The Director of Sponsorship is responsible for coordinating team communications with corporate partners and project leads, primarily for the purpose of securing sponsorship and co-ops for members. 

Responsibilities:

• Build new & maintain current relationships with companies and alumni:

  • Corporate sponsorship

  • Job opportunities

  • Alumni relations

• Works with project lead to target specific companies related to the projects at hand 

  • Project lead provides technical knowledge and can specify equipment and resources needed

  • Work directly with designated project team members

  • Director of Sponsorship communicates/convinces the company to sponsor project/team

    • For sponsorships that are developed with a specific project lead, that sponsorship's resources are strictly allocated to that project 

  • Director of Sponsorship works with Treasurer to get sponsorship into account/register properly

    • Treasurer makes sure sponsorship goes directly back to the project team

• Secure funding for the team:

  • Work in collaboration with University Advancement office

  • Work with the Treasurer to support the team’s financial requirements

  • Ensure companies who sponsor RIT Launch receive the benefits specified in our most recent sponsorship packet

  • Maintain/update sponsorship packet annually

  • Keep an organized and easily accessible list of current sponsors & corporate partners

• Update this wiki page as you learn more about how to do this position better

• Lead and organize meetings with potential sponsors

  • prepare slides for the meeting (either generic sponsor slides or tailored towards the company)

  • decide who needs to be present for the meeting

  • prepare proposal for funding (do some research)

    • reoccurring donations

    • facilities use

    • special manufacturing

    • how much we have in funding now and what we need to close the gap

  • present sponsor benefits

    • refer to tier list

Requirements:

• Email-writing and communications skills

• Must have been on Launch Initiative for at least 2 semesters

• This is an elected position

Current Director of Sponsorship

• Alexis Smith

Past Directors of Sponsorship

• Donovan Barros

• Tomasz Mazur