Advancement Content Creator

Department: Advancement

Position Type: Full Time

Hourly or Salary: Hourly

Pay Range: $22-$24.50

Overview

The Advancement Content Creator will serve as a valuable team member within the Member and Donor Experience team. The successful candidate will be responsible for organizing and providing communications initiatives necessary for a successful member and donor experience, including but not limited to Annual Report, Donor Publication, Appeal Letters, Proposals, and other forms of communication to members and donors. The Content Creator will also work collaboratively with Marketing and Communications department to strategically align on communications across all Newfields stakeholders, and manage the Advancement strategic communications plan and calendar.

Responsibilities

The following responsibilities describe the general nature of work for employees in this position, but this is not intended as an exclusive or all-inclusive inventory.

 Annual Report Duties

• Serve as the coordinator for Newfields Annual Report, which includes scheduling meetings, liaising with creative vendor on schedule creation and information share.
• Securing proper routing of drafts for approval, insuring edits are resolved.
• Work collaboratively with Legal and Exhibitions to secure proper and correct Rights & Reproductions, and credit lines are accurate.
• Provide accurate mailing list to printing vendor for distribution.
• Provide internal partners copies of the Annual Report as needed.

Donor Publication Duties

• Serve as the editor of the annual Donor Publication, which includes working collaboratively with internal and external partners to insure delivery of assigned stories.

• Work collaboratively with leadership to develop story content.
• Provide guidance to staff and writers to improve readability based on brand guidelines and audience.
• Schedule interviews with staff and donors as needed.
• Read copy and proof to detect and correct errors, ensuring adherence to Newfields writing standards and brand guidelines.
• Verify facts, dates, and statistics.
• Work collaboratively with Legal and Exhibitions to secure proper and correct Rights & Reproductions, and credit lines are accurate.

General Correspondence Duties

• Strategically plan and manage the Advancement Communications Calendar
• Write and distribute Appeal Letters, Renewals, and Announcements according to communication plan and event schedule.
• Provide communication support to Development through the preparation of Stewardship Reports and Proposals as needed.
• Work collaboratively with Marketing to develop content and editing support of monthly eNewsletter.
• Write and distribute one-off communications to donors and/or members as instructed by leadership.

 Other Duties

• Represent MADE at internal standing meetings as assigned.
• Provides event support when needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned by leadership.

To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite.  Experience with email marketing platform, such as Delivra or Mail Chimp preferred. 
• Ability to maintain a professional demeanor, particularly when dealing with members, donors, and external constituents.
• Ability to multitask efficiently, prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Attention to detail to maintain consistency and accuracy in work.
• Ability to be flexible, resourceful, and collaborative.
• Ability to work cross-departmentally to carry out projects and resolve problems.
• Ability to comprehend and apply Newfields brand standards and writing guidelines.

Education and/or Experience

•  Undergraduate degree in Journalism, English, or other related field.
• Two to three years of related field experience.
• Art History and/or philanthropy knowledge is desirable.

Physical Demands of Work Environment

The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work environment: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the position. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Salary : $22 - $25