Reporting directly to Director, Athletics Annual Giving, this position helps create and execute athletics annual giving philanthropic fundraising including, but not limited to, Our Beaver Nation scholarship fund, sports specific, gift-in-kind, and programmatic support.

Work Location

This position will be based in Corvallis, Oregon and will work out of Gill Coliseum.

Key Partners

• The OSU Foundation’s Advancement Communications, Annual Giving, Digital Technology, & Stewardship teams, Gift Administration
• OSU Athletics head coaches and their staff designated to support fundraising
• OSU Athletics staff in communications and marketing
• Contracted external organizations

Measures of Success

The success of this position will be measured by:

• Ensure annual increases in overall dollars raised through Athletics Annual Giving solicitation efforts for Our Beaver Nation and programmatic support
• Ensure increased annual non-transactional contributions to Our Beaver Nation
• Ensure growth in Dam Proud Day dollars raised and donor count
• Ensure adoption rates of digital communications
• Ensure integration of annual fundraising content in OSU Athletics digital platforms
• Ensure growth in digital data capturing resulting in larger solicitation segments

Major Duties

Help create, execute, and evaluate all athletics annual giving philanthropic fundraising including, but not limited to, quarterly solicitations, Dam Proud Day, and unique sport specific appeals.

Create content and draft copy for solicitation and engagement (i.e., newsletter) materials for a variety of donor audiences for the purpose of maximize student-athletes ,and donor, storytelling.

Execute multi-channel marketing plan for OSU Athletics Annual Giving program that includes email, web, social media, and print.

Work with technology partners to implement digital strategies for the purpose of growing virtual engagement with each of our sports throughout the year to deepen and broaden the number of constituents who are engaging with our programs.

Monitor a data-driven annual giving solicitation system to grow current baseline productivity over year-to-year goal. Work with reporting partners to produce data analytics tools and assist with the interpretation of annual giving reports.

Support the development and execution of the OBN and Athletics Dam Proud Day strategy in partnership with Director of Annual Giving, Athletics. Tasks include creation of giving pages; tracking challenge gifts; strategic communications before, during and after; head coach and staff communications, and post DPD performance review.

Communicate with internal partners OSU Foundation partners such as Donor Experience Officers (DXO), Regional Directors, and Asst. Directors to inform of Athletics annual giving priorities.

Serve as a sport specific liaison, working alongside in some cases multiple OBN colleagues, to help build annual plan with annual and major giving goals, establish newsletter content, and support donor engagements.

Actively participate with the Our Beaver Nation Advisory Board and sport specific groups to promote increased support through volunteerism.

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Comprehensive knowledge of:

• Principles of integrated marketing
• Effective mass solicitation techniques
• Digital communications and analytics tools

Demonstrated skills to:

• Actively listen to internal and external customers
• Articulate a strong and compelling case for support by oral and written communication
• Critically think by assessing situations and data efficiently, creatively and accurately by observing, problem solving, evaluating, brainstorming and creative thinking
• Interpersonal (skills) - support a respectful and positive work environment by interpreting emotional cues from team members and customers and react positively by demonstrating patience, positivity, conflict management, compassion, flexibility, collaboration, sourcing feedback and reliability
• Manage time to be efficient, productive, diligent and to put in a lot of work

Demonstrated ability to:

• Develop and implement effective integrated multi-channel direct mail, social media and email marketing campaigns
• Create successful mass solicitation segmentation strategies and customer journeys
• Conceptualize effective communications pieces with a strong and compelling call to action and on-brand storytelling and messaging
• Employ strong written and verbal communication skills
• Utilize quantitative and qualitative information to improve decision-making and outcomes and document results
• Manage complex projects
• Apply creative and entrepreneurial thinking, while applying sound judgment and conducting oneself with integrity
• Approach work assuming the best of intentions from Foundation and campus colleagues
• Effectively represent the interests and fundraising priorities of various colleges/units, while also maintaining a high degree of enterprise perspective by acting in the best interests of the Foundation and the university at all times
• Work with a high degree of flexibility in a highly collaborative, fast-paced, goal-oriented environment
• Handle interpersonal relationships maturely, thoughtfully and empathetically, including the ability to work with individuals from diverse backgrounds
• Maintain good relationships with external vendors, including direct mail and printing houses

Education and Experience Minimum Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and three years of experience in integrated marketing communications. Education and experience equivalencies will be considered.

Commitment to OSUF Core Values

The OSU Foundation strives to be one of the best places to work in the country. We know that the success of the Foundation depends in large part on the people who carry out our mission. It is what we do –and how we do it - that makes the difference. The Foundation’s core values reflect our approach to work and to each other, and we are committed to conduct consistent with these values.