Development and Communications Manager
Development and Communications Manager
An Achievable Dream in Newport News is seeking a Development and Communications manager.
Job Description Summary: (Purpose And Scope)
Reporting to the Director of PR and Marketing, the Development and Communications Manager will manage important aspects of AAD’s event, communication and development work with a specific focus on promotion, event management, and content creation. The Development and Communications Manager will be responsible for ensuring AAD touchpoints (including events, materials, online presence) are of the highest and most compelling quality to support AAD’s development and brand-building work.
The Development and Communications Manager will support event logistic management for AAD’s events (including smaller events and large galas), high-quality content creation for important development work including grant proposals and reports, and AAD marketing and communications efforts to build our brand and attract more donor and community support.
A strong Development and Communications Manager has a strong ability with coordination of logistics, promotion, development of high-quality and compelling content, strong attention to details, is a team player, values relationships, and is committed to AAD’s mission and students.
Expectation For All Employees:
Staff supports the organization's mission, vision, and values by exhibiting the following behaviors: excellence and competence, collaboration, innovation, commitment to our community, and accountability and ownership.
Essential Duties And Responsibilities:
Special Event Support
Support planning and execution of AAD’s special event logistics including event management details, event set up, registration, etc.
Support (and lead in some cases) special event promotion, outreach and tracking of event attendance.
Manage event follow up including thank you, tracking event debrief, post-event promotion, etc.
Support fundraising aspects of major events including silent auction, live auction, sponsorships as needed.
Work closely with Development Associate to ensure all relevant event data is tracked and managed in database.
Development Support
Support grant proposal and report writing by drafting high quality drafts for Director of Development.
Craft AAD progress reports twice a year for use with donors.
Supports Annual Fund outreach efforts through drafting of content for letters, social media, emails in coordination with Director of Development and Director of PR and Marketing.
Support other content and presentation needs for development as needed including one-pagers, collateral development, presentations, etc.
Support donor communication efforts such as writing and editing stories for online and print publications and outreach efforts.
Support development efforts as needed including conducting prospect research, compiling outreach lists from database, etc.
Track and archive press on major donors.
Support Director of PR and Marketing in AAD’s social media presence including increasing followers and engagement on all social media platforms.
Manage AAD’s website including periodic audit of content, development of new content and ensuring AAD’s website represents the best of AAD to our target audience of donors, parents, our partners, and the community.
Support AAD’s thank you process for donors and supporters and ordering / management of AAD’s promotional items.
Manage press clipping archive and media contact database.
Work closely with Development Associate on all analytic and systems aspect of development and communications work including analytics on development and/or PR campaigns, maintenance of marketing asset library.
Work closely with Development Associate on database to ensure accurate tracking of contacts and list development for development and communications outreach.