Director, Digital Marketing Strategy, Advancement

Richmond, VA (Unknown)

$95K/yr – $119K/yrDirector/ExecutiveFull time

Posted 2 weeks ago

Top 1% of applicants do these two things.

The other 99% submit and hope. You're about to do something different.

Job Summary

Own pre-sales strategy for higher ed digital fundraising by translating campaign goals into differentiated engagement plans that balance audience needs and timing.

  • cross-team collaboration: connect sales, analytics, creative, and delivery to shape differentiating digital fundraising solutions.
  • Audience-driven strategy: translate campaign priorities into paid search, social, display, and landing experiences that drive donor acquisition and engagement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Partner with business development teams throughout the sales process to understand institutional priorities, identify opportunities, and develop customized digital engagement solutions.
  • Serve as EAB's subject-matter expert in digital fundraising, constituent engagement, and higher education Advancement during partner and prospect conversations.
  • Translate institutional goals, capital and comprehensive campaign priorities, and audience needs into differentiated digital marketing recommendations that support business development efforts.
  • Participate in discovery sessions, proposal development, and executive presentations, helping partners understand how digital engagement strategies can strengthen fundraising outcomes.
  • Use market research, institutional data, audience insights, and campaign performance to develop strategic recommendations and identify opportunities for innovation.
  • Collaborate with analytics, creative, and strategy teams to ensure proposed solutions are thoughtful, achievable, and aligned with partner expectations.
  • Digital Marketing Strategy & Solution Design
  • Advise business development and partner teams on digital fundraising strategies that balance institutional goals, audience needs, budget, timing, and expected outcomes.
  • Advise institutions on how digital marketing can support capital and comprehensive campaign objectives, including campaign awareness, donor acquisition, participation, stewardship, and milestone communications.
  • Recommend integrated digital marketing approaches across paid search, paid social, display, video, landing pages, and emerging channels to support capital and comprehensive campaign communications, donor acquisition, participation, stewardship, and campaign awareness.
EAB logo

EAB

At EAB, we are insight-chasers and innovators, and our teams are as diverse as the problems we solve. For four decades, we’ve delivered extraordinary results, and we proudly support 2,800+ organizations from K-12 to college to career. Together with our partners, we can solve education’s toughest challenges. Our mission is to make education smarter and our communities stronger, and we strive to be a trusted partner to everyone we serve, in turn helping thousands of schools and millions of students thrive.Connect with us! Subscribe to our EAB Briefing, blogs, and more: http://pages.eab.com/Subscribe-to-EAB.htmlSubscribe to our podcast- Office Hours with EAB on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/officehours-with-eab/sets/office-hours-with-eab/

Founded in 2007
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
2.2K employees (309 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
3.1M
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$7.4K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
10.5%
Direct
62.2%
Referral
26.1%
Social
0.3%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~2.2K

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
239 (11% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
5

Recent News