Director, Donor Experience & Annual Giving

Guiding Eyes for the Blind, Inc.; Town of Yorktown (NY); Sur place; USD 125 000 - 160 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Healthcare (Medical/Dental/Vision)

403(b)

Life Insurance

Paid Time Off

Bring your dog to work

Résumé du poste

Guiding Eyes for the Blind in the United States seeks a strategic leader to drive annual giving and donor engagement. The Director of Donor Experience leads the annual giving program, deepens donor retention, and collaborates across philanthropy, marketing, and programs to transform donor generosity into lasting impact.

This role builds data-driven fundraising campaigns across direct mail, digital channels, and events, supervises staff, and partners with the Vice President of Philanthropy to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or equivalent experience.
• 5–7 years of progressively responsible fundraising experience including leadership of annual giving and donor engagement.
• Experience leading direct response, digital fundraising, and donor stewardship programs.
• Experience managing integrated campaigns, budgets, and vendor relationships.
• Experience supervising and developing staff.

Responsabilités

• Develop and implement annual giving strategies supporting the VP of Philanthropy's priorities.
• Design and improve the donor journey across annual giving channels.
• Use donor insights and analytics to improve retention, recurring giving, and donor lifetime value.
• Develop qualification strategies to prepare donors for mid-level and major giving.
• Lead direct mail, digital fundraising, email, online giving, and integrated campaigns.
• Manage campaign planning, segmentation, testing, vendors, and performance evaluation.
• Ensure fundraising channels provide a seamless donor experience.
• Serve as an ambassador for Guiding Eyes during donor visits and events.
• Communicate the mission and priorities to donors, volunteers, and partners.
• Partner with Development and Marketing & Communications to support fundraising and engagement.
• Provide oversight to corporate engagement and special events.
• Plan and execute events including the annual Golf Classic.

Connaissances

Fundraising leadership

Direct response fundraising

Digital fundraising

Donor stewardship

Budget & vendor management

Staff supervision

Data-driven decision making

Formation

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Outils

Salesforce

Microsoft Office

Description du poste

Guiding Eyes for the Blind in the United States seeks a strategic leader to drive annual giving and donor engagement. The Director of Donor Experience leads the annual giving program, deepens donor retention, and collaborates across philanthropy, marketing, and programs to transform donor generosity into lasting impact.

This role builds data-driven fundraising campaigns across direct mail, digital channels, and events, supervises staff, and partners with the Vice President of Philanthropy to