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Check out our open positions on the BGDM team and opportunities to get more involved.
Community Programs Manager (Full-Time, Remote)
Interested applicants should submit the following:
- A brief cover letter
- Resume or CV
- One writing sample (Suggested: program/event announcement, thank you note, newsletter recap, or creative writing)
JOB DETAILS
- Start Date: April 2023
- Location: Remote daily work with occasional in-person meetings, events, travel). Candidates based in NYC, LA, Bay Area, Chicago, or the US South preferred
- Type: Full Time position (32-40 hours/week)
- Salary: $60,000 - $70,000/year, commensurate with experience
- Perm: This role is expectation of full-time (W2) employment with a comprehensive benefits package.
- Equal Opportunity Employer: At BGDM we celebrate diversity and champion equity and inclusive hiring practices.
- Deadline: Applications due April 9th
THE ROLE
The Community Programs Manager is a central position at BGDM that will work across departments to nurture and maintain our beloved membership community. We are excited to hear from candidates with 2-4 years of experience in membership organizations, arts institutions, community activism spaces, event planning, or other transferable areas. Candidates who delight in uplifting and resourcing creatives will thrive in this role. They should be a “people person” who has a knack for identifying synergetic connections between folks, and has the bravery and intentionality to rally members around a cause, event, or conversation. Candidates should be thoughtful, motivated, organized, and clear communicators.
Primary Responsibilities
COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT
- Serve as the primary community builder for BGDM’s private social network on Mighty Networks with a goal of increasing member engagement. Duties include active moderating, posting, commenting, creating valuable connections between members, sharing resources, and liaising member needs to staff
- Oversee member recruitment and onboarding into the community including membership drive, appreciation, and retention campaigns
- Collaborate with the Advocacy and Communications teams to diligently track members’ creative projects, professional pursuits, and other data to understand how BGDM may highlight them and their work, and how we can serve the community’s needs with programs, events, and resources
- Identify hot topics and key issues that matter most to our members and collaborate with leadership to strategize engagement and responsive programming
- Continuously look for ways to improve and innovate systems within the Mighty Networks platform and beyond to deepen member experience
- Collaborate with the Communications team in the back-end administration and organization of Mighty Networks
PROGRAMS & EVENTS
- Develop and implement programs that address members’ creative, professional, and holistic development needs including BGDM Mastermind and other initiatives
- Organize year-round virtual and regional in-person events to bring our community together including regional meet-ups, festival events, and virtual gatherings
- Coordinate info sessions about BGDM’s programs, grants, and industry opportunities that benefit members
- Coordinate volunteers and guest speakers; build schedules and other event production materials; outreach and maintain partnerships and vendors
ADMIN, RESEARCH & DATA MANAGEMENT
- Maintain membership data on CRM software (Neon), Mighty Networks and Airtable
- Maintain and build out BGDM’s pool of educational resources housed in Mighty Networks
- Work closely with the Development and Communications teams to implement BGDM’s upcoming revised membership model as well as seasonal fundraising campaigns
- Manage all community program and member event communications. Request and collect testimonials and feedback from the community about BGDM’s programs and the industry at large. Write reports and program summaries for fundraising and board use
Preferred Skills & Experience
- Demonstrated understanding of the racial, social, and gender based challenges our members face and demonstrated comfort with activism, coalition building, and challenging systems
- Excellent planning and project management skills, and ability to take initiative, set and respond to priorities, and drive projects forward from conception to completion within organizational goals and strategies
- Filmmaking/production experience is a plus!
- Speaking multiple languages is a plus!
OVERVIEW
Brown Girls Doc Mafia (BGDM)’s mission is to nurture, amplify, and invest in the creative capacity and professional success of BIPOC women and nonbinary people working in the documentary industry.
Development Manager (Full Time, Remote)
Interested applicants should submit the following:
- A brief cover letter
- Resume or CV
- One writing sample (Suggested: grant proposals, thank you letter, newsletter/promotional, social media, creative/essay writing)
- Additional links to A/V, graphic design, and portfolio samples (optional but highly encouraged)
JOB DETAILS
- Start Date: As soon as possible
- Location: NYC-based or LA-based, hybrid (remote daily work with occasional in-person meetings, events)
- Type: Full Time position (32-40 hours/week)
- Salary: $70,000 - $90,000/year, and is commensurate with experience
- Perm: This role is initially an Independent Contractor (1090) for up to three
months with the opportunity and expectation of full-time (W2) employment with a
comprehensive benefits package. - Equal Opportunity Employer: At BGDM we celebrate diversity and champion equity and inclusive hiring practices.
- DUE BY: Applications for this position are rolling and will remain open until the position is filled
THE ROLE
BGDM is seeking a Development Manager to join our growing team. They should be a highly motivated team player with the ability to work independently. Their primary role is to create, oversee and implement creative year round fundraising campaigns. They will also network with potential funders and members of the industry at large, cultivating connections to ensure the overall health and sustainability of the organization.
The Development Manager position is a salaried position that will manage BGDM’s community-centric fundraising strategy. This position will work closely with the Executive Director and BGDM’s senior management team (operations, communications, artist programs). We prefer candidates based in New York and Los Angeles but can be flexible on location. Some travel will be required.
Primary Responsibilities
OVERALL FUNDRAISING STRATEGY
- Oversee annual fundraising goals for three income streams (grants, individual giving, corporate sponsorship).
- Work with senior management to develop new revenue streams (membership, advertising, sponsored events, and merchandise)
- Cultivate, nurture, and formalize relationships with current and prospective individual funders, foundations, government, and corporations who are aligned with our values and principles
- Attend doc industry events to pitch BGDM and network with key constituencies
- Collaborate with BGDM staff to implement fundraising events
FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT GRANTS
- Identify prospective grant opportunities, conduct research, and write grants in close collaboration with department heads
- Manage all aspects of grant administration, from submission of grant proposals to reports
INDIVIDUAL GIVING & CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP
- Innovate and implement ongoing fundraising campaigns, annual End-of-Year appeals, and other special fundraising initiatives
- Develop and manage a portfolio of prospective donors and sponsors to approach in collaboration with the Executive Director, and conduct appropriate engagement activities.
- Manage monthly donation reports and donor recognition lists on the BGDM website and annual reports
- Prepare donor and sponsorship decks, proposals, and reports
Preferred Skills and Experience
- At least 4 to 6 years of experience in a non-profit development/fundraising department
- Innovative, creative, out of the box thinker who isn’t afraid to push boundaries of conventional fundraising approaches
- Excellent planning and project management skills, and ability to take initiative, set and respond to priorities, and drive projects forward from conception to completion.
- Able to work collaboratively across departments to effectively implement development and communication goals and strategies
- Have a strong self-reflective practice, humility during miscommunication, and grace to relearn
- Organized with excellent attention to detail
- Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills
Bonus Skills and Experience
- Experience working in media arts
- Grant writing and membership experience
- Experience using Neon CRM
- Have established relationships within the philanthropic sector
- Understand the history of philanthropy and can implement and execute anti-racist and restorative development strategies
OVERVIEW
Brown Girls Doc Mafia (BGDM)’s mission is to nurture, amplify, and invest in the creative capacity and professional success of BIPOC women and nonbinary people working in the documentary industry.