Senior Project Strategist

🇺🇸 Raleigh, North Carolina 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Development & Advancement 🗓️ October 29th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

North Carolina State University is hiring a Senior Project Strategist. The role manages communications, marketing, and stewardship projects that support fundraising and donor engagement within University Advancement, handling scheduling, budgets, and client and vendor relations. The strategist works with advancement departments, campus partners, and outside vendors to keep several campaigns moving on schedule.

Highlights

Coordinate projects from initial concept through completion, maintaining project plans, timelines, milestones, and deliverables for multiple concurrent communications and marketing initiatives.
Monitor project progress, flag risks and bottlenecks, and keep status reports, meeting notes, and action items current for team members and stakeholders.
Act as the primary coordinator among University Advancement departments, campus partners, and vendors, running project meetings and managing review, approval, and production schedules.
Support marketing and stewardship campaigns for fundraising and donor engagement by maintaining campaign assets, editorial calendars, and content that follows university branding and messaging standards.
Track project budgets and costs, coordinate work with external vendors, consultants, and freelancers, and prepare dashboards and updates for leadership.
Help develop standardized project management processes and workflows that improve the department's efficiency.
Bachelor's degree in a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of training and experience, plus experience coordinating complex projects with many contributors and deadlines.
Preferred experience in higher education, nonprofit, or advancement settings, at least two years of related professional experience, and familiarity with CRM and marketing automation tools such as Salesforce, Pardot, or Marketo.
Full-time, Monday through Friday from 8am to 5pm, with occasional additional hours, an evening event once or twice a year, and a flexible work arrangement available.