UniversalGiving®, an award-winning global nonprofit, is seeking a creative, enthusiastic Marketing Coordinator. The Marketing Coordinator will have a profound impact, helping us promote UniversalGiving’s mission and developing key partnerships to increase awareness of our work in over 120 countries. You will gain experience working across many different areas, including Social Entrepreneurship, International Giving and Volunteering. If you are passionate about social change and enjoy working with a diverse and collaborative team, come join UniversalGiving!

The Marketing Coordinator will lead on promoting UniversalGiving’s services with an emphasis on strategizing and customizing outreaches to potential partners and media outlets. This position requires exemplary writing skills, attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities. A strong engagement with and ability to communicate about UniversalGiving’s services and values is imperative.

The Marketing Coordinator will also play a role in maintaining Marketing guidelines and working with the CEO on Marketing strategies. The Marketing Coordinator is responsible for creating or maintaining key Marketing materials including manuals, newsletters, one-pagers, and outreach templates. With proven excellence in attitude, execution and communications, position may turn into paid.

Responsibilities

• Strategize and customize outreach communications to increase the likelihood of response and engagement

• Outreach to potential partners identified by Marketing Opportunity Reports and the CEO in key areas of collaboration, including media swaps, Community Based Journalism, and opportunity promotion

• Outreach for CEO’s speaking engagements and manage event planning

• Facilitate discussions between UniversalGiving and partner contacts, including preparing and reviewing Partnership proposals

• Manage the content and release of newsletters and social media postings

• Manage the CEO Blog, Living and Giving, and all articles with regular updates and follow-up to responses

• Maintain key Marketing operations, including upholding Salesforce standards, updating the Google Drive, and maintaining communications documents

• With proven track record, train and manage Marketing interns

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Meticulous attention to detail

• Ability to strategize on marketing outreach and communications

• Commitment to learning about UniversalGiving’s services and systems

• Exceptional critical thinking skills

• Ability to thrive in a fast paced, deadline-oriented environment

• Experience in a collaborative, team-based environment

• Computer skills, Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

• Commitment to using and updating Salesforce, our Relationship Database

Benefits:

• Gain experience at a unique social entrepreneurship that has a global impact

• Gain entry, exposure, and experience in the nonprofit industry

• Increase your understanding of and alignment with global issues

• Collaborate with a positive and innovative team

• Network with other for-profit and nonprofit professionals in an open office environment

• Career mentoring with Pamela Hawley, Founder & CEO of UniversalGiving

Duration: 20-40 hours per week for a minimum of 6 months. With a proven track record and commitment to UniversalGiving, the Marketing Coordinator may turn into a paid position. Ideal candidates are available to work out of our San Francisco office.

About UniversalGiving

UniversalGiving’s Mission: To connect people to quality giving and volunteer opportunities worldwide.

UniversalGiving’s Vision: “To Create A World Where Giving and Volunteering Are A Natural Part of Everyday Life”®

UniversalGiving® is an award-winning website allowing people to donate and volunteer with top performing projects all over the world. Our projects are vetted through a proprietary Quality Model™ to ensure the most effective, trustworthy philanthropy possible. Unique to UniversalGiving, we take no cut on donations. 100% of your donation goes directly to the cause.

Located in the heart of San Francisco, UniversalGiving has been profiled on CBS and in FOX Business Network, and has also been featured in BusinessWeek, Fast Company, CSRWire,WomenEntrepreneur, Oprah.com, NBC News, The Christian Science Monitor, The New York Times, The Financial Times, MarketWatch, CNNMoney.com, Change.org and See Change Magazine. UniversalGiving has been featured three times on Great Nonprofits’ annual Top Nonprofits lists and is a Webby Award Honoree.

CEO Pamela Hawley is a winner of the Jefferson Award (the Nobel Prize in Community Service) and was selected as one of 50 leaders to the White House's Next Generation Leadership and Social Innovation event. She is a Finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award, and a Colburn S. Wilbur Leadership Fellow at the Global Ethics Institute.  She is a Fast Company Expert Blogger on CSR.

To Apply:

Email your resume, cover letter, two writing samples (two pages max), and three professional references with contact information (phone and email) to volunteers@universalgiving.org with "Marketing Coordinator" in the subject line. No phone calls please.

UniversalGiving® is committed to understanding and representing the diverse populations it serves worldwide. Members of all ages, genders, sexual orientations, races, ethnicities, nationalities, physical abilities or disabilities, religions or beliefs, and cultures are welcome as employees and volunteers in our organization. We believe that a diverse team will best serve our diverse populations.

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