Development Coordinator

Job Description

POSITION: Development Coordinator

DEPARTMENT: Pittsburgh Playhouse

REPORTS TO: Executive Producer, Pittsburgh Playhouse

WORK SCHEDULE: Hybrid Work Schedule

PRIMARY FUNCTION and QUALIFICATIONS:

The Pittsburgh Playhouse Development Coordinator serves as a key member of the Pittsburgh Playhouse and Institutional Advancement teams. This significant role is supervised by and works directly with the Executive Producer of the Pittsburgh Playhouse and in collaboration with the Playhouse Marketing Director and University Office of Institutional Advancement.

The Development Coordinator must demonstrate exemplary interpersonal and communication skills including solid experience with writing, editing, and research. This position requires an effective understanding of a contributed income business model. The position requires detailed computer and organizational skills including an understanding of fundraising databases and high proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint. Additionally, candidates must have the desire to work positively and in a fast-paced team environment. The role serves the Playhouse community with hours fluctuating between daylight and occasional evening and/or weekend performances and events. Interested candidates should have two to five years of relevant fundraising experience expanding through the various facets of art including but not limited to performance, production, cinema, design, and interdisciplinary mediums.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Pittsburgh Playhouse Development Coordinator plays a vital role in the relationship advancing, cultivating, caring, and building of all funders including donors, corporate sponsors, foundations, granting organizations, patrons, and VIPs.

General responsibilities include:

Cultivating relationships: funding advancement, contributions, and participation

Identifying potential future forward funding

Database management: updating new donor information, pledges, gifts/payments, renewals

Individual giving: draft solicitations, manage VIP requests, ensure proper acknowledgement and placement

Grant writing support: research, application, data collection, reviews, appeals

Special events: collaboration for dress rehearsals, opening nights, corporate events, galas

On the brink of innovation and transformation, the Pittsburgh Playhouse Development Coordinator may be called upon to perform other duties essential to accomplish organizational goals and meet important deadlines.

About the Pittsburgh Playhouse: At its heart, the Pittsburgh Playhouse remains steadfast in its mission to transform lives through art that captivates, enriches, enlightens, and entertains.

Point Park University's award-winning Pittsburgh Playhouse sits at the crossroads of education, art, and community. Uniquely positioned in Downtown Pittsburgh on the campus of Point Park University, the Playhouse is Point Park University's learning laboratory where the arts and education coincide. Our dedication lies in nurturing a synergistic alliance across all six schools of Point Park University. Through this collective endeavor, we aspire to position the Pittsburgh Playhouse and Point Park University as the ultimate hub for arts and entertainment, along with cutting-edge entertainment technology. Together, our aim is to nurture creativity and innovation, ultimately reshaping the Pittsburgh Playhouse into an endless realm of imagination and artistic exploration.

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Full-time

Hybrid remote