Alexandra Spinks (She/Her/Hers) Email & Phone Number

New York, NY, US

New York, US

New York, US

• Provided administrative and logistical support to three-person Major Gifts team in Development department responsible for raising $14.1MM in annual revenue for radio stations WNYC and WQXR, and $75MM for Hear the.
• Participated in developing and executing strategies for identifying, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding donors and prospects for gifts of $25,000+ towards annual support and restricted/campaign gifts.
• Worked with prospect research to support MG portfolios of 450+ donors and prospects.
• Drafted and proofread donor correspondence, including acknowledgments, select solicitations, impact reports, cultivation newsletters and event invitations.
• Tracked RSVPs and provide event support for 10+ annual cultivation and stewardship events.
• Managed gift processing and tracking/reporting of team revenue and expense budgets.

New York, US

• Supported the Gift Planning Team responsible for securing planned gifts including bequests, bequest intentions, charitable gift annuities.
• Executed bi-weekly cultivation mailings to prospects on behalf of Cultivation and Stewardship Officer.
• Maintained data hygiene for interactions and moves management reporting for six Associate Directors.
• Assisted the Gift Planning Coordinators and the Director with special projects as assigned.

New York, US

• Provided logistical and administrative support to Development Department responsible for raising $550,000 annually through individual giving (~75%) and institutional funding (~25%).
• Liaised with Board of Directors and four auxiliary boards to maintain donor engagement and follow-up on major gifts and annual donations.
• Coordinated special events including annual gala, benefit auction, junior board events and cocktail mixers.
• Managed year-end fundraising (Annual Appeal; Giving Tuesday), increased net revenue by 47% from previous year.
• Maintained institutional funding schedule and coordination of grant proposals, letters of intent, progress and final reports.
• Oversaw design, copy and circulation of marketing materials including event flyers, email marketing, website and social media.

New York, NY, US

• Provided logistical and administrative support to special events and special projects as needed.
• Assisted the Development Associate and the Director of Development with the coordination and execution of annual gala through the solicitation of auction donations and event support, raising gross revenue of $1.2MM
• Organized in kind donations (clothing, toiletries) for site distribution and gift bag drives with Junior Board members.
• Sorted 3,500+ hardcopy files for upcoming database conversion.

New York, NY, US

Short-term project working with freelance consultant to overhaul events archives and recordkeeping procedure for The Raiser’s Edge database. Helped to supervise data cleanup for 30+ event records. Designed import templates and recordkeeping spreadsheets for event management. Created and updated 1,500+ constituent records.

New York, NY, US

• Interim position maintaining operations in the gallery and bookstore
• Manage telephone switchboard and routing of courier deliveries/pickups
• Provide customer service to 40+ daily gallery visitors

New York, NY, US

• Supported Development Department in managing daily operations and fundraising projects of team raising $930,000+ annually.
• Coordinated annual gala fundraiser with 350+ guests in attendance and 62-lot photography auction, raising $500,000+.
• Supported coordination of special events and direct-mail appeals that cultivated 45% of new VIP donors.
• Maintained data hygiene of 7,500+ records in online DonorPerfect database.
• Supported logistics of year-end appeal that raised $40,000+ by compiling mailing lists and creating mail merges.
• Tracked financial data and generated income reports for special events, direct-mail campaigns, and major gifts.

London, Greater London, GB

• Provided administrative and logistical support to the Direct Response Unit, managing 60% of AIUSA’s donor constituency.
• Processed 700+ guest registrations for Annual General Meeting (AGM).
• Maintained data hygiene and performed data cleanup of 1,300,000+ records in Kintera and PIDI.
• Assisted the Direct Response Coordinator with production and reconciliation of weekly income reports.

• Maintained the daily operations of the office by welcoming visitors and monitoring supply levels
• Compiled contract negotiation and space rental records for monthly report of the event service requests database
• Doubled available file storage space through organization of 1,800 event memorabilia items and assorted documents for College Archives

Clerical administrative work helping staff and faculty, e.g. mail distribution, copying, scanning, faxing, filling out forms, maintaining bulletin boards, supplying copiers & printers, running errands and event set up and clean up.

Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, CH

Sales associate during two winter holiday seasons. General customer service, cashier, gift wrapping, unpacking shipment, displays, store closing and cleanup.

Ba, Government, Studio Art

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