Assistant Director, Development Marketing & Communications

New York University; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 75 000 - 95 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

New York University is seeking an Assistant Director, Development Marketing & Communications to lead NYU's fundraising marketing and digital communications, with a focus on science and tech storytelling. You will craft compelling proposals, case statements, and donor materials while managing email campaigns and events for major donors.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years in fundraising, digital communications, and scientific writing, with strong collaboration across NYU

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• 5+ years fundraising, grant writing, editing, digital communications, and science-focused writing.
• Translate complex science into effective fundraising documents.
• Write in different voices for diverse donors with an NYU voice.
• Strong command of digital tools for email marketing, events, and project management.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and discretion with donor information.
• Experience with Cvent, Email Direct, Marketo, Adobe CS, intranet and web editing, Blackbaud CRM.

Responsabilités

• Craft narratives and fundraising documents for leadership gifts and major donors.
• Write and build digital communications and event registration pages.
• Create resources and materials to strengthen philanthropic support.
• Oversee email marketing, storytelling, and event management for key donor groups.

Connaissances

Excellent written communication

Interpersonal skills

Digital communications

Project management

Adaptability writing styles

Research skills

Formation

Bachelor's Degree

Outils

Cvent

Email Direct

Marketo

Adobe CS

Intranet and web editing platforms

Blackbaud CRM

Description du poste

Assistant Director, Development Marketing & Communications

Job Details

• Posting Number: 2026-15987
• Location: US-NY-New York
• Hybrid Remote Work Classification: Hybrid: 60% to 80% Onsite
• Department: Development Communications
• School/Division: University Development and Alumni Relations (WS1006)
• Compensation Grade: Band 53
• Union: N/A
• FT/PT: Full-Time
• Category: Marketing/Advertising/Public Relations/Media/Video/Audio

Position Summary

University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR) is dedicated to soliciting the private funding necessary to support the strategic goals of the University in teaching, learning, and research. The personnel of UDAR work university-wide as well as within individual schools and colleges of the University to discover, motivate, cultivate, solicit, and steward alumni, parents, faculty, and friends for immediate, long-range, and future financial support, through gifts and pledges to the University, for critical operations such as student aid, faculty support, academic and research program development, and facilities and infrastructure. UDAR's endeavors raise funds for immediate University use and also for the University's endowment.

The Assistant Director, Development Marketing & Communications within University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR) establishes and drives NYU's fundraising and stewardship marketing and digital communications efforts, including crafting compelling narratives, writing and building digital communications and event registration pages, and creating resources and materials to strengthen philanthropic support, with a special focus on NYU's science and tech work. Draft a range of high-quality, highly personalized fundraising documents, including proposals, case statements, concept papers, cover letters, gift status reports, talking points, and other cultivation/fundraising materials for leadership gift prospects and major donors that tell the University's science and technology story in the most compelling and dynamic manner possible. Oversee email marketing, narrative storytelling, and event management for key donor groups at NYU.

UDAR encourages work-life integration for our employees, therefore this position is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement.

Qualifications

• Required Education: Bachelor's Degree
• Required Experience: 5+ years relevant experience in fundraising, grant writing and editing, digital communications, and science-focused writing in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Excellent written communication and research skills, ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously, and ability to translate complex scientific information into effective fundraising documents
• Must also be able to write in different voices and styles to most effectively engage various donors, while maintaining a consistent and authoritative NYU voice
• Strong command of digital communications tools for email marketing, event management, and project management
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage iterative writing and editing processes with a range of NYU stakeholders and ability to maintain discretion concerning sensitive and confidential donor information
• Experience with Cvent, Email Direct, Marketo, Adobe CS, Intranet and web editing platforms, and Blackbaud CRM

Additional Information

In compliance with NYC's Pay Transparency Act, the annual base salary range for this position is USD $75,000.00 to USD $95,000.00.

NYU aims to be among the greenest urban campuses in the country and carbon neutral by 2040. Learn more at nyu.edu/nyugreen.

NYU is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a policy of equal treatment and opportunity in every aspect of its recruitment and hiring process without regard to age, alienage, caregiver status, childbirth, citizenship status, color, creed, disability, domestic violence victim status, ethnicity, familial status, gender and/or gender identity or expression, marital status, military status, national origin, parental status, partnership status, predisposing genetic characteristics, pregnancy, race, religion, reproductive health decision making, sex, sexual orientation, unemployment status, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. All interested persons are encouraged to apply at all levels.