A cultural organization is looking for a fundraiser for an annual festival. The festival attracts over 12,000 visitors annually and generates approximately 40% of its own income from ticket sales and catering. For the period 2027-2030, the focus is on consolidation and a healthy, stable organization. In 2027, a new triptych (2027-2029) will begin with the themes (In)equality, Community, and The Shared World.
What you will do.
- Responsible for public and private funds, sponsorship and collaborations with companies, and donations from individuals who support the festival.
- Develops a coverage strategy under a multi-year artistic direction.
- Works with a detailed project plan for 2027-2030 and a multi-year grant from a municipality.
- Maintains stable relationships with national and private funds.
- Focuses in the first years on annual project subsidies, based on the overarching project plan.
- Collaborates closely with the curator for artistic content and with the director-manager for direction and financial frameworks.
- Encompasses the full cycle: gathering input from team members and artists, submitting applications, and accounting for allocated funds.
- Develops propositions for sponsorship and donations, establishes contacts, and ensures promises are met, while preserving artistic integrity.
What they ask
- A writer with financial acumen and a relationship builder with commercial acumen.
- Able to translate an artistic vision into a convincing story for funds, supported by an accurate budget.
- Able to tell the same story to company directors in a way that aligns with what their organization is looking for, without compromising the festival.
- Understands what motivates a visitor to become and remain a donor.
- Works independently, but the role is pre-eminently connecting.
- Continuously liaises with the director-manager, artistic director, curator, producer, and marketing team.
Profile
- Demonstrable experience with fundraising in the cultural sector, preferably in the field of media art, digital culture, and/or visual arts.
- Knowledge of the Dutch funding landscape: public funds, private funds, municipal and provincial schemes.
- Experience with sponsorship acquisition or business acquisition, or the demonstrable ability to take that step.
- Experience with private donations, donor programs, or crowdfunding is a plus.
- Affinity with media art, nature, and science.
- Accurate, independent, able to work with tight deadlines, and results-oriented.
Practical
- An independent key role in a festival with a distinct artistic signature and a clear multi-year direction.
- Works with a small, experienced team and has direct lines to the director-manager.
- Contributes to the financial foundation for the next period.
- Is given the freedom to largely shape the sponsorship and donation side.
- The organization strives for a balanced staff composition and takes diversity into account in the selection procedure.
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