Fundraising and Events Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

About BRITE
Join BRITE, a growing team of passionate individuals from diverse backgrounds advancing the advanced energy economy. We rapidly innovate, develop, deploy, and maintain our operations and services to meet the demand for our programming that connects clients to capital and customers. If you're looking to make a meaningful impact while growing both professionally and personally in a fast-paced, supportive environment, we invite you to apply for our Fundraising and Events Specialist position.

Summary
The Fundraising and Events Specialist will hold a dual-role. They will coordinate and execute end-to-end logistics for BRITE’s quarterly BRITEnite events across the state and one annual summit. This role will be responsible for securing and managing sponsorships for BRITEnites and supporting broader sponsorship efforts for the Summit. The role requires exceptional project management, organizational skills, and the ability to coordinate across departments to ensure successful and timely event outcomes and sponsor engagement.

Responsibilities
Event Coordination and Logistics (60%)

• Manage event logistics for BRITE’s quarterly BRITEnite series across Ohio and the annual Advanced Energy Ohio Summit.
• Plan, coordinate, and attend events, ensuring smooth running of every event.
• Track and ensure event milestones and deliverables are achieved on time and within budget.

Sponsorship Management and Fulfillment (30%)

• Lead sponsorship efforts for BRITEnites, ensuring packages and event tickets are sold and delivered per the sponsorship prospectus.
• Support Summit sponsorship sales and activation.
• Manage and ensure sponsor deliverables are implemented according to the sponsorship level, i.e. including signage, acknowledgements, and post-event recognition for each sponsor.

Attendee Management and Cross-Team Coordination (10%)

• Monitor event registrations and ensure targeted attendee outreach.
• Coordinate with internal leads (startup, corporate, venture) to ensure the right stakeholders are prioritized and engaged.

Success Measures

• Achieve full sponsorship coverage for all BRITEnites and the Advanced Energy Ohio Summit.
• Secure lead sponsorships for each event component (Happy Hour, Startup Pitch, VIP Dinner).
• Ensure strong attendance from targeted ecosystem stakeholders.
• Seamlessly execute all events ensuring sponsor satisfaction and positive attendee experience.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in event coordination, fundraising support, or related roles.
• Strong organizational, project management, and communication skills.
• Ability to influence and coordinate across departments without direct authority.
• Demonstrated proficiency managing work and relationships in CRM and project management platforms (e.g., Notion, Asana, or equivalent systems); technology fluency is a core requirement.

Preferred Traits

• Hyper-organized, proactive, and detail-oriented.
• Collaborative team player with a strong sense of ownership.
• Comfortable managing multiple priorities and travel requirements in a fast-paced environment.
• Interest and willingness to learn about the start-up ecosystem, energy and advanced manufacturing and industry a plus

Compensation and Benefits

• Salary: $58,000 – $65,000 annually, commensurate with experience and qualifications.
• For more information on benefits , please click Here.

LOCATION: HYBRID - Our organization is headquartered in Warren, OH. Cleveland-based hires are expected to work from our Cleveland office at least two days per week. Candidates located elsewhere in Ohio may work remotely, with occasional in-person meetings or events as needed.

BRITE Core Values:
At BRITE, we’re driven by Impact , fueled by Curiosity , grounded in Integrity , committed to being People-First , and energized by Fun . We prioritize meaningful outcomes, embrace continuous learning, act with transparency, support each other’s growth, and celebrate our work together.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: BRITE is an equal opportunity employer. BRITE is committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our stakeholders invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture but our reputation and organization’s achievement as well. We embrace and encourage clients’, entrepreneurs’ and the public’s differences in age, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make everyone unique.

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