Copywriter (Development)

Stand Together is a philanthropic community that helps America’s boldest changemakers tackle the root causes of our country’s biggest problems, from education to the economy, broken communities, and toxic division, among dozens of other pressing issues. We provide our partners with access to resources including funding, thought leadership, a network of peers, and a playbook for applying proven principles to transform lives and society. 

As a copywriter on the Marketing & Communications team, you will be responsible for supporting a highly personalized experience for donor partners through tailored emails, stewardship reports, and proposals. 

In this role, you’ll create new content and leverage existing communications to write compelling proposals, stewardship, and strategic communications that match the motivations of donor partners with Stand Together’s philanthropic strategies – inspiring them to go bigger and bolder through their leadership with Stand Together. 

To succeed in this role, you’ve mastered producing clear, concise and credible narratives for executive audiences. You have a unique ability to tell a story through written materials and you have the creative skills to think outside-the-box to inspire action. 

How You Will Contribute

• Craft tailored donor messaging for proposals, reports, and high-impact materials.  
• Distill internal documents into effective presentations for multiple audiences. 
• Understand audience needs intuitively, capture attention, develop key ideas, craft compelling stories, and deliver messages with clarity and impact. 
• Deliver quick-turn, high-stakes content to support major fundraising events and initiatives.  
• Ensure editorial consistency across all donor-facing materials.  
• Contribute to innovation in donor engagement materials, improving personalization and effectiveness.  
• Create compelling copy for online ads and email campaigns to our donor audience that cover Stand Together’s priority initiatives and investments.  
• Write compelling copy for PowerPoint decks (both stage and print versions) while applying knowledge of presentation design and delivery. 

What You Will Bring

• 5+ years of professional writing experience, preferably supporting fundraising or business development efforts. 
• Excellent writing, editing and proofreading skills. 
• A sense of good presentation design for world class organizations. 
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize complex strategies into a concise and persuasive narrative. 
• Ability to adapt voice and style for letters and emails from different signers. 
• Strong attention to detail. 
• Proven experience in proactively driving multiple concurrent projects to completion through continuous transformation and an entrepreneurial approach. 
• High level of humility and integrity. 
• Proficient with technology including MS Office suite of products, Adobe, Workfront, etc. 
• Enthusiasm to contribute to Stand Together'svision and principled approach to solving problems, and a commitment to stewarding our culture, which champions values including transformation and innovation, entrepreneurialism, humility, and respect. 

What We Offer

• Competitive benefits: Enjoy a 6% 401(k) match with immediate vesting, flexible time off, comprehensive health and dental plans, plus wellness and mental health support through Peloton and Talkspace. 
• A meaningful career: Join a passionate community of over 1,300 employees dedicated to improving lives and driving innovative solutions to complex social challenges. 
• Commitment to growth: Thrive in a non-hierarchical environment that empowers employees to discover, develop and apply their unique talents. 
• Competitive compensation: Our approach rewards the value you create through competitive salaries and bonus opportunities, allowing you to share in the success you help drive. 

Our Values: Working at Stand Together is different from many other organizations. Our culture is deeply rooted in Principle Based Management® (PBM®), a framework guided by the principles that drive human progress, such as dignity, openness, and bottom-up empowerment. PBM® empowers our employees to be entrepreneurial, to innovate, and to continually drive transformation.  

We believe diversity fuels creativity, broadens knowledge, and helps drive success, and that is why we’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and strive to treat all employees and applicants with honesty, dignity, respect and sensitivity.