Partnerships for Growth Lead

About this role: We’re looking for a natural relationship-builder to take on this externally facing, multifaceted role. You’ll build partnerships with other nonprofits and social impact organizations, parent groups and PTAs, traditional and digital media outlets, and funding partners. You’ll work with one to three other people, including the executive director. Timeframe: Three months (November 2026–January 2027), with potential to extend About Ready Set ScreenReady Set Screen is creating a world where kids and teens fold digital media into their lives without harm to their mental health or conflict at home. Our flagship program, the Social Media Driver’s License, was developed alongside teens in direct response to the American Psychological Association’s recommendation that social media literacy training should come before teens start using social media. It’s online-first and scalable, so it helps kids and their parents and caregivers build healthy tech habits without waiting for school media literacy programs to catch up. Please see readysetscreen.org for more. We’re a small nonprofit with a one-year-old program and 16+ years of experience helping kids and teens build media literacy skills. We have many opportunities to grow so we can better reach our target audience — parents of 10- to 14-year-olds — and we want to seize those opportunities! Partnership with others is how we will be able to expand to serve more families.

Qualifications: You have experience in sales, publicity and media relations, nonprofit fundraising, or a related field and want to parlay it into helping teens and the adults who support their mental health. You love talking with people and moving ideas forward with enthusiasm and warmth. You thrive on a variety of tasks (and you focus on each one).You are able to maintain and grow many relationships concurrently. You follow up in a timely way — and you’re not afraid to be persistent.

Responsibilities: The person in this role will develop a variety of partnerships that include:

• Organizational partnerships
• Relationships with other nonprofits primarily, but also social impact businesses, will help us promote and distribute the Social Media Driver’s License.
• Review our big list of potential organizational partners.
• Pick up existing relationships and move them forward.
• Develop promotional partnerships, distribution partnerships, and endorsements.
• Parent partnerships
• Our main audience is parents, so we want to talk with as many of them as possible!
• Reach out to parent-teacher association (PTA) boards across the U.S.Line up speaking engagements for the Executive Director.
• Identify and contact other parent groups.
• Funding partnerships
• We want to get to know the people who want to fund our work.
• Identify grantmakers and corporate giving programs.
• Continue existing relationships with our funding partners.
• Make contacts and set up initial conversations. (The Executive Director makes direct funding requests.)Identify other partners who may also be financially supportive.
• Invite our existing donors to contribute via end-of-year crowdfunding campaigns.
• Media partnerships
• Help us connect with news, podcasts, newspapers, and blogs so we can be in conversation with the public.
• Pitch traditional news outlets, using your existing contacts or building new ones.
• Reach out to podcasts and blogs for collaboration.
• Build relationships with microinfluencers, including affiliates.
• Measuring success
• The goals for this role will be set with the executive director in the first 2 weeks. Here are some of the metrics we will use:
• Initial outreach to qualified contacts
• Scheduled intro conversations with the executive director
• Committed partnerships
• Cultivated partnerships
• How we work

Pay: $45 per hour, with an average of 25 hours per week

How to apply: We value connection with real people who are truly interested in this role. We read every application ourselves and eliminate those that are mass-sent or are obviously created by AI. Please write to us personally about this particular role. Send an email to Jennifer Berger, Executive Director, at workwithus [at] readysetscreen [dot] org with the subject line “[your full name] — Partnerships Lead.” In the body of the message, tell us why you’re right for this role, and attach your résumé. We aim for an expedient process and to find our Partnerships for Growth Lead in less than one month.https://readysetscreen.org/partnerships-for-growth-lead/Ready Set Screen values diversity and strives to maintain a diverse team. People of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ persons, and those in other marginalized communities are encouraged to apply.