Marketing and Editorial Writer
Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia, National Christian Foundation (NCF) is a nonprofit charitable grantmaking ministry that provides creative giving solutions and inspires biblical generosity among Christian families, advisors, and charities. NCF has received over $23 billion in contributions and made over $17 billion in giver-recommended grants to more than 90,000 charities. NCF is an industry leader in accepting gifts of appreciated assets such as stocks, real estate, and business interests, which enable givers to save taxes and maximize charitable gifts. We combine a faith-based approach and like-minded local presence with the support and expertise of a trusted national organization. Learn more at www.ncfgiving.com.
The purpose of the marketing and editorial writer (MEW) is to provide excellent written communications for the MarCom team. The MEW will write email and marketing content, write long-form stories and articles, and serve as an editor on the writing team by performing the following duties while adhering to NCF’s brand standards and proofing/editing guidelines.
This position is a hybrid role based out of our office in Alpharetta, GA.
Reports to: Director of Editorial and Content
Management/Supervision: None
Duties & Responsibilities
Marketing Writing
Writes and produces original promotional and instructional content for emails, brochures, web pages, concept sheets, event campaigns, and other communications according to MarCom processes and style
Uses WordPress to post content to web pages
Long-Form Storytelling
Research, interviews, and writes stories about givers, charity leaders, and causes to serve NCF givers for our website, Saturday 7, print pieces, and other communications
Content Creation/Writing for Local-Office Pilot Project
Assists local office marketing manager with content for three local offices by producing stories, web copy, emails, and other pieces to meet local-office needs
Serves as editor for all local-office content
Editing
Serves as an editor for the MarCom team
Assists the director of editorial and content with developmental editing, copyediting, and proofing
Exercises attention to detail to help keep projects consistent and on time
Saturday 7/Editorial Team
Helps to plan content for NCF’s weekly Saturday 7 publication
Assists in selecting stories for publication
Other Duties And Responsibilities
Performs reading and independent research
Stays up to date on DAF- and cause-related news
Stays current on the development of any new NCF solutions, experiences, offerings, or research
Other duties as assigned
Christ Centered
Profession that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior
Lifestyle that is consistent with the teachings of Jesus and the Bible
Agreement and support of NCF’s Statement of Faith
Demonstrates the values of faithfulness, love, and service
Education
Bachelor’s degree in communications/marketing/journalism/English or related
Additional marketing or writing education/experience is a plus
Experience
A minimum of seven (7) years’ experience in professional writing positions
A minimum of five (5) years’ experience in non-profits and/or fundraising preferred
Knowledge Base
Expert-level knowledge in writing and communications
Familiarity with WordPress, editing, and design software a plus
Competencies
Input - Ability to take in and process a large amount of new information
Relational - Comfort working with people at all levels of the organization, as well as our givers (high-net-worth individuals)
Ability to learn new things quickly
Ability to know what is part of the job and what is not and to keep to the scope of work planned (unless decided with the manager that job should expand)
Maintains sensitive and confidential information as well as business, donor and affiliate confidential matters
Is ethical, tactful, and courteous in dealing with all employees and vendors
If you are interested in serving at NCF, please go to www.ncfgiving.com and apply online.
Applicants should be sure to read more about NCF’s vision, mission, and beliefs