Lauren Salciccia

Development Associate | Events & Corporate Partnerships Manager - Child Advocates of Silicon Valley

​December 2020 - Present

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Events & Corporate Partnerships Manager

• Conduct cultivation and stewardship meetings with donors to qualify giving potential while driving and qualifying outbound business partnership opportunities from initial interaction to conversion

• Manage fundraising events portfolio with annual fundraising goal of over $800,000 via upscale gala, golf tournament, and women’s centric event, including live/online auctions.

• Work collaboratively with Marketing & Communications team to maintain marketing plans for each event, including designing collateral, mock ups, etc.

• Manage internal logistical needs such as budgeting, maintaining relationships with vendors, and placing all orders as appropriate.

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Development Associate

• Develop and maintain clean and organized donor database via LiveImpact, including: monthly record maintenance, construction of new processes for donation input/tracking/coding, and backend event management

• Assist with event planning and auctions (live, online, and silent) including data tracking and entry of items

• Responsible for strategizing and implementing processes for donor retention, distribution of acknowledgement letters, and board member give/get

• Create, manage, and maintain government grant reporting processes

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Senior Community Development Manager - American Cancer Society
 

March 2017 - July 2020

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• Manage fundraising event hosting over 18,000 participants and raising more than $850K to support breast cancer initiatives 

• Maintain logistics, planning timeline, and ensure successful execution of core event and support events

• Responsible for donor retention, growth and relationship building for annual fundraising through networking events, health fairs, high-touch donor stewardship and cultivation and digital marketing

• Create and manage budgets, supervise staff/volunteer teams, maintain relationships with city officials and vendors

• Responsible for strategizing and implementing marketing plan for annual campaigns including: social media, digital marketing, copywriting, press releases, etc. 

• Create “out of the box” events and fundraisers to enhance community exposure and donorship

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Marketing Director  –  San Jose Catholic Professionals

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August 2010 - April 2020

 

• Create flyer advertising dedicated speaker for each month

• Manage sjcatholicprofessionals.com, including: monthly updates, uploading podcast files, and complete redesigns.

• Responsible for reporting metrics and maintaining detailed logs of completed work. ​

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Creative Services Manager  –  Empire Broadcasting

 

​August 2010 - March 2017

 

• Maintained brand identity for two radio stations and managed all print and digital design

• Managed two websites, including design/redesign of all necessary artwork and reporting metrics

• Responsible for creation and distribution of weekly email blast, map with HTML to registered listeners

• Created and managed the execution of social media campaigns across Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram

• Responsible for creating sales and promotional proposals and marketing content for account executives

• Managed and maintained all qualitative and research data with quarterly metrics
   

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Office/Project Manager  –  Coming Home Studios

February 2007 - June 2008

 

• Responsible for scheduling meetings and calendar management for office staff

• Provided assistance to CEO when needed

• Meet and greet clients and vendors, answer high-volume calls, sort and distribute faxes and mail

• Responsible for petty cash funds and money orders – reconcile on weekly basis

• Assisted with design and assembly of marketing promotion materials for DVD releases

• Transcribe recorded material for various projects in production including: The Smashing Pumpkins: If All Goes Wrong and The Steve Miller Band: Live at Ravinia