About BRITE Join BRITE a growing team of passionate individuals from diverse backgrounds advancing the advanced energy economy. We rapidly innovate develop deploy and maintain our operations and services to meet the demand for our programming that connects clients to capital and customers. If youre looking to make a meaningful impact while growing both professionally and personally in a fastpaced supportive environment we invite you to apply for our Fundraising and Events Specialist position.
Summary The Fundraising and Events Specialist will hold a dualrole. They will coordinate and execute endtoend logistics for BRITEs quarterly BRITEnite events across the state and one annual summit. This role will be responsible for securing and managing sponsorships for BRITEnites and supporting broader sponsorship efforts for the Summit. The role requires exceptional project management organizational skills and the ability to coordinate across departments to ensure successful and timely event outcomes and sponsor engagement.
Responsibilities Event Coordination and Logistics 60
Manage event logistics for BRITEs quarterly BRITEnite series across Ohio and the annual Advanced Energy Ohio Summit.
Plan coordinate and attend events ensuring smooth running of every event.
Track and ensure event milestones and deliverables are achieved on time and within budget.
Sponsorship Management and Fulfillment 30
Lead sponsorship efforts for BRITEnites ensuring packages and event tickets are sold and delivered per the sponsorship prospectus.
Support Summit sponsorship sales and activation.
Manage and ensure sponsor deliverables are implemented according to the sponsorship level i.e. including signage acknowledgements and postevent recognition for each sponsor.
Attendee Management and CrossTeam Coordination 10
Monitor event registrations and ensure targeted attendee outreach.
Coordinate with internal leads (startup corporate venture) to ensure the right stakeholders are prioritized and engaged.
Success Measures
Achieve full sponsorship coverage for all BRITEnites and the Advanced Energy Ohio Summit.
Secure lead sponsorships for each event component (Happy Hour Startup Pitch VIP Dinner).
Ensure strong attendance from targeted ecosystem stakeholders.
Seamlessly execute all events ensuring sponsor satisfaction and positive attendee experience.
Qualifications
2 years of experience in event coordination fundraising support or related roles.
Strong organizational project management and communication skills.
Ability to influence and coordinate across departments without direct authority.
Demonstrated proficiency managing work and relationships in CRM and project management platforms (e.g. Notion Asana or equivalent systems); technology fluency is a core requirement.
Preferred Traits
Hyperorganized proactive and detailoriented.
Collaborative team player with a strong sense of ownership.
Comfortable managing multiple priorities and travel requirements in a fastpaced environment.
Interest and willingness to learn about the startup ecosystem energy and advanced manufacturing and industry a plus
Compensation and Benefits
Salary: $58000 $65000 annually commensurate with experience and qualifications.
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LOCATION:HYBRID Our organization is headquartered in Warren OH. Clevelandbased hires are expected to work from our Cleveland office at least two days per week. Candidates located elsewhere in Ohio may work remotely with occasional inperson meetings or events as needed.
BRITE Core Values: At BRITE were driven by Impact fueled by Curiosity grounded in Integrity committed to being PeopleFirst and energized by Fun. We prioritize meaningful outcomes embrace continuous learning act with transparency support each others growth and celebrate our work together.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Diversity Equity and Inclusion: BRITE is an equal opportunity employer. BRITE is committed to fostering cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. The collective sum of the individual differences life experiences knowledge inventiveness innovation selfexpression unique capabilities and talent that our stakeholders invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture but our reputation and organizations achievement as well. We embrace and encourage clients entrepreneurs and the publics differences in age color disability ethnicity family or marital status gender identity or expression language national origin physical and mental ability political affiliation race religion sexual orientation socioeconomic status veteran status and other characteristics that make everyone unique.
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