Responsibilities

• Assist the DoSDA and the Associate Director of Stewardship Programs with the development and execution of a creative, cohesive, and integrated strategic plans involving communications for the ongoing stewardship of gifts.
• Conduct interviews and write stories that show the impact of donors’ gifts for stewardship pieces and the Alumni Magazine.
• Lead an impact report team, developing the vision for each report, managing the collection of information, writing the bulk of the content, and designing processes for all annual and lifetime impact reports.
• Serve as project manager to UNDAAF’s videographer, helping to develop ideas and narrative arcs for effective video stewardship; accompany the videographer on shoots as production assistant.
• Assist in the execution of Personalized Stewardship Plans for high-level donors. This strategy involves creating impact reports, e-communications, letters, stories, print pieces and assisting with special events.
• Assist in carrying out the vision for annual giving quarterly impact, giving society stewardship and first-time donor plan communication.
• Write content for communications and marketing for stewardship-related projects, programs and events and work collaboratively with Marketing and Communications team to cross-promote.
• Manage the ThankView platform to disseminate stewardship videos.
• Update UNDAAF webpages with impact stories and stewardship events.
• Cultivate partnerships within UNDAAF and across campus to coordinate stewardship communications and projects.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, public relations, journalism, advertising, business or related fields.
• Required: Demonstrated project management experience in creating project plans with concise, executable timelines and measurable results. Knowledge and experience working across diverse mediums, including print, electronic, social networking, video, and other emerging media. Demonstrated excellent writing skills and story-telling capability. Strong organizational skills and proven ability to follow through with experience working with a project management system. Strong ability to collaborate effectively with parnters is essential.

Preferred

• 5-7 years of experience working in communications, marketing, media, journalism or public relations or a master’s degree in a relevant field preferred.
• Previous experience working in a nonprofit or academic setting also preferred.

Benefits

• The UND Alumni Association & Foundation supports employees through a highly competitive total compensation package that includes competitive pay and an excellent benefits package, along with career growth opportunities, and supports work-life blend for our employees.
• Benefits at UNDAAF includes health insurance with employer contributions towards premium, retirement plan with generous employer contributions, employer paid life and long-term disability insurance, paid holidays, generous paid time off policy, paid volunteer opportunities, EAP, UND tuition waiver, summer hours. Other elective benefits available: flexible benefits plans, dental, vision, STD, cancer care, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, voluntary life insurance for spouse and dependents.