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All applicants should send a cover letter, resume, and writing samples to hiring@planosymphony.org, using the subject line "Development Director Application."

The Director of Development will manage all fundraising programs for the PSO, creating and executing plans for maximizing contributed revenue. As an integral member of the senior management team, the Director of Development will play an active role as a thought-partner in planning for the organization’s overall advancement and future campaigns.

The Director of Development will be required to take a leadership role both within the organization and externally, interacting frequently with all segments of the Plano and Collin County communities to establish relationships. Demonstrating a high degree of versatility and personal accountability, the Director of Development will focus intensely on achieving fundraising goals. Passion for this mission along with solid management skills and the ability to develop key community and corporate relationships will drive success in the role. The Director of Development is selected by and reports to the Symphony’s President/CEO and works collaboratively with the Board of Directors and all relevant Board Committees, Music Director, Symphony Guild, and the PSO staff.

This is a full-time, exempt position with a competitive salary and benefits package. This position requires duties performed in-office 9:00-5:00 pm weekdays. Some nights and weekends are required.

The PSO maintains offices at 1635 Dorchester Drive in Plano and has programming throughout the year at a variety of venues throughout Plano and surrounding communities.

About Plano Symphony Orchestra

Plano Symphony Orchestra Mission It is the mission of our orchestra to inspire, educate, entertain, and involve the children, youth and adults of our community in the enjoyment of great music. Plano Symphony Orchestra Vision: We believe in the transformative power of music to change lives. We will grow and nurture the audience of today and tomorrow through exciting, inclusive, innovative, and impactful music in a welcoming and engaging way. We seek to serve our community through programming and music education that reflects our diverse North Texas region. Background Founded in 1983, the Plano Symphony Orchestra (PSO) is widely acknowledged as one of the leading professional symphony orchestras in the region. Under the artistic and musical direction of Maestro Héctor Guzmán, the PSO produces eight subscription concerts annually as well as a myriad of music education and community outreach programs that serve approximately 44,000 children. The PSO’s education vision to ensure that music is available to as many people as possible regardless of age, race, ethnicity, or socio-economic status. Of the 17,000 who participate in our School Concert Program, over 37% attend vario...us Title 1 schools in Dallas or Collin counties. The Title 1 federal program provides funding and resources to help schools with a high concentration of students from low-to-moderate income families. Title 1 Schools typically do not have the funds to develop their own arts and music programs or are able to pay for outside groups, like the PSO, to offer quality music learning experiences. That’s why the PSO is so dedicated to ensuring no child is excluded from these experiences due to their socio-economic circumstances. The Plano Symphony is a non-profit symphony organization dedicated to providing the citizens of North Texas with rich and varied programming of orchestral music and to educating the youth and adults of our community about the joy of classical and popular music through live performance.

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