Assistant Director, Athletics Engagement & Stewardship

As a member of the OSU Foundation’s Athletics Annual Giving team, the Assistant Director of Athletics Engagement & Stewardship reports to the Director of Athletics Annual Giving & Engagement, and is a key contributor to the solicitation, engagement and stewardship of annual giving donors. Together, the Athletics Annual Giving team play a role in developing the donor pipeline through modern solicitation strategies, engaging stewardship activity, and volunteer management. The Assistant Director executes fundraising and engagement strategies to advance future leadership annual giving, major gifts, and planned gift donors. The Assistant Director is also responsible for executing acknowledgement and stewardship strategies for annual giving donors that demonstrate impact and appreciation of giving, including tailored and personalized stewardship methods and resources designed to maintain high rates of donor retention. This role primarily focuses on annual fundraising and engagement, and annual giving stewardship. Work Location The work location for this position is in Gill Coliseum located in Corvallis, Oregon office, and will require occasional nights and/or weekend work for game days or athletic events Key Partners

• The Foundation’s Stewardship, Marketing and Communications, Gift Accounting and Advancement Services teams
• OSU Athletics head coaches and their designated staff
• Our Beaver Nation Advisory Board
• Athletic Department partners in marketing, communications, student-athlete development, and compliance.
• Contracted partners

Measures of Success

• Meet annual goals for the retention of leadership annual giving donors, including $1000+ donors
• Execute modern solicitation strategies and external communications accurately and on time.
• Execute and meet engagement participation goals through Athletics Development stewardship strategies and volunteer efforts.

Major Duties Annual Fundraising and Engagement   Create and execute communications that inspire support for annual gifts, including written and digital solicitations, videos and other digital content with a focus on the OSU Athletics Fund for Excellence and Fearless: Supporting the Women of OSU. Track progress, analyze data, and report on results of assigned annual giving initiatives to meet annual goals. Use data informed strategies to build donor pipeline by implementing annual giving solicitations. Support the development and execution of the OBN and Athletics Dam Proud Day strategy in partnership with Director of Athletics Annual Giving & Engagement. Tasks include creation of giving pages; tracking challenge gifts; strategic communications before, during and after; head coach and staff communications, and post DPD performance review. Maintain and update ourbeavernation.com as a home to highlight donor impact on student-athlete support and an education tool describing athletic development programing. Collaborate with Director of Athletics Annual Giving & Engagement, coaching staffs, and development officers to identify major gift donors and potential donors who are engaging in annual giving opportunities to advance support. Plan and coordinate volunteer committee meetings, events and communications for the Our Beaver Nation Board of Advisors. Partner with coaching staff to develop and design fundraising and engagement strategies to achieve their annual giving goals as described in each sports written annual plan. Determine the appropriate communication segments to support goals. Track and communicate results and progress to coaching staff in regular quarterly collaborative sessions. Execute strategies for annual giving constituent and recognition groups such as athletics donors in the Beaver Leadership Circle, student-athlete alumni, parent donors, OSU Loyal (faculty and staff). Develop direct mail and email solicitations, participate in engagement opportunities, and stewardship tactics. Annual Giving Stewardship Execute the annual giving acknowledgement process, ensuring consistency across OSU Athletics. Expand appreciation of support through gift anniversary celebrations. Create engaging content that demonstrates appreciation for annual gifts, including written and digital acknowledgements, impact reports, videos and other digital content, and other communication strategies. Collaborate with Director of Athletics Annual Giving & Engagement, athletics development leadership, coaching staffs, and development officers to execute annual giving stewardship, and design purposeful and meaningful recognition opportunities for the Athletics Fund for Excellence, Fearless, and programmatic annual giving donors. Manage and coordinate the Oregon State Athletics Beaver Bennyfits program, which is designed to allow donors to select their own stewardship engagement activities. Work closely w