Responsibilities

• Partner with the Vice President to translate campaign vision and fundraising priorities into actionable strategies, workplans, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Lead integrated campaign planning across fundraising, communications, donor engagement, stewardship, and operations.
• Establish priorities and accountability across campaign workstreams while identifying risks, opportunities, and barriers requiring leadership attention.
• Provide senior leaders and the Campaign Cabinet with clear visibility into campaign progress, priorities, and strategic opportunities.
• Lead the development and execution of donor, executive, volunteer, and campaign communications in partnership with Marketing and organizational leadership.
• Shape campaign narratives that clearly communicate UWGA’s vision, impact, investment opportunities, and value proposition.
• Direct the development of proposals, case materials, presentations, executive correspondence, donor communications, briefings, talking points, and campaign collateral.
• Translate complex programmatic, financial, and impact information into clear and compelling donor-facing content.
• Establish messaging standards and provide final strategic and editorial review of priority campaign communications.
• Serve as a strategic liaison among the Vice President, Executive Office, campaign leadership, and other organizational leaders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in communications, marketing, business, nonprofit management, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in fundraising, campaign management, donor engagement, communications, or a related field.
• Experience developing executive communications, donor proposals, presentations, and other strategic fundraising materials.
• Proven ability to lead complex, cross-functional initiatives and build relationships with senior leaders, donors, volunteers, and stakeholders.
• Exceptional writing, communication, project management, and organizational skills.

Preferred

• Advanced degree.
• Experience supporting a major, capital, comprehensive, or transformational fundraising campaign.
• Experience working with volunteer leadership groups, boards, or campaign cabinets.
• Experience with fundraising CRM systems and donor reporting.
• CFRE, PMP, or other relevant professional certification.