Director, Partnership Communications

“If we can get one child adopted into a loving family, all our work will be worth it.”
– Dave Thomas

Join us as we champion our mission to dramatically increase the number of adoptions of children waiting in North America’s foster care systems. We’ve helped to find safe, permanent homes for more than 14,000 young people across the United States and Canada, but our mission is not complete. Invest your career in making a difference and join the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption’s team.

We offer a supportive workplace where you can make an impact. We are dedicated to creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable work environment for Foundation staff, while advocating for measurable change toward racial equity within the child welfare system.

Are you a strategic thinker with a passion for building impactful partnerships? We are seeking a Director, Partnership Communications to help shape and execute an integrated strategy that engages corporate partners, sports and entertainment organizations and public figures in raising awareness and financial support for our mission. Based in Dublin, Ohio, this externally focused role offers an exciting opportunity to collaborate across internal teams and with diverse external audiences to create compelling content and drive meaningful engagement. If you thrive off connecting to dots, offer exceptional interpersonal skills and have a passion for developing compelling content, we encourage you to learn more and apply.

Key Deliverables: 

• Partner with marketing and development team leads in engaging corporate partners, sports / entertainment organizations and other public figures interested in raising awareness of our mission; serve as a liaison, collaborating with internal teams to determine valued opportunities for partners that expand the Foundation’s reach and impact
• Collaboratively lead the development of communications strategies to engage the employees, clients/customers and networks of corporations that have named the Foundation as its charity of choice (e.g., Wendy’s® in the U.S. and Canada and Roof Maxx). Serve as the liaison to these organizations’ marketing and communications teams and agency partners in ensuring awareness, paid and earned media, social, fundraising messaging and materials align with the Foundation’s brand standards
• Oversee the manager, partnership and event communications in developing or curating content that helps corporate partners, sports teams and public figures to engage their key audiences (e.g., clients, customers, networks and/or followers)
• With direction from Partnership team leads, drive the creation of stewardship communications for corporate partners, sharing appreciation and evidence of impact (e.g., emails, campaign/impact reports, text campaigns and other special projects); collaborate with the Foundation’s brand awareness and digital communications team leads to identify opportunities for sharing within Foundation channels (e.g., blogs, videos and social posts)
• Utilize data to assess the effectiveness of partnership communications and inform recommendations and priority growth areas to ensure the highest ROI. Contribute to quarterly marketing reports and scorecards for board and committee meetings

What You Bring:

• Undergraduate degree in communications, journalism, marketing or related field
• 10+ years of experience in marketing and communications that support partnerships, events and/or fundraising
• Experience in a consulting, cause marketing or national, nonprofit organization is a plus
• Demonstrated experience with effective partnership and event communications strategies, leveraging print, email, video, earned media, web and social media to advance an organization’s mission and goals
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and high emotional intelligence to effectively build and earn trust with internal teams and external partners

Interested candidates may apply for this position through December 31, 2024. Late submissions may not be considered. We appreciate your understanding and timely response  

Our Benefits 

At the Foundation, our team is committed to providing unwavering dedication to change the journey for children lingering in foster care. We value each member of our team and we are committed to taking care of you. Beyond joining our talented team and the opportunity to make a difference, we are proud to offer our employees a competitive compensation and benefits program, including:

• Flexible, hybrid schedule arrangement for most positions allowing employees to choose to work from home up to two days a week
• First day of hire medical, dental and vision insurance coverage for you and your family
• Employer-funded health reimbursement account (HRA). The HRA is a tax-advantaged account, funded solely by the employer to help you pay for medical expenses.
• Employer-paid basic life insurance, short-term disability and long-term disability
• Eligibility for a 403(b)-retirement match program up to 5% after the first year of employment
• Adoption-Friendly Workplace providing financial benefits and paid time off for adoptive parents
• Generous paid time off, including paid holidays, paid personal, vacation and sick days as well as parental leave, adoption leave and foster care leave
• A connected team environment that embraces a commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion
• Career advancement opportunities and continued education
• A comprehensive offering of additional voluntary benefits!

The Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant based on race, color, religion, religious beliefs, political affiliation, creed, HIV/AIDS status, ethnicity, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, disability, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, pregnancy, marital status, familial status, veteran/military status, predisposing genetic characteristics, domestic violence victim status, prior arrest or any other category protected by applicable law. Any employee who engages in such conduct is subject to disciplinary action, up to and including discharge.