Strategic Marketing Director

4 weeks ago


Palo Alto, California, United States Mosaec Full time

About the Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled Strategic Marketing Director to join our team at Mosaec. As a key member of our External Relations Office, you will be responsible for planning and executing a broad range of development communications, donor relations, and stewardship activities designed to strengthen ties between our school and its donors and alumni.

Reporting to the Director of Advancement Marketing, your primary responsibility will be to manage, design, develop, and implement highly individualized donor relations strategies and programs designed to communicate with our university's donors.

This professional will partner with development and alumni officers to maximize donor engagement and advance development goals. You will have the opportunity to innovate in creating new engagement tools, in collaboration with ER managers and frontline staff, furthering alumni and donor engagement with our school.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Participate in defining the donor relations strategy for the school/unit portfolio of donors in adherence to the university's donor relations guidelines.
  • Ensure messaging aligns with school/unit communications plans and strategic priorities.
  • Identify key information, messages, and topics.
  • Develop and implement programs that provide comprehensive reporting to donors.
  • Communicate donor relations plans across the organization and/or school, department, and with partner teams.
  • Establish and maintain strong partnerships with gift officers in order to maximize engagement for their portfolios of donors.
  • Build a complete understanding of each donor's involvement and giving activity.
  • Oversee design and production of development materials from creation to deployment.
  • Research, develop, execute, and manage high-profile written reporting on complex topics.
  • Develop, compile, and edit supplementary materials that support written communication (i.e., backgrounders, biographies, briefing materials, and talking points, and other related materials).
  • Responsible for the allocation of resources for donor relations reporting, the gift acknowledgment process, and donor relations requests.
  • Write, edit, and project manage major and principal gift proposals.
  • Execute fiduciary responsibility to ensure that gifts are awarded and utilized in accordance with donor expectations and university policy in a timely manner.
  • Resolve discrepancies and escalate when needed.
  • Proactively monitor and manage the donor relations needs of donors.
  • Coordinate with staff and development officers to develop and produce key donor relations deliverables, including written (hard copy, email, or online content), video, or events.
  • Maintain open channels of communications with donor relations colleagues across the university.
  • Manage vendors/consultants on specific projects and may oversee key vendor and consultant relationships.
  • May manage program budget, goals, and objectives in alignment with organizational goals, in partnership with director.
  • Set priorities for school/unit donor relations functions and manage their overall effectiveness.
  • Develop tracking methods for reporting of the team's overall productivity.
  • Assess donor relations opportunities and track donor relations trends.
  • Recommend donor relations improvements based on findings.
  • May be involved in hiring, training, setting individual performance goals, and completing annual performance reviews.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree and five years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience.
  • Experience in advancement marketing/communications, donor relations/stewardship, or annual giving roles preferred.
  • Strong customer service focus and attention to detail.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, and professionalism to interact with a wide range of people at different levels of an organization.
  • Ability to clearly and credibly communicate a diverse array of topics.
  • Ability to articulate progress and impact in a way that is understandable and meaningful to various constituencies.
  • Demonstrated understanding of a wide variety of donor audiences.
  • Ability to understand and remember details about donors and projects to which they are assigned.
  • Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to edit high-level correspondence.
  • Demonstrated experience managing and coordinating multiple complex projects and priorities with competing deadlines.
  • Must be able to conduct research and ability to interpret information available in a database.
  • Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
  • Tact, discretion, and experience handling confidential information.
  • Proficient in MS Office Suite and database applications.
  • Demonstrated project management skills.
  • Demonstrated sound judgment in situations requiring independent decision-making and in handling confidential and sensitive material.

How to Apply:

We invite you to apply by clicking on the "Apply for Job" button once you navigate to the Stanford Careers page, and search for job number. To be considered, please submit your resume and a one-page cover letter along with your online application.

The expected pay range for this position is $107,167 to $115,229 per annum. Stanford University provides pay ranges representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for a position.

The pay offered to a selected candidate will be determined based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the qualifications of the selected candidate, departmental budget availability, internal equity, geographic location, and external market pay for comparable jobs.

At Stanford University, base pay represents only one aspect of the comprehensive rewards package. The Cardinal at Work website provides detailed information on Stanford's extensive range of benefits and rewards offered to employees. Specifics about the rewards package for this position may be discussed during the hiring process.

Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The job duties listed are typical examples of work performed by positions in this job classification and are not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, tasks, and responsibilities.

Specific duties and responsibilities may vary depending on department or program needs without changing the general nature and scope of the job or level of responsibility.

Employees may also perform other duties as assigned.

Stanford Law School seeks to hire the best talent and to promote a safe and secure environment for all members of the university community and its property.

To that end, new staff hires must successfully pass a background check prior to starting work at Stanford University.



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