Jobs at Reed College

Develops and executes annual fundraising communications across direct mail, email, text, video, and web channels. Creates persuasive appeals and stewardship content, manages recurring-gift and pledge fulfillment programs, supports student stewardship, analyzes donor data, and personally solicits annual giving prospects. The role requires strong copywriting, project management, donor engagement, collaboration, and fundraising strategy skills.

Provides leadership for digital scholarship, data-intensive research, and quantitative-focused library liaison services. Supports data discovery, curation, preservation, metadata, data literacy, privacy, and ethical data use. Oversees electronic thesis submissions, develops workflows and research guides, supports digital collections and scholarly communication initiatives, teaches information literacy, advises on responsible AI, and manages research collections. Collaborates with faculty, students, library staff, and campus data teams across disciplines.

Leads Reed College’s major gifts and planned giving programs, supervising fundraisers, managing a portfolio of 50+ leadership-level donors, securing major commitments, coordinating campaign strategy, strengthening donor stewardship, and partnering with faculty, administrators, and advancement teams to advance institutional fundraising priorities.

Leads prospect development strategy, donor identification, portfolio management, fundraising analytics, and prospect research for comprehensive fundraising campaigns. Partners with advancement leaders and frontline fundraisers to identify and qualify major, principal, and planned-gift prospects. Produces profiles, briefings, relationship maps, and strategic analyses; trains fundraising staff; establishes prospect management policies; and ensures ethical and privacy compliance. May supervise staff and supports data-driven fundraising growth.