Reporting to the Director of Constituent Relations, the Constituent Relations Officer is a member of the Constituent Relations team in the Development and Alumni Relations Division that recognizes and stewards donors for their generosity and philanthropy to Rice University. The Constituent Relations Officer implements thoughtful strategies for stewarding gifts to the university, with special emphasis on major gift donors, and is able to collaborate with key stakeholders to accomplish this goal. The Constituent Relations Officer coordinates stewardship experiences for donors and strategic prospects, including but not limited to, creating impact reports for capital, endowment, and restricted current‐use gifts; coordinating donor engagement meetings or events; and/or designing strategic giving society experiences. The Constituent Relations Officer also works in the campus-wide advancement database system, documenting and managing stewardship data and plans in the system.   

Reporting to the Senior Director, Development Information Services, the Systems Analyst works at an experienced level supporting Rice University’s alumni/development system (OwlConnect, powered by Blackbaud CRM) and related applications, including the integrations to and from other campus systems. The Systems Analyst has expertise in a combination of technical and business application areas and actively participates in new technology initiatives. This position is responsible for working with OwlConnect users to develop queries, reports, automated business processes, integrations to third party systems and data warehouse solutions to support their business.

Reporting to the Executive Director, DAR Communications and Marketing, the Marketing Writer works within the Development and Alumni Relations Communications department to provide strong writing, editing, marketing and creative concepting in support of the Annual Giving program and other divisional priorities. A central function of the writer is to provide high quality creative direction and content for print and digital collateral in partnership with the Annual Giving direct marketing team. This includes working closely with fundraising staff, graphic designers, production staff, web designers and others to accomplish robust, segmented marketing campaigns spanning print, email, web, social media, video and more.

The Digital Content Specialist is responsible for developing, monitoring and maintaining digital content (primarily social media and email marketing) for Rice’s Development and Alumni Relations division. This includes working with in-house writers, designers and web staff to produce visually striking and user-friendly digital content. The Digital Content Specialist will manage website content in a content management system, monitor social channels and engage with and answer questions from alumni online, and collaborate with division partners and creative staff to execute multichannel digital marketing campaigns. The Digital Content Specialist also will consistently gather and monitor metrics to identify trends, make recommendations, and devise digital marketing strategies. Day-to-day responsibilities of the Digital Content Specialist will be focused on building, testing and executing major organic and paid social media marketing campaigns efficiently and expertly, supporting a wide range of high-volume messages. The position will also support marketing and communications team members in executing new and existing messaging strategies.