Director – Celebrity Fundraising

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Make-A-Wish America

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Charity • Non-profit

Make-A-Wish America is a nonprofit organization that grants life-changing wishes to children with critical illnesses, providing hope, strength, and joy to patients and their families. It raises funds and coordinates volunteers and corporate partners through a national foundation and local chapters across the United States to arrange personalized wishes and support impacted families.

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1980

🤲 Charity

🤝 Non-profit

📋 Description

• Develop long-term Make-A-Wish celebrity engagement in philanthropy: identify objectives, goals, strategies and measures to successfully drive key marketing metrics and deliver revenue target • Manage pipeline of fundraising opportunities to ensure celebrities are engaged appropriately (considering fit, timing, etc.) • Develop briefs and objectives for celebrities in conjunction with teams across the enterprise, considering highest and best use of time of resources • Build and manage relationships with a targeted fundraising portfolio of celebrity supporters as agreed upon with Director, Entertainment & Sports and team to ensure year over year growth of fundraising and wish granting support • Create and implement framework and guiding principles to navigate and prioritize celebrity-related requests from internal teams in partnership with key stakeholders • Manage recognition and stewardship strategies for the Entertainment Marketing–managed celebrity portfolio, ensuring timely and meaningful acknowledgment, in coordination with donor care team • Represent Make-A-Wish at key events and activations involving celebrity supporters, providing high-touch relationship management, ensuring exceptional partner experience, and advancing engagement opportunities that drive mission and revenue goals.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Non-Profit Management, Marketing, Communication, Business or related field required. • Minimum of 7-10 years of experience, with 5+ years working in or with the Entertainment & Sports industry • Experience in non-profit PR, marketing or fundraising • Strong management experience and interpersonal skills with volunteers, donors, and executive team members. • Strong knowledge of Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Salesforce Experience preferred

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefit package, effective day 1: Medical, Vision*, Dental*, Wellness • Competitive compensation with annual incentive potential • Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account Options • Health Reimbursement Account fully funded by Make-A-Wish America • Short Term Disability*, Long Term Disability* and Life Insurance • Additional Insurance Plans: Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance through Figo • 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with 5% match after one year of service • Eligibility for student loan forgiveness through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program • The organization will send a laptop, 24” monitor, and a docking station/adaptor to new hires