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Development and Communications Specialist
Our mission is to provide participatory experience in the arts to the children of San Francisco so they are better equipped to make use of their creative abilities in all aspects of their lives. We believe arts education is vital to young people as part of their educational and social development. We believe children learn best by doing and that bringing artists and children together has a strong positive impact on their mutual ability to develop individual creativity and creative thinking. We believe that direct experience with the arts gives children the opportunity to become future artists, audiences, and informed citizens who can understand and make use of their cultural birthright.
SFArtsED is an equal opportunity employer. For more information about SFArtsED visit our website at www.sfartsed.org
The Development and Communications Specialist will be responsible for three specific projects in fundraising and marketing over a four-month timeframe. The projects are a January fundraising event, Grants Database creation, and Summer Camp marketing.
Essential Functions include but are not limited to:
• Coordinate and plan logistics for January 2009 fundraising event
• Create marketing outreach program/campaign for 2009 Summer Camp
• Update fundraising and educators database
• Research potential funding and collaboration sources
• Track foundation, government and corporate deadlines, proposals and reports
OUR BENEFITS
SFArtsED is committed to creating an environment that is supportive of learning and growth.
Initially a four-month contract position ---Competitive compensation.
The ideal candidate for this newly-created role will be a self-starter who is: comfortable in an extremely close-knit, team-oriented setting, open to self-examination, and willing to learn on the job. An individual with an ability to prioritize workflow, meet deadlines, work independently, take initiative, and be solutions-oriented will be most successful. The ideal candidate will have strong writing skills - to internal and external audiences.
Skills expected:
• Author and oversee electronic communications with various constituencies
• Ability to work in cooperation with the Marketing and Fundraising Committees
• Special skill of being able to represent information in charts and graphs a plus
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree
• Over two years of marketing or fundraising experience preferably in a non-profit environment
• Strong command of Microsoft Office applications
• Understanding/comfort with MAC computers
• Organizational and project management skills
• Experience with Filemaker database a plus
• Excellent oral and written communication skills expected.
Sarah.Jelley [at] gmail [dot] com with SFArtsED in the subject line
Please no phone calls. All email inquiries will be answered.
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5th Edition "Inside/Out Guide"(2006)
The 5th edition of the AEFC publication Inside/Out: A Guide to Arts and Arts Education Resources for Children and Teens in San Francisco is still available. This is considered the most comprehensive resource directory in San Francisco for building strong arts education programs in schools and community settings.
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