Advertising/Account Executives work as part of an account team assisting with or leading many aspects of client work and project management.

Core responsibilities:

• Works with the account lead to develop and implement online fundraising/advocacy campaigns with specific benchmarks and deliverables, including email newsletters and solicitations, fundraising appeals, advocacy campaigns and more.
• Manages online media buys including display, email, social network advertising.
• Creates strategic media plans including developing ad creatives and negotiating buy placements.
• Builds and maintain relationships with online publishers and researches new ad venues.
• Assists with creative services, including writing/editing Web fundraising copy, promotional copy and email newsletters and solicitations
• Coordinates email message production and implementation with internal departments and clients
• Pulls performance data and other metrics; produces in-depth reports.

Required qualifications:

• A minimum of 2 years experience in one of the following areas of work: advocacy, fundraising, electoral campaigning, project management, event planning, Internet marketing, direct response
• Terrific project management skills
• Extremely detail-oriented
• Excellent communicator, strong writer and speaker
• Self-starter, good at working independently
• Flexible, able to meet short deadlines and thrive in a fast paced environment
• Demonstrated knowledge and interest in online fundraising and advertising, email marketing and advocacy
• Excellent computer skills – Word, Excel, database, Internet
• Technology-oriented, with the ability and desire to understand how online fundraising, marketing and advocacy technology works.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with Convio, Kintera Sphere, or DIA
• Experience with nonprofit fundraising or advocacy
• Basic HTML and other web tools experience
• Previous experience in a client service role

Personal Characteristics:

• Positive “can-do” attitude
• Pro-active problem solver
• Committed to progressive social issues, including the environment, foreign policy, aid and development, human rights, women’s rights, GLBT issues, electoral politics etc.
• Willingness to travel, mainly to Washington, DC, and New York, at most a few days per quarter

To apply:

This is full-time position based either in Berkeley, CA or Washington, DC.  Excellent benefits include paid health and dental care, a 401(k) pension program with company match, and 3 weeks paid vacation. Salary is commensurate with experience.

We are an equal opportunity employer.

To apply, please email your résumé and a writing sample to: jobs@donordigital.com. No phone calls please.