Associate Director, Partnership Marketing and Communications

ABOUT BCRF

Breast cancer is a complex disease with no simple solution. Every diagnosis is unique and puts lives at risk. We must stop breast cancer in its tracks, and research is the answer. Founded in 1993 by Evelyn H. Lauder, the Breast Cancer Research Foundation is the largest private funder of breast cancer research in the world. We invest in a wide range of research—including prevention, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and metastasis—because each area of investigation informs another, propelling us toward the solutions we urgently need. We convene and connect the best minds in science—giving them the opportunity to pursue their most innovative ideas. Our combination of investment and cross-disciplinary collaboration accelerates the entire field and builds momentum for new discoveries. BCRF-funded investigators have been behind every major breakthrough in breast cancer research, and the field is moving faster than ever. We are fueling the world’s most promising research and we can’t stop now.

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Marketing & Communications division is a dynamic team of creative and strategic thinkers and doers. Through integrated strategic communications, marketing campaigns, creative, content, and media, the team is elevating awareness of and driving fundraising for the organization’s mission to prevent and cure breast cancer by advancing the world’s most promising research.

Throughout the Breast Cancer Research Foundation’s 30-year history, corporate partners have played a critical role in achieving our mission through elevating mission impact awareness and raising critical funds for lifesaving breast cancer research. The Associate Director, Partnership Marketing & Communications will be responsible for leading the development and execution of integrated strategies to highlight, activate, and create mutual benefit for BCRF and BCRF’s valuable corporate partners.

Reporting to the Chief Marketing & Communications Officer and working in close collaboration with the Chief Corporate Partnerships Officer, the Associate Director, Partnership Marketing will work to build, amplify and execute marketing and communications strategies which highlight our collaborations with partners and prospects alike. The Associate Director will also work to build ownable, partner-focused campaigns and platforms, along with messaging, assets and reporting focused on impact.

This position is based in New York, New York. BCRF currently requires staff to work onsite a minimum of three days per week.

Primary Responsibilities

• Act as a liaison between the Marketing & Communications and Partnerships teams to co-create strategies, assets, content, and collateral that build momentum, excitement, commitment, and value with our high-touch partners and prospects.
• Design and implement custom communications plans and marketing campaigns for key partnerships that create mutual benefit to both help partners meet their partnership goals and reach target audiences while also generating awareness of the BCRF brand.
• Define communications goals, tactics, and measurement, consistently monitoring to adjust and improve partnership strategies.
• Serve as the Marketing & Communications lead in the development of key partnership benefits, including opportunities such as PR, influencer engagement, social strategy, content and more. Also work with the partnerships team to identify assets of corporate partners that could be leveraged to promote BCRF.
• Leverage storytelling techniques to develop a campaign communications strategy that creates an emotional connection with prospective and current partners and compels their support.
• Support the Corporate Partnership Development team in the pursuit of new partnerships through knowledge of industry trends, industry category and partner research, the creation of general and custom presentations, communications case studies, activation ideas, and other sales collateral demonstrating the brand and communications value proposition to prospective partners.
• Collaborate with Corporate Partnerships Relationship Management team to develop and launch project management plans for high-value partnerships. Co-manage day-to-day marketing, communications, and brand fulfillment activities for key partners.
• Identify opportunities for streamlining workflow and creating efficiencies for activation efforts across a portfolio of partnerships.
• Manage dedicated communications and marketing budgets for funded partnerships.
• Forecast communications and marketing budgets for new partnerships and proposals.

ABOUT YOU

You possess an entrepreneurial mindset. You are highly collaborative, creative and innovative with proven experience in creating and implementing marketing programs that drive business results. You have a passion for the mission and work of BCRF.

In addition, you have the following qualifications and experience:

• A minimum of 7 years of experience in communications, marketing, public relations, social impact or a related field
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a non-profit, including substantial responsibility for marketing and/or communications functions and transformational partnerships
• A bachelor’s degree
• Experience supporting multi-year branded partnerships
• Experience successfully partnering with senior leadership and executives to meet organizational needs
• Excellent writing, editing, and verbal communication skills
• Excellent project management and customer service skills
• Demonstrated ability to be a creative leader who can work cohesively and collaboratively across teams
• Ability to manage multiple deadline-driven projects simultaneously
• Other duties as may be assigned

Travel:

This role requires travel outside the New York Metro area approximately 3-5 times per year.

Compensation and Benefits:

This is a full-time exempt role. The salary range for this role is $110,000 - $120,000. Our compensation package includes an exceptional benefits package focusing on employee physical, mental and financial wellness. More specifically we offer

• Medical, dental and vision coverage from the first day of employment; with the election of certain medical plans, BCRF helps significantly defray the cost of out-of-pocket expenses with contributions to a health reimbursement account or health savings account.
• The opportunity to enroll in pre-tax Commuter Transit, Flexible Spending Account or Health Savings Account and Dependent Care Account from the first day of employment.
• 401K, with up to a 5% match each pay period; employee contributions and any match are immediately fully vested
• Paid parental leave offering 18 weeks 100% paid leave for a birthing parent and 12 weeks 100% paid leave for non-birthing parent
• Paid Time Off including
  • 15 days of annual vacation time in the first year of employment, increasing with length of service
  • 7 days of annual paid sick time
  • Paid holidays along with BCRF-wide half days and summer Fridays

To Apply:

Please submit a CV and cover letter expressing your intention to apply for the role. After uploading your CV, please select the "upload attachment" option on the next screen to provide your cover letter.

Only candidates short-listed for an initial interview will be contacted. Please, no phone calls or emails.

Our Commitments

BCRF upholds an equal opportunity employment policy and employs personnel without regard to race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, age, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable law. This policy applies to all applicants, employees, consultants, third-party workers.