Our Mission: The Nashville Symphony inspires, entertains, and educates through excellence in musical performance.

One of Tennessee’s largest and longest-running nonprofit performing arts organizations, the Nashville Symphony has been an integral part of the Music City sound since 1946. Led by music director Giancarlo Guerrero, the 83-member ensemble performs 170 concerts annually, with a focus on contemporary American orchestral music. It is one of the most active recording orchestras in the U.S. and has earned a total of 13 GRAMMY® Awards and 24 nominations.

Education and community engagement have been at the core of the Nashville Symphony’s mission since its founding. Each year the organization reaches 60,000 children and adults with more than 20 free or low-cost programs, including Young People’s Concerts for K-12 students, sectional lessons with band and orchestra students and free Community Concerts.

Schermerhorn Symphony Center, the orchestra’s home since 2006, is widely considered one of the world’s finest acoustical venues. Named in honor of former music director Kenneth Schermerhorn and located in the heart of Nashville’s booming downtown.

In addition to its classical and education programming, the Nashville Symphony offers a wide variety of performances, including pop, rock, jazz, country and family concerts. Schermerhorn Symphony Center has become an in-demand venue for artists including Sheryl Crow, Tony Bennett, Diana Ross, Willie Nelson, Alabama, and Boyz II Men, all of whom have performed with the Nashville Symphony. The orchestra also performs regularly at Nashville’s Ascend Amphitheater.

Reports to: Corporate Partnership Manager

Primary Responsibilities:

• Maintains a portfolio of current corporate partners for renewal purposes
• Establishes and cultivates relationships with new and current corporate partners
• Proactively initiates contact with partners
• Determines the capacity of partners to make major investments and devises appropriate strategies for cultivation, solicitation, and stewardship
• Attends cultivation and stewardship activities, including but not limited to concerts, receptions and meet & greets
• Serves as a primary contact for assigned partners
• Researches prospective partners as needed     
• Collaborate with connections forged through corporate partnerships to continuously encourage their personal support of the Symphony
• Update the Corporate Partnership Manager as needed

• Bachelor’s Degree or an equivalent level of education and experience
• 1-2 years of development experience or equivalent combination of inside sales/customer service experience required
• Background in Arts and/or knowledge of symphonic music preferred
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite required; knowledge of Tessitura preferred
• Strong organizational skills, excellent written, verbal communication and editing skills
• Possess an understanding of individual donor needs and perceptions
• Ability to facilitate cultivation strategies
• Ability to work independently and use good judgment while keeping supervisor informed of work activity and issues; successfully interact with all levels of staff, volunteers, partners and prospects  
• Ability to work flexible hours to accommodate meetings as well as cultivation and special events

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

The Nashville Symphony prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, genetics, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

 TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964

The Nashville Symphony is in compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which maintains that no person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. If you have questions concerning the Nashville Symphony’s compliance with Title VI, please contact the Vice President of Human Resources and our Local Title VI Coordinator, Ashley Skinner.

This company is a smoke-free workplace in compliance with the Non-Smoker Protection Act, Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 39-17-1801-1810. In accordance with that law and company policy, smoking is prohibited in enclosed areas of company property.