OPEN POSITION
Assistant Director, Annual Giving/Digital Communications (HYBRID)
Development - Central Annual Giving
Development - Central Annual Giving
Working Title : Assistant Director, Annual Giving/Digital Communications (HYBRID)
Department : Development - Central Annual Giving
Reports To : Director, Digital Philanthropy
Supervises :
Salary : $86,400
Payroll Classification: Fundraiser 3 ()
Req Nbr : 9678
Position Summary
Join us and advance your career in fundraising as an Assistant Director of Annual Giving/Digital Campaigns and valued member of the UCLA Central Office of Annual Giving team. You will work collaboratively to help secure annual support to enrich UCLA’s excellence in education, research and service. You will be part of building a better, brighter future with Bruins leading the way as we move into a new era of innovation and transformation. We encourage you to bring your creativity, organizational, and persuasive writing skills to a role where you will play an integral part in the daily operations of our Annual Giving activities. This is an excellent opportunity where you will receive the guidance, inspiration and resources to expand your fundraising skills.
Primary Responsibilities
As an Assistant Director, you will coordinate and support all aspects of direct mail solicitations and email appeals, creating timely and inspiring campaign and donor communications campus-wide as well as digital philanthropy efforts including crowdfunding initiatives, Giving Days, and other digital campaigns requiring project management, platform coordination, and email production. Working in partnership with other development leadership and colleagues, you will also support annual giving digital campaign stewardship efforts which includes developing and executing specialized acknowledgments, creating annual giving impact reports, and other annual gift donor stewardship pieces through video. As an Assistant Director, you will work collaboratively with division and central leadership on efforts related to annual giving and digital philanthropy including branding materials and digital communications. In addition, you may work on special writing assignments, donor relations projects, and creating unique digital materials as they relate to digital philanthropy. We invite you to be part of our highly motivated, well-supported, collaborative team that offers many professional growth opportunities at UCLA.
Qualifications
Department : Development - Central Annual Giving
Reports To : Director, Digital Philanthropy
Supervises :
Salary : $86,400
Payroll Classification: Fundraiser 3 ()
Req Nbr : 9678
Position Summary
Join us and advance your career in fundraising as an Assistant Director of Annual Giving/Digital Campaigns and valued member of the UCLA Central Office of Annual Giving team. You will work collaboratively to help secure annual support to enrich UCLA’s excellence in education, research and service. You will be part of building a better, brighter future with Bruins leading the way as we move into a new era of innovation and transformation. We encourage you to bring your creativity, organizational, and persuasive writing skills to a role where you will play an integral part in the daily operations of our Annual Giving activities. This is an excellent opportunity where you will receive the guidance, inspiration and resources to expand your fundraising skills.
Primary Responsibilities
As an Assistant Director, you will coordinate and support all aspects of direct mail solicitations and email appeals, creating timely and inspiring campaign and donor communications campus-wide as well as digital philanthropy efforts including crowdfunding initiatives, Giving Days, and other digital campaigns requiring project management, platform coordination, and email production. Working in partnership with other development leadership and colleagues, you will also support annual giving digital campaign stewardship efforts which includes developing and executing specialized acknowledgments, creating annual giving impact reports, and other annual gift donor stewardship pieces through video. As an Assistant Director, you will work collaboratively with division and central leadership on efforts related to annual giving and digital philanthropy including branding materials and digital communications. In addition, you may work on special writing assignments, donor relations projects, and creating unique digital materials as they relate to digital philanthropy. We invite you to be part of our highly motivated, well-supported, collaborative team that offers many professional growth opportunities at UCLA.
Qualifications
1. Minimum of two years demonstrated experience working in a fundraising environment and/or prior professional experience in a related field such as sales, marketing or business development.
2. Experience with a Blackbaud CRM system or equivalent database and the use of databases to generate reports is preferred.
3. Prior experience in developing, managing and leveraging digital media and marketing strategies to drive digital solicitations and crowdfunding outcomes in a fundraising and/or similar constituent driven environment is preferred.
4. Working knowledge of the principles and practices of fundraising at a research university of institution of equivalent complexity.
5. Strong knowledge of/familiarity with digital media landscape, web design and crowdfunding platforms with ability to creatively translate UCLA’s fundraising goals and to provide comprehensive social media management across established and emerging platforms.
6. Excellent written communication skills to compose, proofread and edit a variety of correspondence and reports for correct grammar, punctuation, spelling and syntax; ability to write creative and persuasive solicitations, acknowledgements, reports and other fundraising-related pieces.
7. Strong communication skills to collect and convey information via email, over the phone and in-person with accuracy, diplomacy and tact; ability to persuasively express the mission of the University and the fundraising goals of the campus in relation to annual giving.
8. Detail-oriented with ability to take initiative, work independently and accept responsibility; adept at setting priorities and managing workflow to fulfill objectives and meet goals according to deadlines in a dynamic and ever-changing environment.
9. Ability to work effectively as part of a team with well-developed interpersonal skills to work collaboratively with colleagues and to build and sustain lasting relationships with a wide variety of internal and external constituents.
10. Proficiency with Microsoft suite of applications, as well as familiarity with other database, spreadsheet, scheduling and email applications.
11. Knowledge of database management and manipulation sufficient to retrieve data and isolate specific market segments.
12. Ability to maintain confidentiality of donor files and other information as appropriate and to use discretion when responding to inquiries.
13. Ability to quickly learn UCLA departments and its academic mission and objective.
14. General knowledge of basic gift terminology and of the application of writing skills to a fundraising program is preferred.
15. Ability to work occasional evenings and/or weekends as needed.
16. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Employment is contingent upon completion of a satisfactory background check.
The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer advancing inclusive excellence. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age, protected veteran status, or other protected categories covered by the UC nondiscrimination policy.