Responsibilities

• Attend meetings, events and other related activities; Develop a relationship with clients and their staff through e-mail, calls, and outreach meetings; Work with other JMA managers to assist with outreach to clients, project and budget management and to develop and review monthly reports; Assist with monitoring spend (monthly); review monthly report content
• Create and assist with fundraising and communications strategies to support annual appeals, campaigns, top donor prospects, and events; Produce prospect lists for individual giving; Donor database/CRM management (SalesForce, E-Tapestry, Raiser’s Edge, Donor Perfect)
• Provide marketing, communications and branding analysis, recommendations and advice
• Provide support for events, as needed including - Registration (entry/tracking, list management, follow up); Write event scripts and develop effective PPT presentations; Compose, edit and proof event collateral materials, including but not limited to: sponsorship and silent auction solicitation letters, press releases, invitations, programs, PPT and agendas; Solicit sponsorship through phone, email, and in-person outreach; Maintain up-to-date, detailed notes of all sponsorship activities in Excel or other format
• Events and Community Engagement: Provide strategy and plans for clients’ community engagement opportunities – through programming and/or volunteerism; Demonstrate knowledge of MN donor communities; Proven track record in engagement; Create opportunities that intersect client programming with corporate giving
• Experience managing non profit fundraising events
• Identify potential event sponsors based on org & affinity
• Project management and execution of events, including: Strategy and execution; Budget management; Auction/game solicitation, organization (bundling) and set up at events; Registration (entry/tracking, list management, follow up); Name tags; Program and event materials bundling; Corporate sponsorship – identification, outreach, and follow up; Venue coordination, menu’s, AV, music, décor, event logistics, planning documents; Follow-up calls; Write event scripts, develop effective program PPT presentations and event outlines
• Event List project management: queries and mailing lists (from databases and Excel) for invitations, newsletters, communications and fundraising campaigns; mail merges
• Write and create donor solicitation materials for direct mail, email, and social media in partnership with Communications and Development Managers, and external vendors

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
• Development experience working with nonprofit organization(s); private and public sector, grant writing/fundraising experience preferred
• Self-starter with strong attention to detail, problem solving skills, and demonstrated ability to be flexible in work assignments
• Organizational skills including the ability to multi-task, prioritize assignments, maintain data maintenance systems, and meet multiple deadlines
• Excellent writing/editing/drafting skills, research and information compilation skills
• Excellent interpersonal communication skills, demonstrated ability to work independently as well as with teams
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent data and computer skills: Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel