GA Pre-Professional - Crowdfunding Coordinator - Fall 2026/Spring 2027

Illinois State•Normal, IL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Office of Annual Giving at Illinois State University is seeking a talented communication or digital marketing professional to join its annual giving team. The primary goal of this role is to raise funds to support the people, programs, and facilities of Illinois State University. The Crowdfunding Coordinator will report directly to the Director, Annual Giving Communication, and will be responsible for identifying, planning, and executing annual giving crowdfunding campaigns. Additionally, this position will play a key role in the execution of Birds Give Back, the University’s annual day of giving.

Requirements

Must be a degree-seeking graduate student at Illinois State University in Communications, Marketing, and Creative Technologies, or a School of IT degree student.
Eligible for appointment as per the requirements in the Graduate Assistant Handbook.
Interest in supporting and learning fundraising tactics and skills.
Excellent written and oral communication and interpersonal skills.
General computer knowledge and competence, specifically experience with Microsoft Office Suite and digital design platforms.
A minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for the last 60 semester hours of undergraduate work is required.
GRE may be required for some programs.
Ability to work effectively on several projects simultaneously.
Ability to provide or obtain transportation to the Alumni Center for work hours at 1101 N. Main St. Normal, IL.

Nice To Haves

Experience implementing integrated communication or marketing plans.
General website content management experience and knowledge of basic HTML.
Previous fundraising experience.

Responsibilities

Meet with campus partners to understand their funding needs, brainstorming digital fundraising ideas and communications.
Establish goals and create communication plans to help campus partners successfully meet their digital fundraising goals.
Execute crowdfunding projects for Illinois State’s Hatch crowdfunding platform to support campus cause-based fundraising projects.
Develop and execute integrated communication plans to drive donations to crowdfunding sites and to steward donors for improved donor retention.
Report and assess crowdfunding campaign results, and overall crowdfunding growth and impact.
Manage giving day website content using the website’s content management system.
Assist in copywriting as part of the crowdfunding communications strategies (news stories, email appeals, video copy, webpage copy) or other fundraising duties as directed by Director, Annual Giving Communications.