UTS - Temporary Stewardship and Communications Officer at NC State

About the Role

This Stewardship and Communications Officer role focuses on scaling impact reporting and developing a more robust advancement communications calendar. Key responsibilities include crafting donor reports, acknowledgment letters, and strategic advancement content, requiring strong writing, design, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Craft donor reports, acknowledgment letters, and strategic advancement content
• Manage large segments of data and develop internal processes to automate data retrieval and sorting
• Turn raw submissions into finished, on-brand pieces
• Apply brand guidelines consistently across profiles and reports
• Track submissions and deadlines, and follow up with departments and faculty
• Handle confidential donor and gift information appropriately

Requirements

• Associate’s degree or equivalent relevant experience
• Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills
• Flexible, solutions-oriented working style with willingness to take initiative and collaborate across teams
• Advanced Adobe InDesign skills: templates, master pages, paragraph and character styles, data merge, and print-ready/accessible PDFs
• Strong writing, editing, and proofreading skills, with knowledge of AP style
• Visual design skills, including consistent application of brand guidelines
• Project management skills, including tracking submissions and deadlines

Qualifications

Associate’s degree or equivalent relevant experience.

Skills

• Advanced Adobe InDesign
• Writing and editing (AP style)
• Visual design (brand guidelines)
• Project management
• Data management and automation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with other Adobe Creative Cloud tools (Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat)
• Nonprofit or higher-ed fundraising writing (case statements, stewardship reports)
• Interviewing skills for alumni and donor profiles
• Web content editing in CMS (e.g., WordPress)
• Email marketing tools
• Google Workspace (Forms, Sheets)
• Familiarity with NC State brand standards

Schedule

20-hour minimum with potential for more hours. Monday is required in the office; other days are flexible.

Pay

$20-$25/hr based on experience.

Location

Raleigh, NC.

Benefits

• Health insurance for temporary employees
• LEAD courses for career enhancement
• Free attendance to non-revenue generating sporting events
• Childcare discounts
• Wellness & Recreation Membership
• Wellness Programs

Benefit eligibility is based on Part-Time or Full-Time Employment status.