Assistant Director of Advancement Marketing, Stanford Law School - Stanford University : Job Details

Stanford Law School's External Relations Office seeks to hire an Assistant Director of Advancement Marketing. The advancement marketing team is responsible for planning and executing a broad range of development communications, donor relations, and stewardship activities designed to strengthen ties between the school and its donors and alumni and to encourage philanthropic engagement. Reporting to the Director of Advancement Marketing, this individual's primary responsibility will be delivering on Stanford Law School's efforts to grow its alumni relations and marketing functions. This role will have the opportunity to innovate in creating new engagement and marketing tools, in collaboration with ER managers and frontline staff, furthering alumni and donor engagement with SLS. This role is a great opportunity for a team player, an organized planner, a strategic thinker, and thoughtful writer who thrives in a fast-paced environment.

Your responsibilities include:

• Manage a portfolio of alumni relations, annual fund, and donor engagement marketing campaigns on behalf of the school by establishing and executing project plans, timelines, tasks, and objectives.
• In collaboration with the Director of Advancement Marketing and the Associate Director of the Law Fund, write/edit Law Fund appeals and evaluate the effectiveness of campaigns to better inform Law Fund strategy.
• Working closely with the director of alumni relations and the AR field officers to understand need, plan and execute strategic marketing campaigns for Reunions, signature regional events and virtual events to achieve annual engagement metrics. Analyze current practices and recommend improvements that will help grow affinity and regional networks.
• Develop and provide recommendations on best methodologies to engage individual alumni and donors. Research and curate internally the ever-growing body of law school content that alumni find most relevant and informative; draft and edit all-alumni communications, newsletter copy, and web/multimedia content that repurposes much of such content; stay up to date on all SLS-related newsletters and social media accounts from faculty, departments, labs, and centers.
• Using email marketing and event marketing software, deploy campaigns for alumni relations colleagues that adhere to industry best practices.
• Identify ways to collaborate with existing efforts around the Stanford Law School Campaign, Reunions, and virtual programming to recognize and engage donors and volunteers, provide content-rich experiences, and deepen connections.
• In collaboration with the team's prospect analyst, regularly audit the effectiveness of Law Fund and alumni relations campaigns to optimize for success.
• Independently project manage donor recognition projects, including creating communications with donors, colleagues, and vendors. Participate in special projects as assigned. Write, edit, and project manage major and principal gift proposals.
• Build and maintain a strong network of colleagues across and beyond campus to stay up to date on best practices in advancement marketing and innovations in advancement.
• May assist with creating and executing events and coordinating with donor relations and development colleagues on cross functional events.
• Other duties as assigned.

To be successful in this position, you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree and three years of relevant experience or combination of education and relevant experience. 1-3 years of experience in an advancement marketing/communications, donor relations/stewardship, or annual giving roles.
• Superior organizational skills.
• Excellent writing, research and editorial skills; ability to synthesize information and compose clear and effective materials.
• Ability to listen and respond with diplomacy and tact.
• Demonstrated experience managing and coordinating multiple complex projects with competing deadlines.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to quickly understand and remember details about donors and projects to which they are assigned.
• Strong customer service focus; excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Demonstrated sound judgment in situations requiring independent decision-making and in handling confidential and sensitive material.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite and database applications.
• Demonstrated project management skills.

* - Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodation to any employee with a disability who requires accommodation to perform the essential functions of the job.

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 104919. To be considered, please submit your résumé and a one-page cover letter along with your online application.

The expected pay range for this position is $86,094 to $101,933 per annum (Hybrid/Stanford Region).

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.

School of Law, Stanford, California, United States