Reporting to the Head of Development (HoD), the Corporate Partnership Executive (CPE) will be an integral part of Wexford Festival Trust’s (WFT) Development Team with responsibility for growing the company’s commercial relationships with local, national, and international brands on behalf of WFO and the National Opera House (NOH). This will include corporate sponsorship, CSR engagement, corporate philanthropy, and corporate hospitality. The CPE will identify sponsorship opportunities, target and engage appropriate partners, grow corporate hospitality and corporate philanthropy, and manage existing and emerging corporate relationships. The role will offer the opportunity for creativity and career development.

Responsibilities

• To develop and manage a diverse portfolio of corporate sponsors (low to mid-range), corporate philanthropic funders, and corporate members of the company’s hospitality programme, implement a corporate partner strategy for all existing corporate supporters, and identify and cultivate new corporate partnerships. 
• To increase the ongoing level of income generated from corporate/commercial sources for both WFO and NOH, and deliver and exceed annual targets for the three corporate income strands: sponsorship (in conjunction with the HoD), philanthropic, and membership.
• To support the HoD in the ongoing development of the company’s fundraising programme, with the support and involvement of the National Development Council, Wexford Festival UK Trust, and the American Friends of Wexford Opera.
• To research and identify new local, national and international corporate sponsorship/philanthropic opportunities.

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