Light in Winter, a yearly Festival of Science and the Arts in Ithaca, NY, is searching for an Executive Director to provide experienced leadership in fundraising, event management, marketing, and general administration. Light in Winter is now in its ninth season.
The Executive Director will oversee all administrative functions of the organization and be responsible for developing a fundraising and outreach program. Duties include:
- Fundraising (50%): Donor and sponsor recruitment and cultivation, special events development, grant writing, and donor database management.
- Event Production (25%): Management of production of yearly festival event and coordination with monthly Science Cabaret productions. Potential for additional events that promote the festival over the course of the year.
- Marketing (15%): Supervise website and social media management, brochure development, and creation of fundraising materials.
- Financial management and office management (10%): Budget development and oversight, quarterly and annual reports, financial records maintenance, phone, mail, and email communications, maintenance of organizational records.
The position is part-time (20 hrs/wk) and offers a flexible schedule at various times of the year. The Board of Directors expects that the Executive Director will take a leadership role in fundraising with the board’s full participation. Starting salary is negotiable and future salary level will be dependent on fund-raising success.