JOB OVERVIEW
You will support the Senior Corporate Partnerships & Fundraising Lead while independently managing a substantial part of the day-to-day partnership workflow. You will be expected to anticipate next steps, keep projects moving and ensure that opportunities, commitments and deadlines are followed through systematically.
Your responsibilities will include:
- Research potential corporate partners and funding opportunities, supporting the development and maintenance of prospect lists
- Maintain the corporate partnership pipeline and CRM, ensuring contacts, opportunities, meetings and next steps are consistently up to date
- Prepare research, briefings and background materials ahead of partner and prospect meetings
- Support the preparation and coordination of partnership proposals, presentations, budgets and other fundraising materials
- Coordinate internal inputs and information required for proposals and partner communications
- Track follow-ups, outstanding decisions and next steps across prospective and existing partnerships
- Support contract administration, including documentation, signatures and agreed deliverables
- Prepare materials for partner renewals, reports and meetings
- Track contractual assets, benefits and partnership deliverables
- Maintain activation calendars and support the operational coordination of partner activations
- Support guest administration and hospitality related to corporate partners
- Coordinate internally with the ZAW team to ensure agreed partner actions and deliverables are completed
- Support partnership reporting and maintain organised documentation across the corporate partnership portfolio
- Contribute to selected organisational and administrative tasks related to the delivery of Zurich Art Weekend
The internship offers exposure to the full cycle of corporate partnership development and cultural fundraising, from identifying prospective partners and preparing approaches to supporting established partnerships and their activations.