Director of Business Development, Omaze Made
Who We Are:
Omaze is an innovative online platform that raises money and awareness for incredible causes. From once-in-a-lifetime experiences with the world’s most influential people to original t-shirts designed and made with love, everything at Omaze directly benefits a deserving nonprofit.
We’ve launched over 250 life-changing experiences—everything from a walk-on role in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, to riding in an RV with the cast of Breaking Bad, to going on a date with George Clooney. Our incredible community has raised millions for amazing organizations and generated significant awareness by regularly appearing in outlets like the Today Show, Vanity Fair, CNN, Good Morning America, Jimmy Kimmel and many others.
We’re on a mission to reinvent what it means to give back. Leveraging storytelling, social media marketing, celebrity influence, data science and exclusive merchandise, we help charities raise more funds so they can create greater impact than they ever have before.
If your heart is beating faster now than it was before you started reading this, we’d love for you to join our team!
A dynamic Director of Business Development, Omaze Made who is excited to be a integral part in growing our newest business line. We launched Omaze Made, our merchandise campaign initiative, in 2016 and we've seen that our best campaigns are cause-driven and related to current events. Our ideal candidate for this role straddles the worlds of activism and entertainment. You can list your favorite political follows on Twitter and which entertainers are LGBTQ activists. Your experience could include formulating strategic partnerships with talent, working on political campaigns, and initiating creative fundraising strategies for your favorite causes. In this role, you'll get to cultivate relationships with nonprofits and formulate high-impact campaigns that not only raise significant funds but also push out a timely and important message. You don't have to currently wear a lot of t-shirts, but you should be open to the fact that they will become an important part of your wardrobe.
Key Responsibilities:
- Target and secure new partnerships with the world's top actors, musicians, thought-leaders, activists, and nonprofits to drive significant funds and awareness for important causes
- Identify and cultivate strategic partnerships to accelerate growth of the merchandise business
- Liaise between external stakeholders and internal teams, in pursuit of win-win solutions for all parties
Our Ideal Candidate:
- You have 5+ years of business development, partnerships, sales, and/or online fundraising experience
- You have strong ties to both the activist and entertainment worlds and have a proven track record of successfully growing revenue through the development of strategic relationships
- KPIs motivate you, and you’re always striving to smash your personal records
- You are persuasive, tactful and an excellent communicator
- You have your finger on the pulse of what's happening in both politics and pop culture
- You thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment
- You take your work seriously but not yourself