Senior Communications, Stewardship Writer

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🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

💵 $65.6k - $86k / year

⏰ Full Time

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✏️ Content Writer

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📚 Education

🏥 Healthcare

🔬 Science

Education • Healthcare • Science

University of Pennsylvania is a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia that provides undergraduate, graduate, and professional education and operates a broad research enterprise. Penn emphasizes interdisciplinary scholarship, public-facing research and innovation (including in natural sciences, technology, and health/medicine), community engagement, sustainability, and campus life. The university also encompasses major clinical and biomedical efforts (Penn Medicine) and publishes news and events highlighting advances across arts & humanities, social sciences, business, law, technology, and health.

📋 Description

• Develop solicitation, cultivation, and stewardship communications projects supporting Neuro and Biomedical Research Development teams • Write proposals, stewardship reports, handouts, and brochures • Edit work from fellow writers and colleagues and provide constructive feedback • Write leadership communications, including letters and speeches/talking points • Write and identify visuals for articles, newsletters, feature publications, and social media content • Design written projects using templates in InDesign and other creative tools • Collaborate with the Health System design team on customized projects, including advertisements, posters, proposals, and case statements • Integrate technical clinical, research, and educational priorities with the emotional realities of serious illness, care, and the future of medicine • Work with frontline gift officers and broader PMDAR stakeholders to deliver communications collateral aligned with project objectives

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree and 3 to 5 years of experience or equivalent combination of education and experience is required • Experience as a professional writer in fundraising, marketing, or related area preferred • At least 2 years’ direct experience in higher education or health care preferred • Portfolio demonstrating persuasive writing, especially conveying scientific concepts to a lay audience • Strong writing skills, including persuasive writing and translating complex scientific and medical information for varied audiences • Firm grasp of English language mechanics • Ability to review and edit communications for clarity, accuracy, consistency, grammar, style, tone, and adherence to style guidelines • Familiarity with creative processes, techniques, and tools • Strong ownership of work quality and timeliness, with attention to copy and graphic design details • Ability to manage diverse individual projects and balance workload proactively • Ability to work effectively in a demanding, fast-paced environment • Ability to anticipate, plan for, and creatively solve problems • Collaborative interpersonal skills and ability to build partnerships with multiple stakeholders • Ability to maintain confidentiality and minimize institutional risk • Clear and timely communication with stakeholders • Initiative to build new skills as needed • Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite • Proficiency with research tools such as Google Scholar and library catalogs • Intermediate skills using desktop design software and creative tools such as InDesign • Intermediate skills using databases, project management, and contact management systems • Resume, cover letter, and writing samples required • Background checks may be required after a conditional job offer

🏖️ Benefits

• Excellent healthcare and tuition benefits for employees and their families • Generous retirement benefits • Professional development opportunities • Work and family benefits • Health and wellness programs and resources • Medical, prescription, behavioral health, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits • Flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care expenses • Tuition assistance for employees, spouses, and dependent children • Retirement plans, including Basic, Matching, and Supplemental plans • Paid time away from work • Long-term care insurance • Wellness and work-life resources • Professional and personal development resources • Access to University libraries, athletic facilities, arboretum, art galleries, cultural and recreational activities • Discounts and special services for arts, entertainment, transportation, mortgages, goods, and services • Flexible work options and flexible work hours • Forgivable homeownership loan for eligible employees • Adoption assistance for qualified expenses

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