Chief Development Officer
WSKG - Binghamton, NY
WSKG seeks a Chief Development Officer who will be responsible for planning, directing, and implementing a successful fundraising program to achieve annual fundraising and underwriting goals. The CDO must have superb management skills to successfully lead a results-oriented staff in growing donors and revenue to support the needs of the organization. The position oversees the Major Gifts, Leadership Society, Planned Giving, and Annual Membership programs, and guides all stewardship and database activities, ensuring programs are well executed. The CDO also manages the Business Underwriting team, ensuring that corporate partners are effectively cultivated and stewarded. As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, the CDO helps develop station-wide strategic priorities and works collaboratively across the organization to ensure that organizational goals are met.
WSKG Public Media is a non-profit, community-supported public media organization in Vestal, NY. WSKG covers 21 counties in New York's Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes region, central New York, and northeast Pennsylvania, with its main studio in Vestal and a satellite office in Ithaca, NY. It operates two radio stations and a television station, broadcasting a mix of local and national programming, educational programs, news and public affairs shows, documentaries, and arts and cultural programs. The news department has won numerous awards from the Associated Press, Public Radio News Directors Incorporated, and New York State Broadcasters Association.
"This is a pivotal moment in our evolution as a local public media station. We have an opportunity to reimagine WSKG’s operations while ensuring that we continue to provide value to the communities we serve. We will also need to develop new and innovative ways to grow, engage and inspire our members to support this essential work. Our new Chief Development Officer will play a major role in this effort and help build a culture of philanthropy throughout the organization that will allow us to continue leveraging the power of media to inform, engage, inspire, and connect our region for decades to come."— Natasha R. Thompson, President and CEO
For more information, including core competencies and qualifications, please refer to the full prospectus.
WSKG Public Media is a non-profit, community-supported public media organization in Vestal, NY. WSKG covers 21 counties in New York's Southern Tier, the Finger Lakes region, central New York, and northeast Pennsylvania, with its main studio in Vestal and a satellite office in Ithaca, NY. It operates two radio stations and a television station, broadcasting a mix of local and national programming, educational programs, news and public affairs shows, documentaries, and arts and cultural programs. The news department has won numerous awards from the Associated Press, Public Radio News Directors Incorporated, and New York State Broadcasters Association.
"This is a pivotal moment in our evolution as a local public media station. We have an opportunity to reimagine WSKG’s operations while ensuring that we continue to provide value to the communities we serve. We will also need to develop new and innovative ways to grow, engage and inspire our members to support this essential work. Our new Chief Development Officer will play a major role in this effort and help build a culture of philanthropy throughout the organization that will allow us to continue leveraging the power of media to inform, engage, inspire, and connect our region for decades to come."— Natasha R. Thompson, President and CEO
For more information, including core competencies and qualifications, please refer to the full prospectus.