Position Summary
Death of Classical, located in New York City, is looking for a part-time Development Associate, reporting to the General & Artistic Director, in order to support our audience experience and fundraising activities.
This position will play a crucial role in securing and expanding Death of Classical's funding base through grants, individual giving, and strategic fundraising initiatives. While the position is primarily remote, attendance at performances is required to manage box office operations and engage with donors in person, creating valuable face-to-face connections within our unique performance spaces. We may also occasionally need you in-person for cultivation events, board meetings, etc.
About Death of Classical
Death of Classical presents acclaimed classical music and opera concerts in extraordinary spaces - crypts, catacombs, and cemeteries - paired with curated food, drink, and spirits tastings. Our performances have been praised by the New York Times, Billboard, Forbes, and The New Yorker, featuring renowned artists from the New York Philharmonic to Laurie Anderson. We create deeply personal, transformative experiences that change how people perceive and experience classical music.
DoC was founded by Andrew Ousley, who who is also the President and Founder of Unison Media, an award-winning, industry-leading PR/Marketing agency for the performing arts.
Hours and Compensation
This is a non-exempt, part-time hourly position, averaging less than 30 hours per week. Hours are flexible aside from in-person events. Pay rate ranges from $25-30 per hour, depending on experience.
Key Responsibilities
Individual & Institutional Giving
- Process all contributions and maintain donor databases, using the combined donor CRM and ticketing platform AudienceView, ensuring accurate records and communication timelines.
- Prepare donor acknowledgements, cultivation, and stewardship research and materials.
- Manage donor benefit fulfillment for all donors
- Draft, design, and send audience and development-focused email campaigns
- Serve as a point of contact for all donors and sponsors
- Conduct prospect research as directed, for both individual donors and sponsors
- Produce and reconcile monthly contributed income and expense reports to ensure accurate record-keeping, liaising with bookkeeping team
- Prepare donor briefs for meetings and events
- Assist Andrew with a system for regular donor interaction
- Identify new grant opportunities from foundations, corporations, and government sources
Board Liaison
- Serve as board liaison, sending regular meeting invitations, reminders, and other communications
- Attend and take minutes for committee meetings, and quarterly board meetings.
- Create and distribute board reports
Event Planning
- Manage audience experience, including box office, front of house, and chekc-in, for all events
- Assist with special events, including galas, donor cultivation events, and others
- Create invitations and track all RSVPs
- Serve as concert ticket concierge for select donors
Qualifications
- You should be super smart, razor sharp, wildly efficient, and an unmitigated delight of a human being to interact with
- Candidates must have completed high school or GED
- Detail-oriented - you should never miss a trick.
- Experience interacting with customers and guests
- Be adept at learning new digital tools and platforms
- Action-oriented and willingness to be self-directed and ask questions as needed
- Ability to interact professionally with boards members, donors, colleagues, artists, and audience members.
- Love of classical music would probably be good, given that we're a classical music concert presenter...
- Fluency in English required, unless you speak Elvish. Then we can converse exclusively in Elvish.
To Apply
Please submit your application via the form HERE.
Death of Classical is an equal opportunity employer and committed to diversity in hiring. Equity is central to our culture, mission, and who we are as an arts organization. Death of Classical does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership, parental status, military status, or any other non-merit factor.
