Head of Artist Partnerships, North America Brand Partnerships

Leadership and Management 

• Lead strategy development for artist function, in partnership with the Regional Director of Brand Partnerships and in collaboration with other members of the artist team.  

• Establish and develop a personal portfolio of artists, musician tours, events throughout North America which raises $1 million plus per year in recurring revenue from tours.  

• Execute partnerships to drive awareness and revenue across the region including implementation of earned partnership strategies that will lend to best-in-class NGO program reputation.    

• Lead weekly meetings with artist pod team to align on reaching artist goals across the function.  

• Report to leadership on metrics and KPIs across artist portfolio  

• Sit on the Brand Partnerships leadership team to represent the artist team  

• Build culture and collaboration across artist team  

• Support the Regional Director, Brand Partnerships in development and management of key initiatives.  

Strategy & Knowledge Development & Implementation 

• Develop the metrics and KPIs that ladder into goals provided by US & CA leadership teams.   

• Position Regional and Country leaders as the readily recognized experts, network leaders, and trusted local partners in leading the movement to end slavery and violence around the world.   

• Empower teams with a global brand framework and communication policies that both preserve the core strengths of global consistency and provide freedom for local contextualization.   

Networking & Partnership 

• Lead in the formation of new and diverse partnerships within North America, allowing for IJM to build bridges for the future.   

• Activate new and innovative country or regional partnerships via networking and relationship management with select group of partners.  

• Inspire and drive a culture of world-class bridge-building across the IJM North America regional team that cuts through the noise to create IJM moments within pre-existing platforms.  

Communication 

• Work collaboratively with other members of the partnership team to develop best practices and key learnings.   

• Develop and manage a newly forming artist/influencer trip to ensure this is an influencer led movement.  

• Work with Program Operations teams to proactively develop best resources needed to leverage partner relationships.  

Policies and Procedures 

• Accurately forecast and achieve revenue and expense budgets.  

• Data capture and hygiene that drives effectiveness and learning.  

• Ensure excellence in donor journey and experience, yielding industry-leading retention and passionate engagement. 

Qualifications:   

Education & Experience  

• 7+ years experience leading fundraising teams or strategies   

• Preferred 5+ years people management and development  

• Preferred experience in music industry or relationship management with artists  

• Desired location, Nashville  

Technical Competencies  

• Proven fundraiser  

• Event experience  

• Expert in marketing  

• Understanding of all platforms used for mass campaigns (digital, web, print, etc.)  

• Strong written and oral communication skills  

• Ability to make an on-stage appeal, preferred  

Non-Technical Competencies  

• Strategic Leadership  

• Collaborative: Leads through influence  

• Innovation  

• Entrepreneurial  

• Management  

• Change Orientation  

• Execution 

Application Process:   

Upload Resume, Cover Letter & Statement of Faith* in one PDF document.  

*What is a statement of faith?  
A statement of faith should describe your Christian faith and how you see it as relevant to your involvement with IJM. The statement can either be incorporated into the cover letter or submitted as a separate document and should include, at a minimum, a description of your spiritual disciplines (prayer, study, etc.) and your current fellowship or place of worship.  

What does IJM have to offer?  

• Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision benefits  

• Monthly commuter and parking benefits in the DC metro area  

• Retirement benefit options   

• Paid leave starting at 23 days  

• 12 holidays (plus early release the day prior)  

• Daily, quarterly, and annual community spiritual formation  

• Robust staff care resources  

IJM holds strict safeguarding principles and a zero tolerance to violations of the Safeguarding Policy, Protection against Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment Policy, and Code of Ethics. Candidate selection is based on technical competence, recruitment, selection and hiring criteria subject to assessing the candidate’s value congruence and thorough background, police clearance, and reference check processes.  

At IJM, we’re committed to building a diverse workforce through fair and equitable employment practices. IJM encourages people of any race, color, age, sex, marital status or political ideology to apply for employment. While we welcome everyone into this work, we truly believe that the work we are doing is God’s work, not our own, and practice spiritual disciplines together daily. That’s why we legally require under SEC. 2000e-1 [Section702] of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that all employees practice a mature orthodox Christian faith, as defined by the Apostles’ Creed.  

IJM requires a background check, police clearance and thorough review of references with an employment offer and/or employment contract.  

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