Responsibilities

• Core Responsibilities1. Strategy & Campaign Leadership
• Develop and execute an annual/quarterly marketing and fundraising roadmap, balancing immediate execution against long-term campaign and donor cultivation planning.
• Plan and run integrated fundraising campaigns — year-end giving, major donor appeals, peer-to-peer, Giving Tuesday — including the gala's pre-event promotion, sponsorship campaign, live content capture, and post-event acknowledgment.
• Manage a moves management pipeline with leadership and the board to track donor cultivation and solicitation activity.
• Research, identify, cultivate, and secure corporate and community sponsors for the annual gala and other events, managing the sponsorship process from prospecting and outreach through commitment, recognition, and stewardship.
• Discern true priorities versus perceived urgency; protect planned work from reactive requests.
• 2. Donor Stewardship
• Build and run a donor stewardship program spanning first-time givers through major donors, with a recurring acknowledgment calendar — thank-yous, impact updates, milestone recognition.
• Draft personalized acknowledgment letters, tax receipts, and impact reports; segment communications by giving level, frequency, and engagement history.
• Track retention and lapsed-donor rates and run re-engagement campaigns to recover them; keep donor records and communication logs current in Salesforce.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of professional marketing experience; nonprofit marketing and/or fundraising experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience writing donor-facing copy: appeals, acknowledgments, impact reports, cultivation materials.
• Experience executing full annual marketing and fundraising plans across email, social, and event-based fundraising.
• Working knowledge of donor stewardship, moves management, retention strategy, and the donor lifecycle.
• Strong organizational systems and digital asset management skills; excellent written communication and copy-editing.
• Able to prioritize independently and execute deliverables without waiting for direction, in a lean organization.

Preferred

• Potential to expand into a VP of Development or Chief Development Officer role as the organization grows.
• Potential to build and lead a marketing and fundraising team.

Benefits

• 403(b)
• Dependent health insurance coverage
• Employee discount
• Health insurance
• Paid time off