Assistant Director, Development Marketing & Communications

Responsibilities

• establishes and drives NYU’s fundraising and stewardship marketing and digital communications efforts, including crafting compelling narratives, writing and building digital communications and event registration pages, and creating resources and materials to strengthen philanthropic support, with a special focus on NYU’s science and tech work.
• Draft a range of high-quality, highly personalized fundraising documents, including proposals, case statements, concept papers, cover letters, gift status reports, talking points, and other cultivation/fundraising materials for leadership gift prospects and major donors that tell the University’s science and technology story in the most compelling and dynamic manner possible.
• Oversee email marketing, narrative storytelling, and event management for key donor groups at NYU.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• 5+ years relevant experience in fundraising, grant writing and editing, digital communications, and science-focused writing in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Excellent written communication and research skills, ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, and ability to translate complex scientific information into effective fundraising documents
• Must also be able to write in different voices and styles to most effectively engage various donors, while maintaining a consistent and authoritative NYU voice
• Strong command of digital communications tools for email marketing, event management, and project management
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage iterative writing and editing processes with a range of NYU stakeholders and ability to maintain discretion concerning sensitive and confidential donor information

Preferred

• Experience with Cvent, Email Direct, Marketo, Adobe CS, Intranet and web editing platforms, and Blackbaud CRM