Director of Development & Marketing Jacksonville Permanent Position
Britt, Medford, OR, United States
Plan, create, and execute annual development plans and fundraising activities including individual giving, corporate sponsorships and partnerships, foundations and government grants, legacy giving, and fundraising/donor cultivation and stewardship events.
Outline special campaigns (including capital campaigns) and solicit major gifts to support the strategic goals of the organization, collaborating with the President & CEO and the Board of Directors to meet campaign goals.
Manage donor and prospect relationships through a comprehensive program of identification, introduction, cultivation, and stewardship.
Marketing Lead Britt’s overall marketing, communications, and storytelling, ensuring consistency across all channels and touchpoints including email, web, social media, advertising, PR, and on-site communications, ensuring that all materials are high-quality, on time, and on budget. Develop marketing, communications, and campaign strategy. Set campaign priorities, audience strategies, and messaging frameworks. Ensure Britt’s brand reflects its artistic excellence, community impact, and educational mission.
Team Leadership, Management, and Administration Supervise and lead a full-time team, establishing team workflows, communication protocols, and performance standards to ensure efficient coordination between development and marketing functions. Develop and manage revenue & expense budgets, working with the Leadership Team to define and achieve annual revenue and audience development targets. Analyze metrics and trends to evaluate performance against goals, providing strategic recommendations to improve results. Update and/or establish policies, systems, and procedures. Serve as a key member of the senior leadership team, contributing to organizational strategy and culture.
Concerts and Other Events Attend, or be on-call for, in-person performances, proactively cultivating donors and providing oversight and support for the member hospitality deck. Supervise special events, including fundraisers, orchestra host family picnics and parties, and others.
Qualifications Significant experience in development or organizational fundraising through either education, training, or work experience; experience in and a deep passion for arts/cultural organization fundraising strongly preferred. Demonstrated success in meeting or exceeding revenue goals in previous positions. Proven ability to attract and develop significant relationships, particularly with high-net-worth individuals, media, corporate executives, and foundation representatives. Excellent verbal and written communication skills; with demonstrated experience in storytelling for diverse audiences, including grant proposals, donor communications, and marketing materials. Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret data, identify trends, and make strategic recommendations based on metrics. Proficiency with donor management/CRM systems (such as Spektrix), websites (such as WordPress) and other digital platforms, with the ability to leverage these tools effectively for analysis, campaign management, and strategic planning. Enthusiasm for creating multi-year comprehensive fundraising and communications strategies, with proven follow-through skills. The ability to develop and use systems to track and adjust work plans and budgets as needed. Intercultural competency, ability to interact with and engage a diverse array of individuals with diplomacy and respect. An interest in or curiosity about music, the arts, and cultural institutions as community builders.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS This full-time exempt position offers a starting salary in the range of $90,000-100,000 annually, with opportunities for year-end bonuses based on personal and team performance and overall organizational success.
Benefits include:
Health, dental, and vision insurance paid for employees beginning the first day of the month following employment Life insurance coverage 16 annually accrued days of flexible time off plus extended sick leave 11 paid holidays A paid week off every year between Christmas and New Year’s days
WORK SCHEDULE, ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS This is a full-time, exempt position. This position requires working many nights and weekends, particularly during the summer months. The position requires significant in-person interaction and representation of Britt at community events and partner activities. Some regional travel may be required to meet with media, donors, sponsors, and foundation representatives.
This position has two primary work locations: the administrative office in downtown Medford, and the Britt hill park in Jacksonville, Oregon. Britt is currently working toward a move to a new location in downtown Jacksonville for its administrative space and is planning to relocate in 2028. We strive to offer a flexible hybrid schedule, which generally allows employees to work from home two days per week.
This position requires frequent computer use and the ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time. While at the Britt hill park, this position requires the ability to carry items of up to 30 pounds, to sit or stand outdoors for long periods of time, and to travel up and down steep hills.
About Britt Britt Music & Arts Festival is a mission-driven, community-based nonprofit organization founded in 1963 in Jacksonville, Oregon. Each summer, we bring world-class music, comedy, and education programming to Southern Oregon, hosting approximately 30 popular music and comedy shows, 7 Britt Festival Orchestra performances, and dozens of admission-free arts education events. Our programs and outdoor venue draw around 100,000 people annually, creating moments of connection, discovery, and joy for audiences of all ages.
More than a stage, Britt is the heart of our community. From stargazing on a blanket to dancing with 2,000 friends you just met, our intimate hillside amphitheater invites everyone to experience something extraordinary.
Our team—professionals, volunteers, artists, educators, and arts lovers—create meaningful encounters with music, nature, and each other. Working at Britt means being part of something bigger. We are a team that creates joy, connection, and unforgettable experiences through the arts. Whether you’re welcoming artists, supporting education programs, or helping guests find their favorite spot on the Hill, your work contributes to a place the community loves. At Britt, we don’t just host performances; we make magic happen, together.
And we’re just getting started. With a new indoor space planned to open in 2027, Britt will soon offer year-round programming that expands our impact beyond the summer season.
