Director of Programs & Partnerships

About Lesbian Culture Club

Lesbian Culture Club is a membership-based cultural organization creating opportunities for queer women, trans, and nonbinary people to connect through events, experiences, outdoor adventures, conversation, creativity, and culture.

We're building the kind of club we wish existed: thoughtful, stylish, welcoming, and deeply human.

From happy hours and artist talks to outdoor adventures and dinner parties, LCC exists to help people find connection, friendship, inspiration, and belonging.

As we continue to grow, we're looking for someone who can help transform ideas into organized action and help build the systems that allow the club to scale sustainably.

The Opportunity

LCC is looking for a Director of Programs & Partnerships to help drive programming, partnerships, membership growth, and organizational execution.

This role sits between strategy and implementation.

You'll work closely with the Founder to determine priorities, build plans, coordinate initiatives, and ensure projects move forward. You'll help create structure, accountability, and momentum across a growing organization with big ambitions and limited resources.

This is not simply an event-planning role. We're looking for a strategic producer, operator, and project leader who can help build the next chapter of Lesbian Culture Club.

Responsibilities

Strategic Planning & Organizational Leadership

• Partner with the Founder to establish quarterly priorities and goals
• Help evaluate opportunities, partnerships, events, and initiatives
• Identify what should be pursued, postponed, delegated, or eliminated
• Maintain project plans, timelines, ownership, and accountability
• Create systems and processes that reduce founder dependency
• Anticipate obstacles and proactively solve problems
• Help bring operational clarity to a fast-moving organization

Programming & Experiences

• Lead planning and execution of LCC programming and experiences
• Maintain a seasonal programming calendar
• Coordinate logistics, timelines, budgets, communications, and execution
• Create repeatable systems, templates, and checklists
• Support member experiences, outdoor programming, workshops, networking events, and special projects
• Ensure experiences reflect the quality, taste, and values of the LCC brand

Membership Growth

• Help connect programming and partnerships to membership growth
• Improve member onboarding and engagement
• Build systems that convert event attendees into members
• Support implementation of new member benefits and initiatives
• Help track membership growth, engagement, and retention
• Evaluate which programs create the greatest value for members

Partnerships & Sponsorships

• Build and manage a pipeline of sponsors, collaborators, and community partners
• Conduct outreach and relationship management
• Coordinate sponsor fulfillment and partnership activation
• Identify opportunities that expand visibility, membership, and revenue
• Help develop sponsorship packages and partnership opportunities

Team Coordination

• Coordinate priorities across a small team of contractors, collaborators, and volunteers
• Ensure projects have clear owners and deadlines
• Track deliverables and follow up as needed
• Help create accountability and operational consistency

Ideal Candidate

You might be a fit if you are:

• Highly organized
• Proactive and resourceful
• Comfortable with ambiguity
• Strong at project management and execution
• A thoughtful communicator
• Able to balance strategy and logistics
• Experienced coordinating multiple projects simultaneously
• Passionate about community, culture, events, and relationship-building

You understand how to move ideas from concept to completion. You know when to say "yes," when to say "not yet," and when to say "no." You care about details without losing sight of the bigger picture.

Experience in community building, events, partnerships, nonprofits, membership organizations, hospitality, creative production, or brand marketing is a plus.

What Success Looks Like

After 90 Days

• A clear seasonal programming calendar is established
• Outdoor Club is launched and operating successfully
• Major projects have clear ownership and timelines
• A project management system is actively being used
• Membership onboarding and engagement processes are documented
• Partnership outreach and tracking systems are established
• Founder involvement in day-to-day coordination is significantly reduced

After 12 Months

• Recurring programming operates consistently and predictably
• Membership growth is directly supported by programming and partnerships
• Sponsorship and partnership revenue has increased
• New initiatives launch with clear plans and accountability
• Team operations run with greater autonomy
• The Founder spends less time managing projects and more time focused on vision, growth, fundraising, and relationships

Compensation & Schedule

• 10–15 hours per week
• Flexible schedule
• Mostly remote
• Portland-based candidates preferred, but not required
• Occasional evening and weekend event attendance may be required

To Apply

Use the Apply via email button below and send us:

• Your resume
• Your LinkedIn profile (if applicable)
• A short note about why this role speaks to you

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.