WNXP Director of Partnerships & Projects

About the role

WNXP, a part of Nashville Public Radio, seeks a Director of Partnerships & Projects to bring structure and project management to how WNXP's team plans, coordinates, and delivers its work. This role is highly active in the community, maintaining and developing key partnerships, building WNXP's own unique events, and working with programming and digital teams on coordinated campaigns. Internally, the role creates and oversees the promotional process that combines on‑air and online efforts into consistent spotlights for WNXP's programming, digital content, and events, and serves as a critical cross‑department representative aligning membership, sponsorship, and audience efforts with WNXP's mission.

Essential responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate internal team processes and projects, including shared trackers, calendars for events and promotions, recurring cross‑department check‑ins with programming and digital, and documentation of repeatable workflows such as Live Sessions scheduling and on‑air/online giveaways.
• Serve as primary project manager for events and promotions, communicating across departments and building project teams of full‑time and part‑time staff.
• Maintain, identify, and develop new event opportunities and promotional partnership opportunities in the community.
• Communicate across departments to identify opportunities for event sponsorship, revenue, and member benefits.
• Coordinate concert “Presents” pitches with programming and underwriting.
• Coordinate on‑air and online giveaways with promotional partners and internal staff.
• Develop and project‑manage promotions plans with programming and production.
• Manage the production team for Live Sessions in Sonic Cathedral and offsite, averaging 50 sessions a year.
• Collaborate with development, sponsorships, and the Nashville Public Radio events team.

About you

• Strong familiarity with the Nashville music industry, artists, venues, and community.
• Belief that good process enables creative work; experience building trackers, running check‑ins, and holding cross‑functional teams accountable to deadlines.
• Hands‑on history coordinating all aspects of event planning, including production/staging, A/V, food & beverage, registration & ticketing, design & décor, speaker/talent management, stage management/ROS, on‑site staffing, and volunteer management.
• Experience developing and maintaining community and venue partnerships, with confidence representing an organization externally.
• Proven ability to lead part‑time staff and volunteers who need clear direction quickly.
• Strong cross‑department collaborator comfortable working with a range of internal and external stakeholders, including programming, digital, membership, sponsorship, development, and the Nashville Public Radio events team.

Requirements

• 4+ years of hands‑on, consumer‑facing event planning, ideally with success in generating funding.
• Demonstrated history coordinating all aspects of event planning such as production/staging, A/V, food & beverage, registration & ticketing, design & décor, speaker/talent management, stage management/ROS, on‑site staffing & volunteer management.
• Experience with sponsor relations and fulfillment is a plus.
• Detail‑oriented, sees the big picture and how individual elements come together.
• Comfort with high‑performing small teams and open‑plan office space with scrappy startup energy.
• Enjoys collaboration & building consensus while also being decisive and able to operate independently.
• Work experience in media, nonprofit, marketing, or public relations is a plus.
• Proficiency with PromoSuite, Asana, Eventbrite, Slack, and Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Valid Tennessee driver’s license.

Compensation and benefits

• Salary: $68K+ commensurate with experience.
• Full health, dental, and vision benefits.
• Employer‑paid life and long‑term disability insurance and Employee Assistance Program.
• 401(k) with employer match.
• Generous PTO, holidays, and paid parental leave.
• A creative, mission‑driven workplace with smart, supportive colleagues.

Schedule / hours

This is a full‑time, salaried, exempt position. Days and hours of work vary; the role is office‑based and often requires evenings and weekends.