Job Board

Marketing & Development Specialist

Job Summary

Christian World Outreach (CWO) is seeking an experienced, creative and detail-oriented Marketing and Development Specialist to join the CWO team. This role is ideal for a marketing and development professional able to coordinate all marketing and development efforts with professional communications, creative ideas and completing tasks on time and within budget. The ideal candidate will have a strong Christian faith with a strong work ethic based on integrity and excellence while being passionate about sharing CWO’s mission and goals. The successful candidate will play a key role in developing and executing marketing campaigns, managing digital platforms, and supporting fundraising initiatives.

Marketing Duties

• Understand and be able to communicate clearly the different CWO ministries.
• Create and implement comprehensive written marketing strategies aligned with organizational objectives, including digital marketing, email campaigns and social media management.
• Maintain relationships with donors, ministry leaders and volunteers through effective communication and use of fundraising systems and applications.
• Create engaging content for the website using WordPress and manage email marketing campaigns via Constant Contact.
• Seek out new opportunities for fundraising and donor engagement for follow up by President and board.
• Create all social media activities, including event promotions and fundraising campaigns.
• Write and create weekly prayer email in Constant Contact.
• Create and edit monthly ministry emails.
• Create monthly donor mailing marketing pieces.
• Manage video library and Vimeo account.

Development Duties

• Plan, coordinate, and oversee fundraising events and campaigns with input and execution by President and board.
• Chair the volunteer Event Committee.
• Research grant opportunities which match the current CWO ministries.
• Create the current grant contact communications.
• Write all grant requests and reports.
• Manage grant calendar.
• Update donor database software with grant notes and follow through on all ticklers.
•  Created donor communications.
• Provide input and marketing materials for President and board to engage new donors, fundraise with organizations and build business partnerships.

Required Work Skills 

• At least five years’ experience in a marketing and/or development capacity, or five years’ experience working with a nonprofit or ministry.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong editing skills.
• Ability to oversee and manage event planning tasks.
• Proven volunteer coordination skills.
• Exceptional grant writing skills.
• Strong organization and project management ability.
• Creative social media writing skills.
• Creative graphics creation ability.
• Ability to work effectively with international staff.

Know or be willing to learn –

• Word, Excel and Google docs
• Constant Contact
• Donor Snap
• WordPress
• Facebook Meta Business Suite
• Instagram
• LinkedIn
• Canva

Compensation & Benefits

Full-time Position
Reports to President
Salary – based on experience
Benefits – paid holidays and vacation