Jobs at Meridian International Center

Supports onsite events across historic buildings and outdoor spaces by setting up and breaking down furniture, equipment, AV, food, and beverage services. Monitors buffets, coordinates with staff and vendors, conducts quality checks, restocks supplies, maintains inventories, and supports safety, security, housekeeping, and maintenance coordination. The role requires strong communication, organization, initiative, guest service, physical stamina, and flexibility for variable schedules, evenings, weekends, and occasional emergency operations.

Supports international sports, arts, and music diplomacy programs through participant coordination, contracting, scheduling, travel and lodging logistics, honoraria processing, itinerary preparation, and real-time troubleshooting. Maintains accurate records, communications, expenses, and program documentation while coordinating multiple concurrent programs across global regions. Works with program officers, envoys, partners, and internal teams to ensure smooth program delivery and high-quality participant experiences.

Coordinates and oversees international sports diplomacy programs, including participant recruitment, contracting, onboarding, travel, lodging, honoraria, scheduling, compliance, budgets, and on-site delivery. Manages relationships with U.S. Embassies, partners, athletes, and other stakeholders; supports grant timelines, proposals, fundraising, and thought leadership. Supervises a Program Associate, resolves real-time issues, ensures accurate documentation and financial tracking, and contributes to sports diplomacy programming and business development.

Manages donor portfolios and frontline fundraising activities, including prospect research, cultivation, solicitation, gift closing, stewardship, and donor communications. Leads special event and gala workstreams, coordinates speakers and attendees, manages Salesforce and Splash event campaigns, develops fundraising collateral, and oversees on-site event logistics. Supports domestic and international donor programming while maintaining gift trackers, pledge fulfillment records, and donor engagement data.

Supports frontline fundraising, donor engagement, and institutional advancement programs. Responsibilities include prospect outreach, moves management, gift tracking, donor research, stewardship communications, event logistics, registration management, attendee communications, and drafting fundraising collateral. The coordinator maintains Salesforce event campaigns and donor records, supports domestic and international programming, staffs events, and completes administrative duties. The role requires strong communication, organization, project management, CRM, and event coordination skills.

Leads national major-gift fundraising and a $20 million capital campaign, securing 5–7 figure gifts and multiyear pledges from individuals, family foundations, corporations, and private-sector leaders. Manages a portfolio of 80–150 prospects, develops proposals, coordinates donor cultivation and stewardship, supports CEO and trustee solicitations, expands networks in New York, the Bay Area, and Washington, D.C., and tracks fundraising activity and pipelines in Salesforce.

Develops and executes data-driven marketing strategies for flagship and donor events across email, web, and social channels. Manages content creation, Pardot/email campaigns, website updates, social media coverage, multimedia assets, livestream/event logistics, KPI tracking, and a communications fellowship program to grow engagement and donor visibility.