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ABOUT KUOW

KUOW Puget Sound Public Radio is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent, nonprofit news organization producing award-winning journalism, podcasts, and events in service to the 3.9 million people in our coverage area. As a self-sustaining service of the University of Washington, our mission is to create and serve a more informed public.

COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY AND RACIAL EQUITY

KUOW and the University of Washington are equal opportunity employers. KUOW is dedicated to building a culturally diverse staff and creating a working environment that promotes racial equity and inclusiveness. We believe attracting and retaining diverse staff is crucial to serving our community and fulfilling our mission. Women, Black, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC), LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities and veterans are highly encouraged to apply.

KUOW has an exciting opportunity for a Campaign Strategy Manager to develop multi-channel holistic fundraising campaigns across the organization – finding better ways to engage existing and new donors and making KUOW an organization more donors love. The ideal candidate for this position is an excellent strategist, writer and communicator who can wear many hats to strategize and collaborate with diverse teams and is highly comfortable with digital fundraising and marketing tools. This position will lead fundraising projects with various teams and develop fundraising content for a wide variety of campaigns including: on-air, digital, social media, email fundraising, KUOW email newsletters, some marketing campaigns and major donor appeals, and much, much more.

Duties & Responsibilities

•Comprehensive ownership of multi-channel campaign strategy development and planning including identifying deliverables, creating detailed schedules, and organizing logistics.
•Responsible for analyzing fundraising performance measured against strategy and goals. Utilizes data and performance reports to develop campaign strategies.
•Act as the project manager for all campaigns.
•Manages logistics and creates complex schedules for all campaigns; designs supporting website, social media copy and solicitation email; drafts on-air copy and scripts; produces on-air pitch shifts; and communicates with staff.
•Coordinates and oversees on-air and digital promotions; writes, designs, and schedules on-air copy, web and social media copy and related solicitation emails. Ensures deadlines for production are met.
•Collaborates with other departments s to ensure campaign assets are deployed and integrated across all platforms (website, social and podcasts, etc.).
•Drafts copy, designs and provides editing for on-air, website social media and emails.
•Regularly monitors technology needs to optimize campaign performance and assists with training and procedural documentation as needed
•Attends cultivation and stewardship activities, including donor-related events and assists with events, pledge drives, general membership programs and other duties as assigned.
•Participates in annual development and marketing planning for Development Department
•This role will be a contributing fundraiser directly generating logical, original ideas that yield results and sustain revenue growth
•Other duties as assigned by Membership Director

Supervision Received

Position reports to the Membership Director

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

Required:

Bachelor's degree in any field and two years of relevant work experience.

Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.

Desired:

•  Knowledge of marketing best practices and standards
•  Experience analyzing and testing data.
•  Experience using Microsoft Word and Excel
•  Ability to write and design copy consistent with existing messaging.
•  Ability to collaborate with other work teams and reconcile competing priorities
•  Ability to work professionally with donors or other constituents and maintain confidential information 

Working Conditions:

•Hybrid office (combination of telework and onsite)
•This job may occasionally work evening and weekend hours during pledge drives


As a UW employee, you will enjoy generous benefits and work/life programs. For a complete description of our benefits for this position, please visit our website, click here.



Application Process:

The application process for UW positions may include completion of a variety of online assessments to obtain additional information that will be used in the evaluation process.  These may include Work Authorization, Cover Letter and/or others.  Any assessments that you need to complete will appear on your screen as soon as you select “Apply to this position”. Once you begin an assessment, it must be completed at that time; if you do not complete the assessment, you will be prompted to do so the next time you access your “My Jobs” page. If you select to take it later, it will appear on your "My Jobs" page to take when you are ready. Please note that your application will not be reviewed, and you will not be considered for this position until all required assessments have been completed.