Responsibilities

• Partner with the Development team to shape and carry out communications strategies for annual giving, major gifts, grants, donor stewardship, and fundraising events.
• Develop and carry out an annual marketing and communications plan built around the organization's fundraising goals.
• Develop creative concepts and produce the finished materials for the Annual Appeal, Annual Report, fundraising campaigns, and donor awareness efforts.
• Write and edit donor stories, appeals, newsletters, impact reports, speeches, press releases, and executive communications that encourage people to give.
• Build and maintain relationships with reporters, editors, and producers across local and regional media.
• Actively pitch stories and secure earned media coverage that raises the agency's profile and supports fundraising and awareness goals.
• Promote Kids In Crisis programs and services so the families who need them, and the schools, providers, and partners who refer them, know how to find and access help.
• Serve as steward of the Kids In Crisis brand, keeping messaging consistent and building trust with donors across all communications.
• Manage content strategy and editorial calendars for the website, email, and social media, aligned with the fundraising calendar and donor engagement priorities.
• Oversee website content, digital marketing, and email as ways to acquire, retain, and engage donors.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communications, Public Relations, Journalism, or a related field.
• Five or more years of marketing and communications experience, ideally including fundraising or nonprofit development communications.
• Experience leading fundraising and donor communications.
• Experience in media relations, including building relationships with reporters and pitching stories that earn coverage.
• Strong writing, editing, and storytelling skills.
• Experience with CRM and email marketing platforms such as Salsa Engage, EveryAction, Bloomerang, Blackbaud, Virtuous, Salesforce Nonprofit Cloud, or similar.
• Experience managing websites (WordPress or comparable CMS), digital marketing, and social media strategy.
• Strong understanding of marketing analytics and reporting, with the ability to tie communications to fundraising results.
• Excellent project management, organizational, and interpersonal skills.
• Experience managing creative vendors and working with designers, photographers, and videographers.