Director of Donor Growth & Communications

Cleveland Theater Alliance; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 90,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

The Music Settlement in Cleveland, OH is seeking a Director of Advancement & Communications to lead donor development and integrate a comprehensive marketing communications strategy. This full-time, on-site role advances fundraising, major gifts, annual campaigns, and stewardship while aligning programs with funding opportunities.

You will manage a team, oversee branding, storytelling, and communications channels, and partner across departments to maximize community engagement and financial

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nonprofit management, journalism, communications, marketing, or related field.
• 8 years of experience in fundraising, donor development, or integrated nonprofit marketing communications.
• Demonstrated success identifying, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding individual and major gift donors.
• Proficiency with donor CRM systems; Raiser's Edge experience preferred.
• This position is primarily onsite and requires regular evening and weekend availability.

Responsibilities

• Develop the overall Advancement strategic plan with all donor tiers mapped to the cultivation funnel, operational goals, and budget
• Directly supervise the Advancement team
• Build cross-functional relationships with Center and Bop Stop leadership to align programs, advancement priorities, and funding opportunities
• Lead the development calendar and FY planning across appeals, events, and mailings
• Develop, lead, and execute a comprehensive donor development strategy that grows individual giving, major gifts, planned giving, endowment giving, financial aid fundraising, monthly giving, and donor retention
• Manage a personal portfolio of top‑tier major gift prospects and conduct face‑to‑face solicitations for transformational gifts
• Plan and execute strategic Annual Appeal campaigns, setting strategy, segmentation, and ask amounts
• Lead donor strategy for capital campaign and milestone events
• Direct the planned giving and legacy program and endowment giving program
• Lead corporate sponsorship and stewardship operations
• Lead strategy for donor cultivation events and the Advancement Committee
• Direct strategy of paid, owned, and earned marketing channels to build awareness and feed qualified prospects into the donor pipeline
• Lead creative vision for donor‑centered storytelling, photography, video, and campaign messaging
• Lead branding initiatives and marketing and public relations strategy

Skills

Fundraising

Donor development

Communications strategy

Stakeholder relationships

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Raiser's Edge

Job description

The Music Settlement in Cleveland, OH is seeking a Director of Advancement & Communications to lead donor development and integrate a comprehensive marketing communications strategy. This full-time, on-site role advances fundraising, major gifts, annual campaigns, and stewardship while aligning programs with funding opportunities.

You will manage a team, oversee branding, storytelling, and communications channels, and partner across departments to maximize community engagement and financial