Jobs at Participatory Culture
Participatory Culture Foundation, which makes the Miro platform, is looking for world-class talent to join our organization. We are a new non-profit organization and are building a small, focused team that rivals the talent and quality of any for-profit software company. (Are you doing amazing work for a company that you don't really believe in? Quit your job and work for us. Seriously.) We are based in Worcester, MA but we work with individuals around the world. You don't need to be local, but if you are, even better.
We want to fill the positions below as soon as possible. If you're interested, please be in touch right away; we don't need fancy resumes, just good, clear info about what you've been up to. Women and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply.
Fundraising Development Director
The Participatory Culture Foundation (PCF) is a unique 501c3. We are working to build a freer and more inclusive media environment by developing free, open software tools. Our core product, Miro, has been downloaded more than 2 million times by individuals around the globe. It allows users to connect directly with creators, without gatekeepers.
PCF is growing quickly and is competing with for-profit companies in an volatile media environment. We are a young organization, with a very focused and extremely talented staff. We have been successful in our fundraising but are looking to grow even more rapidly and need a full-time individual focused on development.
As the Mozilla Foundation has done, our goal is to become majority self-funded over the next two years. The right Development Director person will enable us to grow our capacity in the short-term and reach sustainability in the long-term.
THE POSITION
The Fundraising Development Director will develop and pursue a fundraising strategy for the organization. We seek both a short to mid-term capital influx that will allow us to grow as well as a longer-term sustainability strategy. You will work with our existing network of high net-worth donors and develop new relationships. You will pursue new foundation funding opportunities and work to extend our current grants. You must be able to independently represent our mission and our work. You must be thoughtful and careful as well as creative and able to move quickly. You must be friendly and engaging.
Your work will involve traveling to meet with potential donors and foundations in California, around the country, and perhaps around the world. As most of our largest donors come from the Bay Area, we are focusing our search for this position in that area but are not limiting it. Our staff in distributed across the country, but our Business Development Director is in San Francisco and we may setup a small office there soon. You will not need to move to accept this job and are welcome to work from home.
Specific functions will include:
-Reporting to and working closely alongside the Executive Director to develop and implement a development strategy.
-Working with our Board of Directors and existing donors and foundation funders to identify new prospects.
-Managing a significant portfolio of major donor prospects; making direct asks when appropriate.
-Creating donor solicitation, acknowledgement and cultivation materials.
-Developing ways- both systematic and personal- to recognize, steward and upgrade major donors utilizing classic development techniques (e.g., major donor recognition program, fundraising and cultivation events/meetings, planned giving program, major donor pledge program/monthly giving, etc.).
-Maintaining accurate and timely records of all interactions with donors using fundraising software.
-Data mining and research from internal and external sources to identify and appropriately target prospects.
QUALIFICATIONS
We have an excellent funding pipeline but need a leader who can seize and expand these opportunities. We are seeking an individual that, like the rest of our staff, is passionate, creative, and unusually talented; someone who can work well with high net-worth donors and traditional foundations.
4-7+years of development experience needed, with experience in major gifts, foundation proposal development, experience working with a board of directors, experience with high net-worth individuals.
TO APPLY: Send a short note about why you're interested in working with us along with a resume to jobs[at]pculture.org.
Software Developer
We're looking for a top-notch programmer who can work independently, communicate well, and occasionally step back from the code to contemplate improvements to program architecture or our development process.
Miro presents an exciting real world challenge: creating cross platform desktop software that interacts with a heterogeneous set of third party libraries and provides an easy to use interface on each platform. We build on existing free peer to peer and media libraries where we can.
Miro is written in Python, so solid understanding of Python or a similar dynamic language is a must. A solid understanding of C and C++ is also a requirement.
We are based in Worcester, MA but do not require that the developer move to Worcester-- you may work remotely. This is a full-time position working on Miro related projects.
TO APPLY: Send a short note about why you're interested in working with us along with a resume to jobs[at]pculture.org.
Art Director
We're looking for someone who meshes with our vision of graphic and interface design (see more details in the section below this).
Design is the trickiest piece of the puzzle for us. We are looking to hire a full or part-time designer to create web designs, graphics, logos, and application interfaces, though we are also interested in contract work. We want to find someone who is smart and flexible and has a good sense of style. Design we like includes: this, this, this, this, and this (also this). In general, we care a lot about details and usability and are striving to make websites and applications that are world-class in look and feel. If you are an ambitious designer and want to kick ass in the name of good, please send us your portfolio.
We are expecting to hire for a half or full-time position, as described above, but if you'd like to apply for a long-term consulting contract, we would consider that as well. Please let us know what kind of arrangement works best for you.
TO APPLY: Send a short note about why you're interested in working with us along with a casual resume, portfolio, or description of what your experience is to jobs[at]pculture.org.