Philanthropy & Partnerships Officer

Who We Are

Take This is a mental health advocacy organization with a focus on the game industry and community. We provide resources, training, and support for individuals and companies that help the gaming community improve its mental well-being and resilience. The organization addresses the underlying conditions that can create and perpetuate mental health challenges: stigma, harmful studio culture, harassment and toxicity, lack of diversity and accessibility, and problematic game and community design. We’re proud of our work over the last 12 years and are committed to making it even more accessible and sustainable.

Why we need you

Take This is excited to hire our first dedicated fundraising role, with the goal of building more robust and diverse funding sources to ensure our sustainability. We have a modest base of existing corporate funders and individual donors, but it’s time to grow our group of key partners and supporters who see the value in how our work serves their audiences, employees, and communities. Your job will be to seek out corporations and individuals who are aligned with our mission and invested in the success of the games community, and secure funding from them to support our programs and operations.

Our ideal candidate has a deep understanding of the game industry and community, but we recognize that most folks with that knowledge will not have professional fundraising experience. Experience in communications, marketing, external or community affairs, business development, corporate social responsibility, or other similar roles is very translatable to the work of fundraising and would be a huge plus for us. We are prepared to support your growth with specific professional development and partnership with an expert fundraising consultant to help you turn your passion, knowledge, and experience in our industry into a solid fundraising plan.

Here’s what you’ll be doing

As our Philanthropy and Partnerships Officer, you will be the face of Take This (alongside our Executive Director) to our corporate partners and key individual supporters and lead and execute the work of identifying, cultivating, and securing sponsorships, partnerships, and donations from them. Corporate giving is our most critical immediate opportunity, with a secondary focus on individual donors. This involves:

Corporate Giving & Partnerships

• Collaborating with the Executive Director and other staff to conceptualize an attractive, value-delivering menu of sponsorship, partnership, matching challenge, and other giving or revenue-producing opportunities for corporations in or connected to the gaming industry
• Developing a unified prospect list for corporate relationships that could support Take This, driving the process and strategy for identifying, researching, cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding their support or participation in the corporate giving opportunities
• Cultivating, soliciting, and stewarding a portfolio of corporate prospects
• Staffing and advising the Executive Director in successfully managing her portfolio of corporate sponsors or partners, in addition to managing your own portfolio.
• Creating engaging and persuasive communications and pitch materials for corporate prospects, such as slide decks, one-sheets, sponsorship packets, written proposals, etc.
• Defining and consistently implementing creative recognition and benefits for corporate partners, including refinement on an annual basis
• Strategizing and collaborating internally with other Take This staff to cultivate game company employees, affinity groups, or employee resource groups as enthusiastic advocates and potential individual donor prospects, including how to leverage these relationships into financial support
• Ensuring accurate and timely recording of corporate gifts and relationship-building steps in the donor CRM
• Staying apprised of trends in the gaming industry that impact employee engagement and corporate giving

Individual Giving

• In partnership with the Executive Director, identifying a group of individual supporters from past campaigns to engage and steward toward continued and/or larger giving on an annual basis or for specific programs and projects
• Proactively engaging, stewarding, and informing a portfolio of these key supporters of organizational progress, and asking for renewed and/or increased giving annually
• Supporting the Executive Director in managing and engaging her own small portfolio of individual donors, helping strategize about how to move relationships forward
• In collaboration with other Take This staff, helping to conceptualize and strategize online grassroots campaigns and fundraising activations at events and conferences and advising on best practices for these fundraising activities
• Guiding the voice of philanthropic messaging for Take This – this may look like advising on campaign content, reviewing other team members’ writing if it is donor-facing, and generating language for case for support documents

Leadership & Internal Collaboration

• Organize a concrete calendar and plan for fundraising each year, including the corporate and individual donor work you lead and the grassroots fundraising campaigns and operations held by others
• Representing Take This at 4 to 6 games industry events and conferences each year to grow personal contact and engagement with key corporate and individual supporters
• Provide oversight of day-to-day fundraising operations and related activities implemented by other staff
• Provide leadership to other team members charged with CRM maintenance, data entry for individual donations, grassroots fundraising campaigns, and events

You’ll need these qualifications

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t see yourself in 100% of these qualifications!

• 5-7 years combined experience in relevant positions
• Knowledge of gaming, gaming community structures and history, and gaming industry
• Ability to navigate the terrain of corporate structures and communicate effectively and confidently with corporate leaders and employees, as well as individual supporters
• Ability to work independently and as a team member in a remote work environment
• Possess an entrepreneurial spirit – you are a resourceful self-starter who can identify opportunities, take action, and galvanize others
• Strong interpersonal communication skills and ability to adapt to diverse stakeholders – an enthusiasm for engaging with others in person and on video calls
• Ability to do some travel in this role

It would be nice if you have

• Nonprofit experience
• Existing relationships in the gaming industry and community
• Confidence in building (not just maintaining) consistent systems and core activities
• Mental health industry or advocacy experience is a bonus
• It would be ideal to live in one of the major American gaming hubs in the Seattle, San Francisco, Austin, Los Angeles, or New York areas, to facilitate in-person relationship-building with game companies.

Compensation & Benefits

The annual salary for the Philanthropy and Partnerships Officer role is $80,000. As part of our commitment to equity, initial salaries are non-negotiable; salaries are adjusted annually based on cost-of-living increases and performance merit. This is an exempt, 32-hour-per-week position with a flexible schedule – Take This staff operates within a 4-day work week thus 32 hours per week is full-time at our organization. This is a full-time role on an entirely remote team

Take This will support professional development opportunities for your areas of interest and growth, including ongoing education or coaching. Benefits include a healthcare stipend and/or medical plan, unlimited paid vacation/leave policy, and 20 paid holidays.

Take This is an equal opportunity employer. Our team and our services are made stronger with the inclusion of people with diverse backgrounds, experiences, abilities, and perspectives, so we especially encourage folks from marginalized backgrounds to apply. We maintain an open and welcoming work environment designed with flexibility, mutual respect, and shared humanity as its principles. As an organization, we prioritize rest and a healthy work-life balance because we know that well-being fuels sustainable impact. We encourage our team members to take the time they need to recharge, set boundaries, and nurture their mental health. For those required to travel for work, we request that they take equivalent time off to rest and recover once they return home, ensuring everyone has the support needed to stay energized and well.

How to Apply

To apply, you will need to upload a cover letter and your resume via the job submission form. Since this is a development role, we’re interested in hearing about your experience in corporate relations or major gifts or the connections you have in the games space and your interest in helping us foster relationships and fundraise in those corporate settings; please include that in your cover letter.

If needed, we are happy to provide accommodations to help you apply; just contact us at info@takethis.org. The priority deadline is February 10, 2025. Interviews will be conducted on a rolling basis. Interview questions will be provided in advance of each round of interviews.