General Information
Position Title: Director, Partnerships & Growth
Practice Area: 4As Foundation
Reports to: VP, Partnerships & Growth
Category: Exempt
Location: New York/Hybrid
Date: October 2025
Salary: $100,000 – $110,000
Position Overview
The Director of Partnerships & Growth is a hybrid role designed to advance the mission of the 4As Foundation by strengthening its development, marketing, and strategic initiatives. The role requires limited travel within the tri-state area and occasionally outside New York (1–3x/year).
This position plays a critical role in supporting grant writing, partner stewardship, marketing communications, and strategic planning. The Director will collaborate closely with the VP, Partnerships & Growth, SVP of the Learning Institute and EVP of the 4As, to ensure that the Foundation’s initiatives are well-positioned for fundraising support, clearly communicated to stakeholders, and strategically aligned with long-term organizational goals. In addition, the Director will provide strategic support for the Learning Institute, ensuring that its programs are effectively positioned, marketed, and aligned with delivering 4As member value.
Qualities essential to thrive in this role:
The ideal candidate is highly organized, an excellent writer, and a strategic thinker who thrives in a collaborative environment. They bring experience in grant support, marketing/communications, and nonprofit operations, with the ability to translate complex ideas into compelling narratives for funders, partners, and the public
Skills and Experience:
- Demonstrated experience with grant writing and grant support, including research, proposal development, and reporting
- Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills for both funder communications and marketing/branding purposes
- Familiarity with nonprofit fundraising strategies and development operations (501(c)(3) environment preferred)
- Marketing and communications experience, including content development, campaign support, and digital/social platforms
- Strong project management and organizational skills with ability to balance multiple priorities
- Strategic thinker with ability to contribute to planning, evaluation, and program positioning
- Proficiency with CRM and tracking tools (Salesforce preferred)
Position Responsibilities
Core responsibilities and tasks include:
Grant & Development Support:
- Research prospective grant and funding opportunities
- Draft and edit proposals, letters of inquiry, and reports in partnership with the VP
- Maintain grant tracking, deadlines, and reporting in CRM and shared systems
- Develop and refine cases for support and impact narratives using program data
Marketing & Communications:
- Support the development of marketing and communication strategies that elevate the Foundation’s programs and talent initiatives
- Draft partner-facing content including presentations, one-pagers, social media copy, newsletters, and digital assets
- Ensure consistent messaging that reflects the Foundation’s mission, impact, and brand voice
- Collaborate with Program Directors to develop marketing and positioning strategies for the Learning Institute, ensuring it is effectively communicated to partners, funders, and participants.
Strategy & Operations:
- Partner with VP and Program Directors on strategic planning initiatives, including annual work plans and cross-program alignment
- Track and analyze data from programs and partnerships to inform reports, proposals, and strategic decisions
- Prepare materials and insights for Board updates and leadership presentations
- Support event communications and funder engagement strategies as needed
- Contribute to the strategic growth of the Learning Institute by integrating development, marketing, and partnership insights into its planning and long-term sustainability.
Position Requirements
- 8–10+ years of experience in nonprofit, grant writing, or marketing/communications roles
- Grant writing and reporting experience preferred
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages to multiple audiences
- Marketing and communications experience across social media, digital, and partner channels
- Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Experience in the advertising/marketing industry or with creative industries is a plus
- Proficiency with MS Office, Google Workspace, and CRM tools (Salesforce preferred)
About the 4As
A 501(c )(6) non-profit association
We focus on core values of Passion, Agility, Curiosity and Collaboration as we partner together to support and champion 4As members to help their business thrive as we also strive to move the industry forward.
- Great team with strong mission and energy
- Summer Fridays
- Week off between Christmas & New Year Holidays
- Enviable work/life integration
- Volunteer Days
What We Do:
Our mission is to empower and equip our members to confidently navigate the ever-changing ecosystem of the agency world. We ensure they remain relevant, are positioned to compete, and have the resources to thrive and grow. Our promise to our members? We aim to be an indispensable resource that is as accessible as their own agency team.
We are dedicated to, and vested in, our members’ success, just as they are dedicated to helping brands create, distribute, and measure effective and insightful advertising and marketing. And we champion the infinite power of creativity and value agencies bring in driving business growth and powerful cultural change. The 4As drives business. With a focus on advocacy, talent, and impact, we provide community, thought leadership, research, guidance and best-in-class training that enable agencies to innovate, evolve and grow.
The 4As was established in 1917 to promote, advance, and defend the interests of our member agencies, employees and the advertising and marketing industries overall. We empower and equip our members to confidently navigate the ever-changing ecosystem of the agency world. We ensure they remain relevant, are positioned to compete, and have the resources to thrive and grow. With a focus on advocacy, talent and creating impact, the organization serves 600+ member agencies across 1,200 offices, which help direct more than 85% of total U.S. advertising spend. The 4As includes the 4As Benefits division, which insures more than 160,000 employees; the government relations team, who advocate for policies to support the industry; and the 4As Foundation, which advocates for and connects rising talent to the marketing industry by fostering a culture of curiosity, creativity and craft to fuel a more equitable future for the industry.
4As Foundation: a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
Mission: Advocate for and connect diverse talent to the marketing industry. We celebrate a community that fosters a culture of curiosity, creativity, and craft to fuel a more equitable future. By investing in and developing them, we believe that possibilities are endless.
Established in 1997, the 4As Foundation is committed to identifying, developing, empowering, and ensuring the most diverse talent enters and succeeds in the marketing industry. We achieve this through programs aimed at discovering and cultivating talent through scholarships, education programs, and initiatives. This includes the Multicultural Advertising Intern Program (MAIP) fellowship (50th year) and Alumni communities. The MAIP Alumni with over 4,000 professionals is the largest diverse community in the industry. Other programs include Vanguard supporting Black and Latinx professionals and 365BLACKPRINT that includes several initiatives. We have provided over $3.5 million to deserving students studying advertising, marketing, media, creative arts, and public relations. Our Education Programs (high school initiatives) have prepared more than 1,000 diverse high school students for careers in marketing.
The 4As is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires and respects all individuals and in which personnel policies are applied without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, citizenship or other protected characteristic.
