Position: Strategic Partnerships Project Manager (Freelance)
Team: Advancement & Innovation
Schedule: May-August; 24 hours/week (Weds, Thurs & Sat)
Role Overview: Reporting to the Associate Director, Business Development, and working closely with the Strategic Partnerships Senior Manager, the Strategic Partnerships Associate (Freelance) will primarily support the Business Development & Innovation (BDI) team leads in post-agreement partnership management and execution specifically for Lincoln Center's Summer for the City Festival, which takes place from mid-June through mid-August. The ideal candidate will be flexible, creative, collaborative, nimble, and detail oriented. The BDI function of Advancement & Innovation is responsible for building opportunities that will attract best-in-class sponsors and individual contributors. We are looking for a dynamic colleague who brings excellent organizational skills, project management experience, events/sponsorship experience, and strong communications skills to our team. The leading candidate will be a detail-oriented executor who approaches partnership execution in a thoughtful way, bringing rich and synergistic deals to life in ways that exceed our partner expectations.
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Core Initiatives We Are Bringing to Life:
- Multi-year corporate sponsorship deals for leading LCPA initiatives (Summer for the City)
- Large-scale technology partnerships
- Next generation thought leader networks (Lincoln Center Leadership Fellows)
- Advertising/media placement opportunities on campus (New + In Development)
What You'll Get to Do Here:
- Be part of a team that is collaboratively contributing to the future of Lincoln Center
- Work alongside best-in-class LCPA leadership, constituents, and talent
- Actively participate in cross-departmental initiatives on activation stages
- Uphold efficient project management systems and processes that streamline the work that our team does, spanning all stages of partnership management from collateral design through sophisticated custom activation needs
- Strategically execute business deals between for-profit/private sector companies and the iconic LCPA, offering a unique opportunity for corporate leaders in CSR/ESG and civic engagement
- Actively support relationships with sponsors...
You'll Be a Great Fit if You Bring:
- 1-3+ years of experience in marketing, sponsorship/partnership packaging, events, and execution
- Experience in a fast-paced, startup-like environment
- Entrepreneurial spirit with a positive, can-do attitude - we are builders!
- Passion for the non-profit world, especially the performing arts
- Professional approach to client/sponsor relationship management
- Experience in effectively interpreting and activating agreements/contracts (post-sale execution)
- Incredible organizational skills with a keen sense for detail, upkeeping sponsorship components internally on Monday.com and externally via sponsor facing timelines
- Strong ability to collaborate with Business Development leads to efficiently manage multiple projects and sponsors simultaneously, executing all components of various deal memos and agreements
- Ability to develop and maintain relationships with key LCPA teams to ensure that all goals are met regarding impeccable program delivery and key results for our sponsors (Market, Social Media, PR, Legal, Campus Operations, Programming, Education)
- Collaborate with and support all on-site sponsor activities with venues, custom events, artist experiences, and hospitality programs including coordination with venue staff, Programming and operational/logistics teams
- Passion for event and sponsorship execution as this role will require your expertise and attendance on-site for activation and execution of sponsorships
- Strong external facing skills, attending meetings with Business Development leads in post-sale mode, engaging with sponsors and contributing to the strengthening of these crucial relationships
- Strategically manage partnership budgets with Business Development co-leads (pricing, sourcing, critical margins, etc.)
- Industry curiosity with consistent pulse on the arts, sponsorship investments/integrations, tech innovation, and more, bringing fresh and relevant ideas and market trends forward
What is Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts?
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. (LCPA) is a cultural and civic cornerstone of New York City. We believe the arts play an important role in our lives: they nourish our hearts and minds, teach us valuable lessons and critical skills, and help us create community. We are resolved not to lose sight of what connects us, and we hope you will consider joining our talented, diverse team.
We are:
1. The manager of the 16-acre Lincoln Center campus
-We are one of eleven amazing resident arts organizations
2. A leading Arts Presenter.
-We curate numerous programs and performances, showcasing music, dance, and more
3. An Education Hub.
-We have reached 20 million students, educators, principals, and community members
Who are our people?
LCPA is a team of dreamers, collaborators, and entrepreneurs who use unique platforms in the heart of New York City and beyond to advocate for the transformative impact of artistic experiences.
Lincoln Center People imagine and create in concert with this mission by founding President John D. Rockefeller III - "The arts are not for the privileged few, but for the many. Their place is not on the periphery of daily life, but at its center."
We welcome applicants from all sectors who agilely solve problems, show up as they are, and can't stop innovating.
What's the news?
Recent and Upcoming Programming
- Sensory-Friendly 'Big Umbrella Festival' Returns To Lincoln Center
- Tony Winner Shaina Taub to Perform at Lincoln Center in American Songbook
- De La Soul playing "choose-what-you-pay" show at Lincoln Center
- Lincoln Center to Present Groundbreaking Acts at globalFEST 2025
Campus Happenings
- Lincoln Center Taps Education Leader as Next President
- Clint Ramos Named as Lincoln Center's Artist-in-Residence
- The ‘Converse Conductor' Fighting Elitism in Classical Music
- For Lincoln Center's West Side, A New Story
Legacies of San Juan Hill
- Before Lincoln Center, San Juan Hill Was a Vibrant Black Community
- Lincoln Center Launches San Juan Hill Project Digital Hub To Remember the Lost Urban Neighborhood
- Lincoln Center lanza plataforma para rescatar la cultura de un barrio negro
- ‘San Juan Hill: Manhattan's Lost Neighborhood' Premiering at Lincoln Center
Who is our President and CEO?
Dr. Mariko Silver
Join us!
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