Director of Corporate Engagement

The Director of Corporate Engagement leads the corporate team to ensure that each event addresses a pressing social need, engages employees in meaningful team building activities, and helps build awareness of their commitment to the community. As a nonprofit social enterprise, L.A. Works secures funding through partnerships with corporations to create meaningful service and engagement experiences that mobilize up to 5,000 volunteers annually. These initiatives range from large-scale days of service like MLK Day for 2,000 volunteers to 50-100 person customized hands-on activities like murals, gardening, crafting, and beautification projects at schools and nonprofit organizations.

This is a strong, experienced team with years of experience and established processes in place. We are seeking a flexible, creative, and entrepreneurial leader to ensure high-quality event planning and delivery while aligning corporate goals with impactful community engagement.

The role of the next Director will be to strategically grow the department, taking it (and the organization along with it) to its next level by building relationships with existing corporate partners, forming new partnerships with vendors ensuring low material cost, and encouraging the team to identify interesting and important volunteer activities for the corporate volunteers to complete.

Essential Job Functions

The list that follows is not intended to be comprehensive; it is intended to provide a representative summary of the major responsibilities of the position. Incumbents may not be required to perform all roles listed, and may be required to perform additional, position-specific tasks.

Corporate Engagement Responsibilities:

Revenue Generation:

• Support the effort of the External Affairs and Corporate Sponsorship Specialists secure corporate funding to mobilize up to 5,000 volunteers annually, generating at least $825,000 in fees-for-service and $175,000 in sponsorship funds in 2025, by crafting catchy proposals based on genuine community needs for new and returning corporations.
• Play a lead role in developing and launching new corporate revenue-generating initiatives beyond one-off/transactional hands-on volunteer events.
• Create and implement a growth plan to expand corporate funding opportunities, including both fees-for-service and sponsorships.

Relationship Building:

• Support the VP of External Affairs in engaging corporate liaisons year-round to foster stronger connections and expand corporate involvement in L.A. Works programs (managed via Salesforce).
• Lead the corporate team to identify in-kind donations and build vendor relationships for sponsorships and discounted rates.

Management/Supervision Responsibilities:

• Maintain a positive and helpful team culture where all voices/ideas are valued and evaluated and there’s a healthy work/life balance amongst team members.
• Oversee the execution of large Days of Service including but not limited to MLK Day of Service, 9/11 Day of Service, Earth Day and a Hispanic Heritage Day of Service.
• Supervise a team of corporate event personnel.
• Continuously work to improve corporate events and the planning process.