Description

Position Summary
The senior advancement writer will report to the executive director of communications for Principal Gifts. This position is responsible for researching, writing, and producing customized communications to engage and inspire support from the university’s most generous donors, as well as contributing to fundraising and stewardship strategies and their implementation. The position delivers exceptional service to WashU benefactors and plays a central role in setting and delivering principal gifts fundraising and engagement strategies and meeting program goals. 

Job Description
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

• Plan, write, edit, and produce proposals, special stewardship materials, and other Principal Gifts communications, as assigned.
• Help shape strategies and innovative approaches to big-idea fundraising, including engaging with advancement colleagues and university partners in the ideation and proposal development for these big ideas.
• Develop themes, and craft copy, correspondence, presentations and remarks for bespoke donor experiences, including assisting senior university leadership with their donor communications.
• Cultivate and strengthen relationships across Advancement; join executive director as a liaison to Advancement Communications, University Marketing & Communications and other marketing and communications colleagues.
• Coordinate with designers, vendors and university partners to create and design off-the-shelf proposals, templates, and other fundraising campaign materials.
• Support the Principal Gifts Program with departmental presentations and internal and external communications.
• Support the creative director for Principal Gifts.
• Other responsibilities as assigned.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree
• Work Experience: Strategic Communications, Donor Communications, Or Related Areas, Preferably In Higher Education Or Other Large, Complex Organization (10 Years)

More About This Job

• WashU seeks highly motivated individuals who are able to perform duties in a manner consistent with our core mission and guiding principles.  

Preferred Qualifications

• Education: Master's degree
• Work Experience: Writer And Editor (10 Years)
• Skills: Adobe Creative Studio, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, AP Style Writing, Communications Strategy, Confidentiality, Cross-Functional Teamwork, Deadline Management, Detail-Oriented, Diplomacy, Donor Communications, Donor Stewardship, Editorial Editing, Fundraising Strategies, Graphic Design, Interactive Communication, Microsoft Office, Organizing, Professional Ethics, Professional Writing, Project Prioritization, Proposal Writing, Tactful, Web Software, Writing