Director of Development & Partnerships: PhillyCam

Bryn Mawr College; Wales; Hybrid; GBP 63,000 - 67,000; Full time

Job summary

A community media center in Philadelphia seeks a Director of Development and Partnerships. The role involves fundraising, building community connections, and managing donor relations. Ideal candidates will have proven fundraising success, excellent communication skills, and a familiarity with local community organizations. This is a full-time hybrid position with a salary range of $85,000 – $90,000, plus benefits.

Benefits

12 vacation days per year

Paid medical insurance

403b with 4% match

Qualifications

• Proven success in fundraising from individuals, foundations, and government agencies.
• Excellent writing skills and ability to synthesize quantitative data into compelling stories.
• Experience managing a donor database and project management software.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute an annual fundraising plan to meet revenue goals.
• Act as an ambassador of PhillyCAM at community and government events.
• Build operations infrastructure to sustain and grow PhillyCAM’s budget.

Skills

Fundraising expertise

Community engagement

Relationship building

Grant writing

Excellent writing skills

Tools

NeonCRM

Airtable

Basecamp

Job description

Founded in 2009 after a nearly 30 year grassroots community coalition campaign, PhillyCAM is a community media center that provides transformative opportunities for people and communities to express themselves, to learn from each other, and to produce and share media reflective of the experiences of everyday people. We envision an equitable society in which media reflects and represents our communities, builds community power, and enables all people to access media tools to critically analyze media and participate in media creation.

PhillyCAM is the nonprofit designated by the City of Philadelphia to operate its public access television network (Xfinity 66/966HD/967 and Verizon Fios 29/30). PhillyCAM also operates a

low-power community radio station, WPPM-FM. We offer over 60 unique workshops and trainings annually to hundreds of participants including topics such as field production, TV studio production, digital video editing, virtual production, collaborative filmmaking, cinematic storytelling, community news reporting, audio production, podcasting, live streaming and DIY filmmaking on the go.

About the position

PhillyCAM seeks a person who is passionate about the importance of community media production and moving resources to communities most often marginalized in the field of media arts. The Director of Development and Partnerships will be someone with proven success in fundraising from individuals, foundations and government agencies. Since relationship building is fundamental to all fundraising efforts, the ideal candidate will also be a people person who enjoys connecting with a wide range of people throughout our city at forums, screenings and other events. The person should also be a systems thinker and familiar with managing a database and collecting quantitative data organization-wide to strengthen the stories of PhillyCAM’s impact. This is a new position at the organization and has guaranteed funding for at least two years.

This position will report directly to the Executive Director and work collaboratively with program and administrative staff.

• Develop and execute an annual fundraising plan to meet the organization’s revenue goals in collaboration with the executive director including individual giving campaigns, special events, government grants and corporate and foundation support.
• Collaborate with communications staff on the creation of fundraising print and digital materials
• Lead and act as the primary liaison for the board of director development committee

Partnerships

• Act as an ambassador of PhillyCAM at community, government and foundation events
• Seek out opportunities to showcase PhillyCAM’s work and help extend PhillyCAM’s networks of individual, organizational and institutional supporters as well and the ongoing maintenance of those relationships

Operations

• Build the operations infrastructure and systems needed to sustain and grow PhillyCAM’s $2 million budget annually through individual gifts, government grants, and corporate and foundation support.
• Manage PhillyCAM’s donor database, generate reports, and lead any regular maintenance and clean up efforts for accurate, up to date records
• Manage digital storage and organization of documents related to fundraising and reporting
• Collaborate with staff to build systems for programmatic data collection

Candidate requirements

• Community-minded people person who loves to build connections and be out in the community at a variety of events
• Familiarity with the local foundation and government funders
• Familiarity with parts of the Philadelphia eco-system of community organizations
• Mission alignment and an understanding of the complexities of creating a community space and upholding first amendment rights to free speech while also not creating harm
• Demonstrable success in grant writing and individual donor recruitment, stewardship and retention
• Excellent writing skills and the ability to synthesize quantitative data and other reporting into compelling stories of PhillyCAM’s impact
• Systems thinker with experience managing a database and utilizing project management software to collaborate with staff on successful fundraising endeavors
• Ability to “manage up” and work with executive director collaboratively to reach goals
• Curiosity and openness to experimenting, learning and adjusting as well as the ability to productively give and receive feedback.

Other desired characteristics

• Experience in producing fundraising events
• Experience with different online giving platforms
• Familiarity with NeonCRM, Airtable, Basecamp

Terms of Employment

Fulltime: 40 hours per week, may work more hours around events and deadlines, including some evenings and weekends.

Location: This position is currently a hybrid position with three days/week in person in our building in Center City Philadelphia. Candidates must live in the greater Philadelphia area within regular commuting distance.

Anticipated Start Date: December 1

Salary and Benefits

Salary Range: $85,000 – $90,000

12 vacation days per year plus 15 paid holidays Accrued PTO with generous family leave Medical Insurance paid 100% by PhillyCAM 403b with 4% match

How to apply- Please no phone calls.

Deadline to Apply: September 23, 2025

Attach your Cover Letter, Resume and three references all as one PDF here:

Your Cover Letter should specify how your experience, knowledge and skills match the identified duties, responsibilities, and requirements of this position and how your experience connects with PhillyCAM’s mission and values. Use of AI tools for your letter is allowed, but your letter should reflect your original writing and ideas.