Jason Gonzalez Email & Phone Number

United States

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

Working with companies that want to harness the power of streaming to fundraise for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and help people affected by humanitarian crises.The IRC helps to restore health, safety, education, economic wellbeing and power to people devastated by conflict and disaster. And we are proud to fight for a world where women and girls have an equal chance to succeed.

Greater New York City Area

JR Productions is a lean creative firm founded by Jason R. Gonzalez. Incorporating experiences from the world's top humanitarian brands, JR Productions offers quality, speedy and impactful branding support for individuals, events and small businesses.Specialties: Website development, private and public event management and promotion, philanthropy and corporate responsibility guidance.

Spearheaded the digitization of technical resources using the Agora and Rise360 platform to improve accessibility while significantly reducing organizational expenses; Provided stretch-assignment support with planning and on-site workshop implementation at the UNICEF LAC ECD/Education/ADAP Regional Reunion for UNICEF LAC's first-of-a-kind experience engaging 20 adolescents from 14 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean; Applied design and communications expertise to copy edit, design and distribute case studies, monthly newsletters, manuals and other technical documents for UNICEF Health and Adolescent Development and Participation teams.

Led coordination among UNICEF HQ teams in support of the Z Zurich Foundation + UNICEF partnership, which will equip 400,000 adolescents and 150,000 caregivers in seven countries with information, skills and strategies on how to care for their own and each other's mental well-being.Also led UNICEF's support of Imagining Health Futures, a sci-fi storytelling initiative in partnership with the Lancet & Financial Times Commission: Governing Health Futures 2030, promoting youth imagination and foresight to predict and address future challenges facing adolescent health.

New York, New York

Led planning of high-level events that promote visibility of UNICEF innovative tech portfolio.

Greater New York City Area

Analyzed and strengthened the team's partnership management systems; developed communication materials for tech partners and National Committees globally.UNICEF's Office of Innovation is a small team of technologists and creatives in UNICEF. They sit at a unique intersection, where an organization working on huge global issues meets the startup thinking, the technology, and the partners to turn this energy into scalable solutions.

Greater New York City Area

Lowered costs by streamlining the organization's planning processes and introducing new ways to cultivate donors. Executed multiple on-site employee engagement events and achieved record attendance at its signature volunteer event.Read Ahead is a reading-based mentoring program for elementary school students in New York City. The lean organization heavily engages corporate supporters and their employees in volunteerism through its fee-for-service offerings.

Greater New York City Area

Stewarded a portfolio of more than $4 million in FY18; served as Corporate Focal Point for UNICEF's mass market campaign "Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF"; worked cross-departmentally to ensure org-wide Blackbaud CRM database met needs of corporate relationship managers.Collaborated with public companies to explore, identify and execute meaningful activations that reached new audiences and engaged consumers in support of UNICEF’s mission. Reported to Senior Director of Business Development and Director of Partnership Management.

Greater New York City Area

Supported development of financial tracking systems and other record-keeping systems.

Greater New York City Area

Meticulously processed vendor and employee payments; supported visa and passport application processes; offered troubleshooting for 50-person Emergency Response Team in fast-paced, high-pressure environment.

Greater New York City Area

Planned and executed large-scale organizational fundraising events, representing organization to external audiences and serving as primary point of contact for its endurance event and virtual peer-to-peer fundraising program.

Greater New York City Area

Co-launched an innovative fundraising campaign raising $1M+ within first year by targeting online fandom and gaming audiences.

Greater New York City Area

Supported UN Humanitarian Affairs Director by liaising with UN and NGO peers in New York.

Greater New York City Area

Supported Vice President of the IRC's Program Quality Unit by researching and preparing external and internal documents on humanitarian issues. Supported FY15 budget process for multiple teams.

Greater New York City Area

Played a role in all aspects of prospecting, cultivating and stewarding two high-touch donor portfolios, including executing disaster response fundraising initiatives and coordinating donor visits.

Greater New York City Area

Supported Executive Director with fundraising and public relations initiatives.

Greater New York City Area

Developed and piloted program models, and held responsibility of identifying four prospective beneficiaries and coordinating simultaneous installations nationwide.

New York, Ny

Coordinated volunteer opportunities for major donors, annual appeal and annual fundraising event. Carried out day-to-day data upkeep and led training on donor database.

Southfield, Mi

Director of Development by conceptualizing and designing promotional materials for events.

Master Of Public Administration (Mpa)

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.)

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