Events and Marketing Writer (Development)

Organization

Stand Together

Location

Arlington, Virginia

Job Description

Stand Together is a dynamic and mission-driven organization committed to driving positive social change and empowering individuals to overcome barriers. Join our team and be part of a collaborative community that values innovation, personal responsibility, and the power of bottom-up solutions. Together, we will create a society that fosters opportunity, dignity, and well-being for all.
We are seeking a highly motivated, entrepreneurial, and talented writer to drive the development of marketing and event communications pieces. Our donor communications team is transforming how, when, and what we communicate to our donor audience – join us and help us communicate the ideas that will inspire people from all walks of life to partner with our growing philanthropic community.  
 
In this Marketing and Events Writer role, you’ll advocate for and hold our brand to the highest of standards. You are someone who internalizes compelling stories and brings them to life through clear, concise, compelling narratives. Your unique ability to balance nuanced messaging and persuasive writing will be essential to the quality of Stand Together’s donor facing email content and event invitations. 

Your Responsibilities Include

  • Write engaging email content and event invites on Stand Together’s strategies and priorities, delivered to hundreds of the nation’s top business leaders, philanthropists, and social entrepreneurs. 
  • Create and drive the editing process of high-quality, investor communications, such as weekly marketing emails, event invites, event recruitment communications, and other written materials for Stand Together donor partner events, that convey the organization’s mission and strategy while inspiring retention and recruitment. 
  • Manage a variety of projects from conception to final, polished final product. 
  • Provide the highest level of customer focus from project conception to completion, anticipating challenges, handling multiple project revisions, and meeting deadlines. 
  • Proactively seek and synthesize information from diverse internal sources with varying degrees of detail, and drive the inquiry process to get answers when questions remain. 

Knowledge and Skills You Bring to the Organization

  • 5+ years’ experience writing (ex. emails, invitations, speeches, scripts, letters, etc.) 
  • Demonstrated skill in translating complex ideas and strategies into effective and persuasive written communications. 
  • Ability to adapt voice and style for letters and emails from different signers. 
  • A passion for learning, including studying the most effective writing, communications, and marketing techniques. 
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced team environment as well as independently, and exercise sound professional judgment. 
  • Experience managing several projects simultaneously, with an ability to appropriately incorporate feedback from diverse stakeholders. 
  • Commitment to high quality work, confidentiality, and customer satisfaction. 
  • A deep desire for helping people improve their lives and creating a better society for all, aligned with Stand Together principles. 

What We Offer

  • A meaningful career where your work will improve the lives of millions of Americans – especially the least fortunate.
  • A vision-driven organization of over 1,000 employees across the country who are dedicated to improving the lives of others.
  • Competitive salaries and bonuses. Our salary and bonus strategies are aligned to the value you create, not a standardized bell curve.
  • Generous 401K match - 6% match with immediate vesting.
  • Competitive health and wellness benefits.
  • Our flexible time-off policy allows all employees to take leave as needed.
  • Commuter assistance plans to offset the cost of commuting into our headquarters (on-site parking or metro).
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentorship that can strengthen your effectiveness through Principle Based Management and other industry specific programs.

Stand Together helps social entrepreneurs supercharge their efforts to help people improve their lives. We connect them with passionate partners and the resources necessary to make a greater difference.  Through our philanthropic community, we tackle some of the nation's biggest challenges so that every person has the opportunity to realize their extraordinary potential. Stand Together partners with people from diverse perspectives and backgrounds—including people in education, business, community non-profits, and public policy—to accomplish more together than any of us could on our own.   
  
Our Values Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. We have a relentless commitment to a culture based on a business philosophy called Principle Based Management® (PBM®). Informed by the principles that allow a free and open society to flourish, PBM® prepares individuals to innovate, improve, and transform while fostering a healthy, growing organization that creates long-term value for its clients and supporters and fulfillment for its employees.    
  
We believe that diversity in experiences, perspectives, knowledge and ideas fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success. That’s why we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity. We welcome all qualified applicants regardless of color, race, religion, religious creed, sex, gender or gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, ethnicity, ancestry, age, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy (including medical needs which may arise from pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), military and veteran status, genetic information, marital or familial status, political affiliation, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.