Teams at Chicago Scholars (The Chicago Scholars Foundation)

Lead and manage the development team to grow revenue from individuals and institutions. Oversee grants and individual giving, donor portfolios, stewardship, and fundraising strategy. Build systems, workflows, and cross-team collaboration; represent the organization to funders and support board engagement. Occasional nights/weekends for events.

Designs and improves the CS Virtual high school curriculum in REACH, builds quests and virtual activities, coordinates cross-functional teams, monitors scholar engagement and data, manages communications, and supports recruitment, enrollment, and onboarding.

Support the Marketing & Communications team by creating and posting social and web content, managing social inboxes, updating the WordPress site, advising on trends and strategy, covering events with photos and editorial notes, and handling administrative tasks such as organizing assets in SmugMug and Canva. Build a portfolio and present learnings at term end.