Since 1984, Share Our Strength® has led the fight against hunger and poverty by inspiring and organizing individuals and businesses to share their strengths. Today, through the No Kid Hungry and Cooking Matters campaigns, Share Our Strength is ending childhood hunger in America by ensuring all children get the healthy food they need. No child should go hungry in America – we’re on our way to making that a reality and we want you to join us. We’re bold, creative, always open to new ideas and 100% dedicated to our mission. If that sounds like you, we’d like you to consider becoming part of our team.

The Manager, Direct Mail and Telemarketing ensures that all offline acquisition, retention, reinstatement, and upgrade strategies are executed efficiently, accurately, with a focus on the donor experience throughout. The Manager works with the Associate Director, Direct Response to identify and execute donor-centric stewardship opportunities in offline channels.

• Works with Associate Director, Direct Response to develop and execute annual fundraising plans for acquiring, reinstating, retaining, and cultivating donors through offline direct response channels, including direct mail and telemarketing.
• Manages all aspects of direct mail campaigns including the creative process (from copywriting and design) to internal review and production.
• Manages all aspects of telemarketing campaigns from script development to performance monitoring.
• Serve as day-to-day liaison to program consultants and implement strategy in line with program goals.
• Manage production of offline planned giving marketing projects and other development projects as needed.
• Review campaign results to ensure the program is on pace to hit targets.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.
• At least 4 years’ experience in direct response fundraising and/or development preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office suite required, and experience with fundraising CRMs required with Luminate and Raiser’s Edge/RE NXT experience preferred.
• Must be proactive and a self-starter with excellent problem-solving and implementation skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship management skills: ability to maintain strong professional relationships with a range of groups in person and by writing and phone, underscored by strong judgment and emotional intelligence.
• Demonstrated interest in anti-hunger and anti-poverty issues.
• Exceptional writing, editing and proofreading skills, and strong presentation skills.
• Highly organized with the ability to handle multiple projects and priorities while coordinating work flow in a deadline-driven and service-focused environment.
• Highly detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and efficiently.
• Demonstrated interest in anti-hunger and anti-poverty issues.

DIVERSITY

At Share Our Strength, we value an individual’s diversity of backgrounds, experiences, ideas and perspectives.  A hallmark of our history, culture and values has been the organization’s desire to bring together motivated, intelligent, and talented people to work together to find and implement solutions to eliminate childhood hunger. We each come to Share Our Strength with a unique background, but together we form a team that yields amazing results.

This shared value of encouraging and embracing diversity in our organization fosters a workplace and culture that is highlighted for its innovation, open expression of ideas, and collaboration. With a strong shared commitment to the organization’s mission, and a unique blend of individual strengths, we are all working toward ensuring that each child in America has food where they Live, Learn, and Play.

PLEASE APPLY WITH YOUR RESUME, COVER LETTER, AND SALARY REQUIREMENTS. ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED: NO CALLS PLEASE. 

Required Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field or equivalent work experience.
• At least 4 years’ experience in direct response fundraising and/or development preferred.
• Proficiency in MS Office suite required, and experience with fundraising CRMs required with Luminate and Raiser’s Edge/RE NXT experience preferred.
• Must be proactive and a self-starter with excellent problem-solving and implementation skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal and relationship management skills: ability to maintain strong professional relationships with a range of groups in person and by writing and phone, underscored by strong judgment and emotional intelligence.
• Demonstrated interest in anti-hunger and anti-poverty issues.
• Exceptional writing, editing and proofreading skills, and strong presentation skills.
• Highly organized with the ability to handle multiple projects and priorities while coordinating work flow in a deadline-driven and service-focused environment.
• Highly detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and efficiently.
• Demonstrated interest in anti-hunger and anti-poverty issues.

DIVERSITY

At Share Our Strength, we value an individual’s diversity of backgrounds, experiences, ideas and perspectives.  A hallmark of our history, culture and values has been the organization’s desire to bring together motivated, intelligent, and talented people to work together to find and implement solutions to eliminate childhood hunger. We each come to Share Our Strength with a unique background, but together we form a team that yields amazing results.

This shared value of encouraging and embracing diversity in our organization fosters a workplace and culture that is highlighted for its innovation, open expression of ideas, and collaboration. With a strong shared commitment to the organization’s mission, and a unique blend of individual strengths, we are all working toward ensuring that each child in America has food where they Live, Learn, and Play.

PLEASE APPLY WITH YOUR RESUME, COVER LETTER, AND SALARY REQUIREMENTS. ONLY SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES WILL BE CONTACTED: NO CALLS PLEASE.