Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary writer for Development communications, creating materials that support frontline fundraising, donor engagement, stewardship, and campaign goals.
• Write, edit, and coordinate donor-facing communications, including appeals, newsletters, stewardship updates, impact stories, campaign materials, donor emails, acknowledgement language, recognition copy, event-related messaging, and donor reports.
• Translate program work, participant stories, funding priorities, campaign goals, and organizational impact into clear and compelling written materials.
• Support Development leadership and frontline fundraisers with talking points, donor briefs, presentation content, proposal language, follow-up materials, and other donor-facing communications.
• Help maintain consistent language around Asphalt Green’s mission, impact, community programs, funding priorities, and case for support.
• Adjust tone and content for different audiences, including individual donors, institutional funders, board members, partners, and community supporters.
• Proofread and edit materials to ensure accuracy, clarity, grammar, consistency, and alignment with Asphalt Green’s voice.
• Support communications connected to annual giving, leadership giving, principal giving, institutional giving, special campaigns, events, and donor stewardship.
• Help create materials that support donor cultivation, solicitation, renewal, recognition, retention, and reporting.
• Draft donor updates, impact summaries, stewardship reports, solicitation language, acknowledgement letters, and other materials that show the value and impact of giving to Asphalt Green.

Requirements

• At least 3 to 5 years of experience in communications, development communications, fundraising communications, nonprofit development, donor communications, marketing communications, content writing, or a related field.
• Experience writing donor-facing, fundraising, campaign, stewardship, nonprofit, or mission-driven communications.
• Strong writing, editing, proofreading, and storytelling skills.
• Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple communications projects, deadlines, reviews, and stakeholders.
• Experience gathering information from internal teams and turning it into clear written materials.
• Ability to write for different audiences, including donors, funders, partners, board members, staff, and community supporters.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accuracy in names, data, program details, donor information, and donor-facing materials.
• Ability to collaborate with Development, Marketing, Communications, program teams, consultants, and leadership.
• Ability to work with confidential donor, prospect, participant, and organizational information with care and discretion.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Google Workspace, CRM databases, email platforms, content management tools, project management tools, or similar systems.

Preferred

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, nonprofit management, philanthropy, public relations, marketing, journalism, English, public administration, social impact, or a related field; equivalent professional experience will be considered.
• Experience working in a nonprofit, community-based, sports, fitness, youth development, education, recreation, public health, or human services organization.
• Experience supporting annual giving, major gifts, institutional giving, donor stewardship, fundraising campaigns, or Development events.
• Experience with donor databases, CRM systems, email marketing tools, project management tools, or content management systems.
• Experience preparing donor briefings, prospect research summaries, or donor engagement materials.
• Experience using program data, impact metrics, participant stories, or evaluation results in communications materials.
• Experience partnering with Marketing or Communications teams on brand voice, messaging, design, or campaign materials.
• Grant writing, fundraising communications, nonprofit communications, prospect research, or project management training or certification.
• Bilingual or multilingual skills.