About Nauticus

Established in 1994, Nauticus is a maritime discovery center that hosts 350,000 visitors annually and is home to the Nauticus Museum, Sail Nauticus sailing center, Schooner Virginia, the Battleship Wisconsin, and the Half Moone Cruise Terminal Center. Nauticus’ mission is to benefit the community through education, impactful experiences and by sharing access to maritime resources.

This position is funded by the Nauticus Foundation, the 501©3 nonprofit, raising funds to support the mission and activities of Nauticus.

The Role

The Development & Marketing Coordinator reports to the Director of Development & Marketing and provides support to fundraising and marketing activities within the department. Responsibilities include but are not limited to data entry, donation processing, receipting, acknowledgement, social media management, content creation and more.

Duties & Responsibilities:

Development

Support all donation processing, receipting, acknowledging, and pledge management activity.
Create, maintain, and execute queries and reports that track fundraising progress.
Update and manage donor records to ensure maximum accuracy and level of detail; work with development team to ensure that information is being captured in Altru via business card, contact reports, and prospect entry.
Coordinate and/or generate timely donor acknowledgement, annual fund appeals, acquisition appeals and other mailings, duties include generating lists, refreshing templates as needed, drafting weekly letters, assembling packets, mailing, and database contact record entry.
Generate pledge reminders and invoices and track accordingly.
Produce and distribute monthly pledge and grant payment reports.
Ensure that donors are acknowledged appropriately in museum printed and online materials, including signage, and coordinate with museum departments to ensure fulfillment of museum commitments to donors.
Perform regular data integrity auditing and analysis, making recommendations for streamlining processes and managing continual data clean-up projects.
Assist with events such as receptions, exhibition openings, member preview days, etc. (occasional evening and weekend duty).
Effectively track event data and information that is relevant and pertinent for fundraising efforts.
Support the general office operations for the department, including ordering office supplies as needed, completing expense reports, and printing and maintaining donor materials inventory.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Marketing

Manages and creates all content for Nauticus.org including text, images, and video. Represents the Nauticus’ brand voice and enforces consistent messaging by writing and editing content for Nauticus’ online presence.
Manages the monthly e-newsletter through MailChimp and provides additional assistance with other e-communications campaigns as needed.
Manages all social media platforms including Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn etc.
Plans and creates content for social media campaigns in conjunction with overall museum exhibits, programs, and marketing campaigns.
Maintains an awareness of the social media activity of other community organizations and cultural institutions and interacts with them when appropriate and beneficial.
Creates and maintains an editorial calendar, as well as website and social media policies and documents.
Conducts live postings at events on social media.
Works with other Nauticus staff and departments to promote exhibits, membership, development, programs, and services.
Works collaboratively with the Marketing team to write and produce publications including brochures and annual reports.
Works collaboratively with the Marketing team to design print and digital advertisements.
Tracks and reports out engagement rates on all digital channels; generate monthly reports.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Undergraduate degree preferred plus a minimum of 1 to 2 years prior experience in a not-for-profit organization or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Minimum 1 to 2 years progressively responsible marketing or administrative experience.
Experience with photography and video.
Experience working with online media and managing social media accounts for a public-facing institution or organization.
Demonstrated experience working with CSS, HTML, analytic programs (Google Analytics, Facebook Insights), as well as Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and Blackbaud products.
Basic graphic design skills and proficiency with Canva and Adobe Creative Suite, knowledge of how to adapt visual materials for digital content.
Team oriented and goal focused. Strong organizational skills. Ability to manage multiple priorities and responsibilities.
Highly motivated, detail-oriented for thriving in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment.
A flexible schedule is required as the position must be able to work occasional early mornings, weekend days, holidays and evenings as needed for various Nauticus media activities.

Working Environment

This is an office-based position with occasional physical requirements for events, programs, etc. (Must have ability to lift 25lbs). Occasional nights, weekends and holiday work will be required.

Salary range is $45,000-$55,000 based on experience. Benefits include vision, dental, IRA, paid time off, holiday. This position is currently open and will close on August 10, 2024.

TO APPLY

Please send resume, design examples and salary requirements to marketing@nauticus.org. Please include Development and Marketing Coordinator in the subject line. No phone calls, please – only applicants being considered for interviews will be contacted. Applications will begin to be reviewed on August 11, 2024.

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