daniel Burnham Fellowship - an accelerated civic onboarding experience for senior executives who in their roles are committed to civic engagement and can play a part in shaping the future of Chicago.

While beneficial to any executive, it is especially beneficial for those who are new to Chicago and provides a rich introduction to an executive new to their role.

The Fellowship is designed to inspire these leaders to mobilize and exert their combined influence and intellect to positively impact Chicago, its future and the continued economic progress of the region for all.

To date, nearly 120 C-suite executives have participated in this innovative leadership experience.

Under the leadership of their new Chief Executive Officer, Myetie Hamilton, LGC is poised to reach even greater levels of strategic influence, impact, and innovation as the region's premier organization for fostering and growing civic leadership.

Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer of Leadership Greater Chicago, the Vice President of Development and Marketing is responsible for developing and executing comprehensive fundraising strategies, cultivating relationships with stakeholders and engaging LGC fellowship alumni, overseeing internal and external communications, and leading digital marketing initiatives.

The VP of Development and Marketing will lead a team of development and marketing professionals towards achieving fundraising goals and organizational success and requires effective collaboration with cross-functional teams, including program, finance, and operations staff, to ensure alignment of development and marketing efforts with organizational objectives.

This new leadership role for LGC provides an exciting opportunity to build on current revenue streams and to design a strategic and sustainable fundraising program for the organization.

Key Responsibilities

Fundraising:

• Develop and execute comprehensive fundraising strategies to reach annual revenue goal of $2.5M (with primary focus on individual giving, corporate sponsorships and annual gala) to support the organization's mission and goals.
• Set stretch goals to support enhanced and sustainable revenue streams.
• Create, manage, and monitor annual fundraising plans and budgets; develop a digital fundraising strategy for the overall fundraising plan.
• Enhance the use of the current CRM Salesforce platform to maintain accurate records and tracking systems for institutional and individual donors.
• In partnership with the CEO, identify and cultivate relationships with major donors, foundations, and corporate sponsors.
• Oversee the planning and execution of fundraising events and campaigns, such as the organization's Annual Appeal and Celebrate Leaders benefit.

Stakeholder and Alumni Board Engagement:

• Support and collaborate with the Leadership Fellows Association (LFA) board to develop innovative programming and engagement strategies
• Cultivate and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, including alumni, board members, and major donors.
• Develop individual giving engagement and fundraising strategy to target LGC alum.
• Leverage alumni and board connections for strategic fundraising opportunities and outreach.

Internal and External Communications:

• Oversee the development and implementation of internal and external communication strategies for promoting LGC events, announcements and programs.
• Ensure consistent messaging and branding across all organizational communications.
• Manage public relations efforts, including media outreach and crisis communications.

Digital Marketing:

• Lead the development and execution of digital marketing strategies to drive donor engagement and fundraising efforts.
• Analyze and report on digital marketing performance, using data to inform and optimize strategies.

Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree in marketing, communications, business administration, nonprofit management,