Communications and Development Manager

Olympia, WA (On-site)

Salary Not AvailableManager2+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

Job Summary

Own a data-informed, integrated communications and donor-relations engine that drives enrollment, engagement, and giving through content, events, and digital presence.

  • Own the communications plan and audience segmentation to attract prospective families and connect with students, families, and feeder schools.
  • Lead events, fundraising initiatives, and donor stewardship in collaboration with leadership and the Board.
  • Own data quality, reporting, and digital channels to grow enrollment and strengthen the school’s community.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Write and design community-facing content, including compelling and relevant weekly newsletters, annual reports, and print/digital marketing materials.
  • Build and execute a data-driven digital marketing and communications plan with print elements that support enrollment and development goals.
  • Analyze enrollment data to measure what's working through social media, marketing campaigns, and emerging tech, and use those insights to connect with prospective students and families.
  • Use tools and platforms to build genuine relationships with students, families, feeder schools, and secondary school leaders.
  • Plan and run events and promotional activities from start to finish.
  • Keep the Little Green Light database clean and reliable to ensure the data is actually useful for reporting, analysis, and planning.
  • Manage and grow the school’s digital presence - the website, Instagram, Facebook, and looking to add LinkedIn and any others the candidate feels strongly about.
  • Identify the mission-aligned audiences and put smart plans in motion to bring in the right students.
  • Create and send monthly emails to prospective families to keep them in the loop on events and what makes us great.
  • Cultivate a giving culture by staying connected with current families, alumni, and former families who care about our mission.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field
  • Minimum of 2 years of experience with marketing, communications, and fundraising, preferably in the nonprofit or independent school sector
  • Effective collaboration skills
  • Experience with managing projects and volunteers
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Positive organizational and time management skills
  • Ability to engage and build relationships with a variety of stakeholders
  • Experience with website management, maintenance and social media platforms
  • Ability to represent the organization with professionalism, enthusiasm, and strong people skills

Preferred

  • Experience identifying potential major donors
  • Experience building leadership giving programs
  • Leadership giving program development

Benefits

  • Health and dental insurance
  • Group life and long-term disability insurance
  • Employer contribution to 403(b) retirement plan after the employee’s first year
  • Paid time off
  • An opportunity to work with caring and passionate colleagues and highly capable students.
  • Collaborative and welcoming work environment with celebrations of success and opportunities for growth.
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Nova Middle School

Connection, exploration, and joy are at the heart of our community. As a nonprofit middle school for highly capable learners, we know that our students crave depth, complexity, authenticity, and an exciting pace of learning. NOVA’s curriculum is designed to meet all of these needs while helping students navigate the critical middle school years. Our holistic program embraces a deep, fast approach to learning along with comprehensive support to help students manage their social, creative, and academic selves. Our small school environment allows students to be known—by their classmates, by their teachers, and by the administration. NOVA is an intimate setting where we meet and challenge each other as like-minded learners through academic conversations, hands-on experiences, identity exploration, skill-building practices, and fun.Middle schoolers, like all people, thrive on making choices for themselves. At NOVA, we prioritize self-expression and provide students with a wide range of educational choices through our holistic afternoon enrichment program. Students gain confidence as they explore their emerging capacity to be responsible for their learning choices and to define what it means for them to show up as themselves.NOVA is a community of vibrant, complex students who understand intrinsically that learning itself is invigorating and who love being around similar peers. Many students feel a true sense of belonging for the very first time at NOVA—they are provided the stimulation they have craved, they find they fit in by just being themselves, and they get to thrive within, and because of, a school setting. At NOVA, lots of different types of students find an academic home.

Founded in 1992
Olympia, Washington, USA
3 employees (1 in marketing)

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
1 (33% of company)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.5K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
49.3%
Direct
33.2%
Referral
5%
Social
11.2%
Paid
1.1%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~3
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Communications and Development Manager

Nova Middle School · Olympia, WA · On-site