Whether on stage, in the classroom, or along the garden paths, Britt is where creativity and community meet. Join us and help shape the next chapter of this Southern Oregon treasure.
Britt is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Britt believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. All are encouraged to apply.
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Marketing Lead Britt’s overall marketing, communications, and storytelling, ensuring consistency across all channels and touchpoints including email, web, social media, advertising, PR, and on-site communications, ensuring that all materials are high-quality, on time, and on budget. Develop marketing, communications, and campaign strategy. Set campaign priorities, audience strategies, and messaging frameworks. Ensure Britt’s brand reflects its artistic excellence, community impact, and educational mission.
Team Leadership, Management, and Administration Supervise and lead a full-time team, establishing team workflows, communication protocols, and performance standards to ensure efficient coordination between development and marketing functions. Develop and manage revenue & expense budgets, working with the Leadership Team to define and achieve annual revenue and audience development targets. Analyze metrics and trends to evaluate performance against goals, providing strategic recommendations to improve results. Update and/or establish policies, systems, and procedures. Serve as a key member of the senior leadership team, contributing to organizational strategy and culture.
Concerts and Other Events Attend, or be on-call for, in-person performances, proactively cultivating donors and providing oversight and support for the member hospitality deck. Supervise special events, including fundraisers, orchestra host family picnics and parties, and others.
Qualifications Significant experience in development or organizational fundraising through either education, training, or work experience; experience in and a deep passion for arts/cultural organization fundraising strongly preferred. Demonstrated success in meeting or exceeding revenue goals in previous positions. Proven ability to attract and develop significant relationships, particularly with high-net-worth individuals, media, corporate executives, and foundation representatives. Excellent verbal and written communication skills; with demonstrated experience in storytelling for diverse audiences, including grant proposals, donor communications, and marketing materials. Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret data, identify trends, and make strategic recommendations based on metrics. Proficiency with donor management/CRM systems (such as Spektrix), websites (such as WordPress) and other digital platforms, with the ability to leverage these tools effectively for analysis, campaign management, and strategic planning. Enthusiasm for creating multi-year comprehensive fundraising and communications strategies, with proven follow-through skills. The ability to develop and use systems to track and adjust work plans and budgets as needed. Intercultural competency, ability to interact with and engage a diverse array of individuals with diplomacy and respect. An interest in or curiosity about music, the arts, and cultural institutions as community builders.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS This full-time exempt position offers a starting salary in the range of $90,000-100,000 annually, with opportunities for year-end bonuses based on personal and team performance and overall organizational success.
Benefits include:
Health, dental, and vision insurance paid for employees beginning the first day of the month following employment Life insurance coverage 16 annually accrued days of flexible time off plus extended sick leave 11 paid holidays A paid week off every year between Christmas and New Year’s days
WORK SCHEDULE, ENVIRONMENT & PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS This is a full-time, exempt position. This position requires working many nights and weekends, particularly during the summer months. The position requires significant in-person interaction and representation of Britt at community events and partner activities. Some regional travel may be required to meet with media, donors, sponsors, and foundation representatives.
This position has two primary work locations: the administrative office in downtown Medford, and the Britt hill park in Jacksonville, Oregon. Britt is currently working toward a move to a new location in downtown Jacksonville for its administrative space and is planning to relocate in 2028. We strive to offer a flexible hybrid schedule, which generally allows employees to work from home two days per week.
This position requires frequent computer use and the ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time. While at the Britt hill park, this position requires the ability to carry items of up to 30 pounds, to sit or stand outdoors for long periods of time, and to travel up and down steep hills.
About Britt Britt Music & Arts Festival is a mission-driven, community-based nonprofit organization founded in 1963 in Jacksonville, Oregon. Each summer, we bring world-class music, comedy, and education programming to Southern Oregon, hosting approximately 30 popular music and comedy shows, 7 Britt Festival Orchestra performances, and dozens of admission-free arts education events. Our programs and outdoor venue draw around 100,000 people annually, creating moments of connection, discovery, and joy for audiences of all ages.
More than a stage, Britt is the heart of our community. From stargazing on a blanket to dancing with 2,000 friends you just met, our intimate hillside amphitheater invites everyone to experience something extraordinary.
Our team—professionals, volunteers, artists, educators, and arts lovers—create meaningful encounters with music, nature, and each other. Working at Britt means being part of something bigger. We are a team that creates joy, connection, and unforgettable experiences through the arts. Whether you’re welcoming artists, supporting education programs, or helping guests find their favorite spot on the Hill, your work contributes to a place the community loves. At Britt, we don’t just host performances; we make magic happen, together.
And we’re just getting started. With a new indoor space planned to open in 2027, Britt will soon offer year-round programming that expands our impact beyond the summer season.
Whether on stage, in the classroom, or along the garden paths, Britt is where creativity and community meet. Join us and help shape the next chapter of this Southern Oregon treasure.
Britt is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Britt believes that diversity and inclusion among our teammates is critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool. All are encouraged to apply.
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