Christ the King Preparatory School
Manager of Corporate Sponsor Sales and Marketing

Reports to: the President.

Summary Statement:

The Manager of Corporate Sponsor Sales and Marketing is responsible for recruiting corporate sponsors for Christ the King Preparatory School.

Background:

Christ the King Prep is one of 24 Cristo Rey Network high schools whose mission is to prepare inner-city students with limited financial options for college.

The lynchpin of a Cristo Rey Model high school model is the Corporate Internship or “work” program which places students into entry level positions and generates much needed revenue for the school. Student teams of five share a full-time job (each student working one day a week) at a below-market cost to the sponsoring company of $25,000.

Our current corporate sponsors — such as Horizon Blue Cross, the Star Ledger, AT&T, Sanofi-Aventis and Verizon — report that our students (who all must participate in a three-week office “boot camp”) perform at a high level in the workplace.

When they reach full enrollment, Cristo Rey Network high schools aim to cover more than 85% of their operating expenses through the work program and a modest tuition.

Primary Responsibilities

• Work with Director of CIP, Board of Trustees, administration, staff, and other key stakeholders to develop leads with potential job sources in order to procure a minimum of 15 new job placement per year for CtK Prep students
Prepare action plans and schedules to identify specific targets and to project the number of contacts to be made.
• Follow up on new leads and referrals resulting from field activity.
• Prepare presentations, proposals and sponsor contracts.
• Develop and maintain sales materials and current Network best practices
• Prepare a variety of status reports, including activity, closings, follow-up, and adherence to goals.
• Communicate new sponsor opportunities, special developments, information, or feedback gathered through field activity to appropriate CtK staff.
• Seek out and target new sponsor opportunities, initiate action plan to approach and secure new sponsors for CtK Prep
• Perform other duties as required.

Position Requirements

• Bachelors degree in marketing, business or related field required
• Minimum 5 years experience in sales-related business
• Sensitivity to cultural differences and passion for Cristo Rey’s mission required

Please e-mail a letter of application, a complete resume, references and transcripts to: rsandoz@ctkprep.org; or mail to

Christ the King Preparatory School
Att: Fr. Robert Sandoz, OFM
239 Woodside Avenue
Newark, NJ 07104