Responsibilities

• Assist with writing, editing, and producing impact-driven content for donors, alumni, and key stakeholders, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and alignment with Advancement messaging.
• Develop donor stewardship materials and short-form stories, in addition to alumni, board, and event communications that highlight institutional priorities and philanthropic impact.
• Collaborate closely with the Senior Director on campaign projects and high-priority initiatives, providing research, drafting, editing, and project management support as needed.
• Support project intake, scheduling, and coordination to ensure timely delivery of communications assets.
• Manage day-to-day email communications for Advancement, including proofing content, building emails, scheduling, and ensuring brand consistency.
• Build and maintain a social media strategy to enhance Advancement’s social media presence, including content planning, copywriting, basic graphic creation, posting, and analytics.
• Maintain Advancement’s editorial calendar and contribute ideas to enhance audience engagement and storytelling through Advancement initiatives, including but not limited to Giving Day, direct mail appeals, newsletters, and stewardship materials.
• Act as project lead for Advancement Communications contributions to the annual Illinois Tech Magazine, working closely with the Office of Marketing and Communications on story development, logistics, and editorial needs.
• Collaborate with campus partners on the creation of departmental newsletters, event promotions, and constituent engagement materials.
• Assist in developing shared communications resources—including messaging guides, templates, boilerplate narratives, and image banks—to support Advancement team members in producing consistent, branded materials.