Emerging Markets Account Manager

American Red Cross; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plan

Dental plan

Vision plan

PTO starting at 15 days

Holidays 11 paid

401K with up to 6% match

Paid family leave

Employee assistance

Disability and Insurance

Service awards

Job summary

The American Red Cross in Atlanta is seeking a dynamic fundraiser and community engagement professional to expand donor sponsorships and lead volunteer-driven blood drive programs.

You'll design market strategies, manage relationships with sponsors and stakeholders, and analyze data to drive impact across the territory. Travel is required; collaboration and service orientation are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in marketing, sales, communications or relevant field.
• Minimum 3 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Experience in sales, account management, fundraising, marketing, or community engagement.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain relationships with community partners and stakeholders.
• Experience recruiting, training, or leading volunteers.
• Strong public speaking, presentation, and communication skills.
• Experience managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with CRM systems and Microsoft Office.
• Travel: travel throughout the assigned territory will be required.

Responsibilities

• Build and strengthen relationships with diverse blood drive sponsors to expand market presence and support growth.
• Lead, coach, and engage volunteers to enhance retention and community involvement.
• Design, develop and implement a strategic market plan with Donor Recruitment leadership.
• Manage complex internal and external stakeholder management, including project management and executive-level relationship development.
• Analyze data, conduct research, identify trends, and prepare reports for management review.
• Implement sponsor collection initiatives and cultivate relationships with key demographics.
• Support corporate communication efforts with marketing materials for sponsors.
• Assist in development of proposals and support contract negotiations.
• Identify areas for operational improvement and assist in action plan implementation.
• Provide own transportation for business purposes.

Skills

Sales

Account management

Fundraising

Marketing

Community engagement

Public speaking

CRM systems

Microsoft Office

Stakeholder management

Travel

Education

Bachelor's degree in marketing, sales, or communications

Job description

Join us—Where your Career is a Force for Good!

Joining The American Red Cross is like nothing else - it's as much something you feel as something you do. You become a vital part of the world's largest humanitarian network. Joining a team of welcoming individuals who are exceptional, yet unassuming. Diverse, yet uncompromising in unity. You grow your career within a movement that matters, where success is measured in people helped, communities made whole, and individuals equipped to never stop changing lives and situations for the better.

When you choose to be a force for good, you'll have mentors who empower your growth along a purposeful career path. You align your life's work with an ongoing mission that's bigger than all of us. As you care for others, you're cared for with competitive compensation and benefits. You join a community that respects who you are away from work as much as what you do while at work.

Where Your Career is a Force for Good!

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:

• Build and strengthen relationships with a diverse population of blood drive sponsors to expand market presence and support growth in emerging communities.
• Lead, coach, and engage volunteers to enhance retention, deepen community involvement, and ensure successful blood drive operations and program execution.

WHERE YOUR CAREER IS A FORCE FOR GOOD:

• Design, develop and implement a strategic market plan strategy, in partnership with Donor Recruitment leadership, to effectively identify, cultivate and expand a diversified population of blood sponsors within assigned territory.
• Manage complex internal and external stakeholder management, including project management and executive-level relationship development.
• Analyze data, conduct research, identify trends, conduct business plan analyses and feasibility studies to identify advantageous strategic business directions and prepare reports and recommendations for management review.
• Implement specific blood sponsor collection initiatives, including initial outreach efforts and cultivating relationships and partnerships with key demographics.
• Support corporate communication efforts to external parties, including developing and disseminating communication and marketing materials to relevant demographic population sponsors.
• Assist in the development of proposals and support contract negotiations.
• Identify areas of operational improvement and assist in the implementation of relevant action plans.
• Responsible for providing own transportation for business purposes.

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in marketing, sales, communications or relevant field required.
• Experience: Minimum 3 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
• Skills & Abilities:
• Experience in sales, account management, fundraising, marketing, or community engagement.
• Proven ability to develop and maintain relationships with community partners and stakeholders.
• Experience recruiting, training, or leading volunteers.
• Strong public speaking, presentation, and communication skills.
• Experience managing multiple projects and achieving performance goals in a fast-paced environment.
• Proficiency with CRM systems and Microsoft Office applications.
• Travel: travel throughout the assigned territory will be required.

WHAT WILL GIVE YOU THE COMPETITIVE EDGE (Preferred Qualifications):

• Bilingual abilities and/or experience working with diverse communities.
• Experience in successfully meeting goals.

BENEFITS FOR YOU:

• Medical, Dental Vision plans
• Health Spending Accounts & Flexible Spending Accounts
• PTO: Starting at 15 days a year; based on type of job and tenure
• Holidays: 11 paid holidays comprised of six core holidays and five floating holidays
• 401K with up to 6% match
• Paid Family Leave
• Employee Assistance
• Disability and Insurance: Short + Long Term
• Service Awards and recognition

The American Red Cross is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, San Diego Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and any other applicable stat