Athletics Development Coordinator - Donor Relations

Opt For Healthy Living; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

San Diego State University Athletics Development is seeking an Athletics Development Coordinator to support fundraising and donor engagement efforts. You will provide administrative and project coordination support, manage donor records, coordinate stewardship activities, and assist with fundraising events to move development operations forward.

The role emphasizes collaboration with the Athletics team, Alumni relations, and campus partners, handling communications, travel arrangements, and

Qualifications

• Administrative or project coordination experience.
• Fundraising, development, or donor relations experience.
• Prospect research and database management experience.
• Event and meeting coordination experience.
• Travel, expense, purchasing, or reimbursement processing experience.

Responsibilities

• Support donor and prospect research, identification, tracking, and movement through the development pipeline.
• Maintain prospect records, contact reports, proposals, follow-up activities, and donor tracking systems.
• Coordinate donor communications, appeals, acknowledgments, recognition, and stewardship activities.
• Assist development staff with tracking fundraising activity and donor engagement.
• Prepare correspondence, presentations, proposals, and other development materials.
• Maintain project timelines, records, procedures, and shared development resources.
• Coordinate calendars, meetings, travel arrangements, and expense documentation for development staff.
• Process travel claims, reimbursements, purchasing documents, and credit card reconciliations.
• Maintain accurate donor and prospect information in advancement databases and tracking systems.
• Conduct preliminary prospect research and assist with donor and prospect lists.
• Coordinate record updates related to gifts, donor information, contact reports, and proposals.
• Support athletic donor and season ticket holder records using Ticketmaster.
• Assist with fundraising events and donor engagement activities for the Aztec Club and SDSU Athletics.
• Coordinate registration, guest lists, event communications, materials, and logistics.
• Support game-day donor hospitality, including credentials, parking, guest communications, recognition, and benefit fulfillment.
• Collaborate with Athletics, SDSU Alumni, and campus partners on events and engagement activities.

Skills

Administrative coordination

Fundraising / donor relations

Prospect research

Event coordination

Communications

Travel & expenses processing

Tools

Ticketmaster

Donor CRM systems

Job description

San Diego State University Athletics Development is seeking an Athletics Development Coordinator to support fundraising and donor engagement efforts. You will provide administrative and project coordination support, manage donor records, coordinate stewardship activities, and assist with fundraising events to move development operations forward.

The role emphasizes collaboration with the Athletics team, Alumni relations, and campus partners, handling communications, travel arrangements, and