Business Relations & Event Development VISTA

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**VISTA positions are full-time, stipended volunteer opportunities. Find more information on benefits here: https://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps/americorpsvista/about-americorps-vista **

Goal : Develop and improve effective business partnerships and further develop fundraising events to build capacity in Mission: St. Louis' ability to impact the community.

Events

• Review all materials about prior events, identify gaps in the timeline to strategically create new events, including one new signature annual event, such as a trivia night.
• Create quarterly, program specific fundraising events.
• Work with the Director of Development to plan intimate fundraising events to segmented donor audiences.
• Analyze event success and develop improvement strategies to increase success for future years, and report these findings and strategies to the Exec team.

Communications

• Research best practices for email marketing, web communications, direct mail, fundraising solicitations, etc.
• Coordinate messages put out to align with best practices, working with the Dev/Comms team to do so.

Business Relations

• Research corporate giving programs and business partnerships to determine best practices for creating our own.
• Identify, research and design needed materials to introduce the organization to assist business in choosing their level of impact.
• Develop an outreach plan for potential business partners (partnerships could include HireSTL sites, JLT internship providers and fundraising event sponsors).
• Research local businesses, organizations, educational institutions, and/or individual influencers to identify those reaching our target markets.
• Devise a strategy to engage with with at least 8 influential partners and work with the Director of Development to develop personalized implementation strategies for each business.