Development Lead, Arts & Film / Arts Education Fresh Films is a non-profit film studio that develops Emmy-nominated youth and family films, TV shows and documentaries, while engaging, mentoring and training underserved youth in the film-production process at all levels to build artistic, technical and 21st century/workplace skills like collaboration, problem solving and communication. We prepare and place youth into internships, jobs and career paths in the $771B media & entertainment industry (which includes non traditional jobs in social media as well as traditional producers) while driving diversity of storytellers and media-makers. Fresh Films alumni work on , on Chicago Fire, at Disney, BET, TBS, and in advertising, marketing and social media departments.

Recent productions include The AT&T Hello Sunshine Filmmaker Lab with Reese Witherspoon on ​ ​ DirecTV that had 41 teens girls on-set and THE STREAM featuring Rainn Wilson and Mario Lopez which ​ ​ had 165 teens involved in the production. Fresh Films is located on the campus of Augustana College, but serves teens in multiple locations including Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, NY/NJ, Los Angeles, the Quad Cities and nationally.

Position Summary Fresh Films is looking for a passionate, innovative, self-motivated professional to lead our Arts & Film and Arts Education fundraising both regionally and nationally. We are looking for an individual with a proven track record of growing contributed revenue and who can build and lead our development efforts at a time when the organization is focused on growth. The ideal candidate will have experience in development for film or arts with both regional and national funders, and have a proven track record of meeting fundraising goals with larger donations from national funders. Working with arts+youth is a plus.

Role and Responsibilities ● Identify and pursue new corporate and foundation contributions focused on Arts & Film and Arts Education (which may include related sectors of youth development, workforce development and STEAM.) ● Actively cultivate, solicit, and steward new foundation and corporate contributions through research, pitch creation, proposal, LOI and grant writing, meetings and reporting. ● For government grants, work with Managing Director to identify opportunities in Art/Art Education or Workforce Development and oversee outside grant writer’s submission. ● Develop and maintain an active calendar of foundation deadlines and proposal requirements. ● Innovate with Managing Director to identify new opportunities for program expansion and funding to meet donor needs. ● Spread the excitement and passion of Fresh Films’ goals, program model and successes to donors and key stakeholders. ● Work with Managing Director to build an arts/film advisory panel with the goal of raising Fresh Films’ profile in the landscape of arts & film, youth development, workforce development and STEAM. ● Oversee coordinator responsible for grant reports, submissions and tracking, as well as grant writer responsible for government grant submissions.

Qualifications ● Bachelor’s degree required ● Minimum 3-5 years of experience in fundraising with emphasis on corporate and foundation fundraising; with preferred experience with larger national funders in film/arts in securing complex six-figure grants. Additional experience in youth development, youth/arts, STEAM or workforce development a plus. ● Demonstrated ability to develop, manage, and grow donor relationships and contributed revenue. ● Self-motivated and disciplined with ability to meet deadlines and goals while working independently on multiple projects / grants concurrently; while concurrently communicating goals to Managing Director in remote location. ● Expertise in Internet research, specifically gathering and analyzing foundation and institutional funding programs, areas of concentration and grant guidelines/requirements, grant writing and budget development. ● Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with an ability to clearly articulate complex programs, present exciting partnership opportunities, negotiate & close deals and report on progress and outcomes. ● Solutions-oriented and intellectually curious with a passion to uncover opportunities ● Positive attitude with willingness to “roll up shirtsleeves” as a fundraising generalist expected to get the work done in fun fast-paced entrepreneurial environment! ● Filmmaking is a blast - and so is working with teens - you should love both! ● Must love to build! This development opportunity is a blank slate - you must be excited about bringing in new funders and building new relationships; each new grant is a new success story!

Working Environment ● This can be a remote position in any city for a person with the right track record of growing large donations and experience with national funders and/or funders in other regions (Chicago, Los Angeles, NJ/NY Metro area, Twin Cities, etc.). ● The position will travel as necessary, locally, regionally, and nationally. ● Open to part time or full time employees or contractors

To Apply Please email resume to [email protected] with subject “development arts/film” and attach your ​ ​ resume along with a brief cover letter* -- combining both into a single MS Word or PDF document and ​ ​ uploading only 1 file will be the best way to submit. In your cover letter please respond to the following 3 points: 1. Your salary requirements/expectations 2. Your experience as it directly relates to the requirements listed in the job description 3. Why you want to work for Fresh Films !

*Your cover letter is important. Candidates who express interest by following directions and providing the requested cover letter will be given priority!