Athletics Development & Donor Relations Specialist

Careers In Government, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 54,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

San Diego State University seeks an Athletics Development Coordinator to support fundraising and donor engagement for SDSU Athletics. You will assist with donor research, records management, and communications, while coordinating events and game-day hospitality.

The role emphasizes project coordination, data accuracy, and collaboration across Athletics, University Relations, and campus partners. Some travel and after-hours work may be required.

Qualifications

• Administrative or project coordination experience.
• Fundraising, development, or donor relations experience.
• Prospect research and database management.
• Event and meeting coordination experience.
• Marketing and communications experience.
• Travel, expense, purchasing, or reimbursement processing.
• Experience in higher education or public sector environments.

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

Admin coordination

Fundraising

Prospect research

Event coordination

Marketing & communications

Travel processing

Higher education experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Ellucian

TicketMaster

Job description

San Diego State University seeks an Athletics Development Coordinator to support fundraising and donor engagement for SDSU Athletics. You will assist with donor research, records management, and communications, while coordinating events and game-day hospitality.

The role emphasizes project coordination, data accuracy, and collaboration across Athletics, University Relations, and campus partners. Some travel and after-hours work may be required.