Regional Development Director

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🤠 Texas – Remote

🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $90k / year

⏰ Full Time

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👔 Director

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The Texas Tribune

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51 - 200 employees

📱 Media

🤝 Non-profit

📚 Education

Media • Non-profit • Education

The Texas Tribune is a nonpartisan, nonprofit media organization that promotes civic engagement and discourse on public policy, politics, government, and other matters of statewide concern. It is trusted by Texans to provide independent news.

📋 Description

• Grow philanthropic revenue and deepen donor relationships for The Texas Tribune and The Waco Bridge • Own and actively manage a mid-major donor portfolio in the Dallas-Fort Worth and greater Waco regions • Meet or exceed individual annual fundraising goals tied to each region • Identify, qualify, cultivate, solicit and steward current and prospective donors • Conduct consistent donor meetings, cultivation activities and direct solicitations • Develop individualized strategies to increase donor engagement, retention and philanthropic investment • Build relationships based on donors’ interests, motivations and connection to the mission • Identify philanthropic investment opportunities aligned with donor interests, journalism and strategic priorities • Partner with development colleagues on proposals, donor communications, stewardship and other materials • Support the Tribune’s regional growth strategy through local relationships, market knowledge and in-person presence • Collaborate with membership, events and foundation fundraising colleagues to create engagement and philanthropic opportunities • Travel throughout the region and periodically elsewhere in Texas

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrated track record of personally cultivating, soliciting and closing four- and five-figure gifts • Experience managing an assigned donor portfolio and achieving individual fundraising goals • Demonstrated ability to grow donors toward increasingly significant and multi-year commitments • Experience identifying and developing new prospective donors in addition to cultivating established relationships • Strong knowledge of relationship-based fundraising practices, including qualification, cultivation, moves management, solicitation and stewardship • Comfort initiating relationships, asking for meetings and making direct philanthropic solicitations • Strong interpersonal skills and ability to develop trusted relationships with people from a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives • Excellent written and verbal communication skills and ability to make a compelling case for philanthropic investment • Entrepreneurial mindset and demonstrated ability to build relationships and opportunities within a market • Strong organization, judgment and follow-through • Approximately 7+ years of progressively responsible fundraising, development, advancement, philanthropy or comparable relationship-based experience • Experience fundraising for journalism, public media, higher education, civic organizations, arts and culture, education or another mission-driven institution • Familiarity with Texas philanthropy, family foundations and civic networks • Experience collaborating with membership, events, institutional giving, marketing or other engagement functions • Experience working in an organization undergoing significant growth or geographic expansion • Curiosity about Texas, belief in the importance of independent journalism and ability to communicate why trusted information matters to communities • Experience using CRM systems, preferably Salesforce NPC, and fundraising data to manage donor relationships and performance • Ability to work independently in a remote environment while collaborating effectively with colleagues across Texas • Willingness and ability to travel frequently throughout the region and periodically elsewhere in Texas • Some evening and occasional weekend work required • Résumé and cover letter required for application

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, vision and dental insurance • A cellphone stipend • 20 days of paid time off each year • Up to 16 weeks of paid family leave, plus four weeks of additional job protection • 401(k) matching • Support for professional training and attending industry conferences • Remote work flexibility

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