STYLE SAVES, founded in 2011, merges fashion with philanthropy under the leadership of Rachael Russell Saiger and Isabela Rangel Grutman. Their community of creatives believes in fashion’s power to uplift and bring about positive change. They provide essential support to students and families, including clothing, school supplies, food assistance, and maternity needs, reaching over 150,000 individuals globally. To ensure consistency, they’ve launched their own private label line, manufacturing various products like backpacks and sneakers. Through initiatives like their Back-to-School event and Mentorship program, they forge connections between fashion and philanthropy, fostering academic achievement and community development.

Job Summary

Helps plan and implement fundraising programs for Style Saves. Identifies prospects and solicitation, proposal development, mobilization of outside support, and coordination of internal support activities.

Duties:

Analyzes statistics on giving trends and recommends new strategies based on new trends. Responsible for building a portfolio and working with discovery assignments. Collaborates with Annual Giving to strategically move annual donors with capacity towards major gifts on behalf of the Style Saves. Maintains prospect and donor data at the highest level of confidentiality. Performs other related duties as assigned or directed. The omission of specific duties does not preclude the supervisor from assigning duties that are logically related to the position.

Identifies and cultivates donors to bolster financial support for Style Save’s programs. Monitors progress towards achieving revenue goals. Reports regularly to the lead of Marketing and CEO. Designs specific development projects for Style Saves Including strategies and targets for fundraising and recognition activities. Works with leadership in establishing fundraising goals and researching philanthropic trends which affect organizational priorities. Assists in the development of a sound development plan and procedures to ensure efficient pursuit of funding. Maintains sensitive interactions with a variety of internal and external contacts. Serves as liaison with other departments as needed for special events, proposals, and programs.

Conducts research and stays abreast of prospective donors. Organizes and coordinates events, solicitation activities, and donor recognition events on behalf of the Style Saves. Raises at minimum 3x salary offered and the annual goal established by the organization. Maintains a portfolio of at least 75-120 active prospects to give <$25,000. Sends at minimum 15 ships (i.e. emails, phone calls, text, invitations) to prospects a week and tracks on CRM. Maintains at least five meetings a week to move active portfolio members through the fundraising cycle and tracks on CRM.

KSA’s

  • Knowledge of advanced features in Microsoft Office Suite and SharePoint
  • Knowledge of CRM
  • Knowledge of Style Saves policy, procedures and regulations
  • Knowledge of fundraising techniques.
  • Ability to handle information of sensitive and confidential nature in the utmost professional manner
  • Ability to handle multiple projects and work with other team members
  • Ability to work independently
  • Effective marketing skills
  • Excellent communication (oral & written) skills
  • Organizational skills
  • Effective interpersonal skills
  • Critical thinker that is detail oriented and has time management and active listening skills
  • Strong organizational skills including the ability to prioritize, problem solve, and multitask.

Weekly Availability: Monday – Friday 9am – 5PM + events

Minimum Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree and five (5) years of experience in fundraising, sales, community relations, non-profit, and/or related environment.

Other Essential Requirements:

  • Must attend meetings out of the office and occasionally attend functions on weekends and evenings
  • Ability to travel locally
  • Ability to work flexible hours as needed.
  • Travel.

3 month/ 6-month performance evaluation:

  1. Meet Minimum Performance Metrics: 20 Monthly Prospect Meetings:
    • 40% Discovery
    • 20% Cultivation
    • 20% Solicitation
    • 20% Stewardship
  2. All prospects have been followed up with at least 5 business days after the initial meeting with the next steps, or thank yous.
  3. Manage all monthly events and maintain a meeting conversion rate of 30%.

Apply Now

Email your resume and cover letter to Mariana Macia at Mariana@miansai.com. In the subject line include “Development Officer Application — [Your Name]”.