Manager: Events

4 weeks ago

Minneapolis, United States J. Murphy & Associates Full time

Manager: Events & Communications

Reports to: Development Manager  

Full time: 37-40 hours a week

$30 to $34 p/h – $62,400 to $70,720


Key Responsibilities: Client

  • Attend meetings, events and other related activities
  • Develop a relationship with clients and their staff through e-mail, calls, and outreach meetings
  • Work with other JMA managers to assist with outreach to clients, project and budget management and to develop and review monthly reports
  • Assist with monitoring spend (monthly); review monthly report content


Broadly

  • Create and assist with fundraising and communications strategies to support annual appeals, campaigns, top donor prospects, and events
  • Produce prospect lists for individual giving
  • Donor database/CRM management (SalesForce, E-Tapestry, Raiser’s Edge, Donor Perfect)
  • Provide marketing, communications and branding analysis, recommendations and advice
  • Provide support for events, as needed including - registration (entry/tracking, list management, follow up); event scripts and effective PPT presentations; compose, edit and proof event collateral materials, including but not limited to: sponsorship and silent auction solicitation letters, press releases, invitations, programs, PPT and agendas; solicit sponsorship through phone, email, and in-person outreach; maintain up-to-date, detailed notes of all sponsorship activities in Excel or other format

 

Events and Community Engagement

  • Provide strategy and plans for clients’ community engagement opportunities – through programming and/or volunteerism
  • Demonstrate knowledge of MN donor communities
  • Proven track record in engagement
  • Create opportunities that intersect client programming with corporate giving
  • Experience managing non profit fundraising events
  • Identify potential event sponsors based on org & affinity
  • Project management and execution of events, including: strategy and execution; budget management; auction/game solicitation, organization (bundling) and set up at events; registration (entry/tracking, list management, follow up); name tags; program and event materials bundling; corporate sponsorship – identification, outreach, and follow up; venue coordination, menu’s, AV, music, décor, event logistics, planning documents; follow-up calls; event scripts, effective program PPT presentations and event outlines
  • Event List project management: queries and mailing lists (from databases and Excel) for invitations, newsletters, communications and fundraising campaigns; mail merges
  • Write and create donor solicitation materials for direct mail, email, and social media in partnership with Communications and Development Managers, and external vendors.


Communications

  • Design and implement streamlined digital communications program for clients, incorporating key development strategies and messages
  • Create and manage direct mail and fundraising campaigns
  • Create calendars and coordinate regular donor communications, including but not limited to quarterly donor newsletters, email and digital correspondence, annual reports, and gift acknowledgments.
  • Write content
  • Participate in the development and maintenance of websites created in various web platforms
  • Implement organic and paid social media strategies across social channels including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter.
  • Lead the creation of engaging social media content including video, photos and written posts
  • Curate and manage social media calendar
  • Support day-to-day management of social channels (creating content, posting, monitoring and responding to comments and questions, analyzing and reporting campaign results)
  • Implement paid social media campaigns, monitoring results and adjusting budgets and strategies as directed
  • Stay current on social media trends and platforms, bringing new ideas and recommendations on how to further enhance clients’ social presence


Development and Individual Giving

Implement an annual work plan to achieve individual-giving goals, including:

  • New and existing donor engagement strategies to increase funding from current and lapsed donors, with a keen focus on moving donors up the giving ladder.
  • Write wealth screens and set up 1:1 top donor meetings; manage meeting schedules and provide updates and outreach
  • Build and manage relationships with prospects and donors through personalized cultivation and outreach efforts including in-person meetings, event invitations, and regular communication and acquisition/stewardship efforts.
  • Identify and create cultivation strategies for top prospects; implement these strategies in conjunction with the client’s President/Executive Director, Advancement Director, Board of Directors.


Experience/Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
  • Development experience working with nonprofit organization(s); private and public sector, grant writing/fundraising experience preferred
  • Self-starter with strong attention to detail, problem solving skills, and demonstrated ability to be flexible in work assignments 
  • Organizational skills including the ability to multi-task, prioritize assignments, maintain data maintenance systems, and meet multiple deadlines
  • Excellent writing/editing/drafting skills, research and information compilation skills
  • Excellent interpersonal communication skills, demonstrated ability to work independently as well as with teams
  • Strong attention to detail
  • Excellent data and computer skills: Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel

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