Chief Development & Marketing Officer
Apply NowCompany: Perkins School for the Blind
Location: Watertown, MA 02472
Description:
Perkins helps kids with disabilities find their place in the world. An international NGO, we are committed to delivering best-in-class education to children, providing immersive training and support to professionals and families, advocating for inclusion, and accelerating innovation for people with disabilities. At Perkins, we think courageously, act collaboratively, and we own our work. Join a supportive community committed to growth where your work makes a difference.
From our roots as the first US school for the blind and the alma mater of Helen Keller, we have expanded our mission to help thousands of students across the US and millions around the world. With over 700 employees, an operating budget exceeding $100 million, and an endowment of over $330 million, we are an international NGO offering educational services, job training, online teacher training, accessibility design services, and literacy tools. Our contemporary mission includes serving children with multiple disabilities, easing their transition to adult living, improving inclusion and accessibility in the workplace and community, pursuing the United Nations goal of education-for-all in developing countries, and leading a national response to a new neurological cause of visual impairment called cortical visual impairment (CVI).
We are looking for an experienced and entrepreneurial leader to raise awareness of Perkins' impactful work by engaging new major donors, foundations, and corporations, and elevating our philanthropic support to match our national and international influence. Partnering with a dynamic, market-driven CEO, you will create a multi-year strategy to ensure consistent growth in fundraising revenues, including designing a capital campaign for Perkins' 200th anniversary in 2029. You will oversee fundraising, marketing activities related to fundraising, and corporate marketing across all Perkins operating groups. You are passionate about exploring new ways to leverage the many assets of Perkins and to position us as a unique and vital nonprofit addressing the unmet needs of children with disabilities around the world. You are an externally focused leader who excels in opening new relationships and bringing Perkins' contemporary mission to influential audiences who may be unaware of the ambition and momentum around our new mission.
What you can expect as our Chief Development & Marketing Officer:
We'd love to talk with you if you have many of the following:
Education/Experience:
If hired as a regular employee at Perkins, we have benefits that put you first, including an employer contributing retirement plan, tuition reimbursement from day one, professional development, personal days, paid time off and paid sick leave. Our campus is quaint, charming and historical, a perfect mix of legacy and modern buildings. It is located in the heart of Watertown, adjacent to the Charles River and less than 1 mile from food & entertainment at Arsenal Yards.
Perkins is an equal opportunity employer. Please view our Notice of Discrimination Here
From our roots as the first US school for the blind and the alma mater of Helen Keller, we have expanded our mission to help thousands of students across the US and millions around the world. With over 700 employees, an operating budget exceeding $100 million, and an endowment of over $330 million, we are an international NGO offering educational services, job training, online teacher training, accessibility design services, and literacy tools. Our contemporary mission includes serving children with multiple disabilities, easing their transition to adult living, improving inclusion and accessibility in the workplace and community, pursuing the United Nations goal of education-for-all in developing countries, and leading a national response to a new neurological cause of visual impairment called cortical visual impairment (CVI).
We are looking for an experienced and entrepreneurial leader to raise awareness of Perkins' impactful work by engaging new major donors, foundations, and corporations, and elevating our philanthropic support to match our national and international influence. Partnering with a dynamic, market-driven CEO, you will create a multi-year strategy to ensure consistent growth in fundraising revenues, including designing a capital campaign for Perkins' 200th anniversary in 2029. You will oversee fundraising, marketing activities related to fundraising, and corporate marketing across all Perkins operating groups. You are passionate about exploring new ways to leverage the many assets of Perkins and to position us as a unique and vital nonprofit addressing the unmet needs of children with disabilities around the world. You are an externally focused leader who excels in opening new relationships and bringing Perkins' contemporary mission to influential audiences who may be unaware of the ambition and momentum around our new mission.
What you can expect as our Chief Development & Marketing Officer:
- Develop and implement a multi-year fundraising strategy.
- Design and execute a capital campaign for Perkins' 200th anniversary.
- Oversee a comprehensive multi-channel marketing strategy that enhances our brand visibility, drives donor engagement, and supports our mission
- Align marketing initiatives with organizational goals and objectives
- Lead a dynamic team of high performing Development and Marketing professionals
- Ensure predictability in fundraising operations with an analytic approach to forecasting, goal setting, and budgeting.
- Create new and innovative ideas to bring new donors to Perkins and expand our reach on a global basis
We'd love to talk with you if you have many of the following:
- Strong connection to Perkins mission and effective spokesperson for prospective donors
- Entrepreneurial development leader with a track record of innovative fundraising approaches
- Relationship builder - skilled in developing and maintaining relationships across all levels and building comprehensive donor communication strategies
- Action oriented - ability to execute with strong analytical skills, creativity and focus on detail and follow through
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor's degree is required, advanced degree preferred
- 10+ years of Development & Marketing experience with demonstrated achievements in management, leadership and fundraising success, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role
- Broad knowledge of fundraising areas: principal, major, planned, annual giving, and corporate and foundation
- Experience in nonprofit marketing and a passion for Perkins' mission
If hired as a regular employee at Perkins, we have benefits that put you first, including an employer contributing retirement plan, tuition reimbursement from day one, professional development, personal days, paid time off and paid sick leave. Our campus is quaint, charming and historical, a perfect mix of legacy and modern buildings. It is located in the heart of Watertown, adjacent to the Charles River and less than 1 mile from food & entertainment at Arsenal Yards.
Perkins is an equal opportunity employer. Please view our Notice of Discrimination Here