Guthrie Theater

Manager

• Plan and conduct multi-channel campaigns for annual fund and special projects to increase current support, acquire new donors and increase monthly giving in partnership with Marketing and external vendors.
• Serve as principal writer/editor for the development department, generating copy for a variety of communications vehicles (such as the Annual Report, program, website, newsletters, reports, brochures and acknowledgements).
• Regularly analyze and interpret appeal data to provide progress reports and make recommendations to optimize multi-channel campaigns.
• Serve as primary liaison with direct mail vendor to execute all annual fund mailings.
• Serve as primary point of contact for telefundraising and other external vendors and consultants, coordinating timelines, deliverables, and campaign execution for annual giving initiatives.
• Develop and maintain a broad-based stewardship program to steward donors and report donor impact on all programs throughout the year.
• Create donor stewardship materials for use by the Development Team, including letters, brochures, buck slips, one-sheets, newsletters, benefit materials and recognition.
• In collaboration with the Philanthropy Officer act as concierge for donors who need general assistance by clearly communicating benefits, liaising with box office and providing excellent customer service.
• Assist Development Operations Manager with the program donor listing on a show-by-show basis as needed.
• Support and participate in donor events as needed.
• Pull and build reports, lists and extractions from Tessitura to support annual fund solicitations and strategy.
• In collaboration with IT, build CRM individual constituent plans each Fiscal Year.
• Write and maintain timely contact reports in the database for all donor interactions.
• Provide gift entry and acknowledgement support to the Development Operations Manager as needed.

Annual Fund Manager