The main objectives of the Annual Giving & Strategic Marketing team are to increase unrestricted and recognition society giving, total donor count and the percentage of undergraduate alumni who make an annual gift to the University. The Project Specialist works closely with segment and fund leaders, tasked with creating strategic marketing campaigns to achieve these goals, and the execution team, tasked with implementing the campaigns. The responsibilities of the Project Specialist include, but are not limited to:

• Guiding the team and organization on how to work within our Campaign Execution Process.
• Leading the team on how to get the most of out self organization.
• Maintaining and leading prioritization of AGSM campaigns and execution.
• Being the SME on use of our toolset, currently Trello, to deliver on campaigns effectively.
• Assessing the Campaign Execution Maturity of the team and organization and coaching the team to higher levels of maturity, at a pace that is sustainable and comfortable for the team and organization.
• Removing impediments or guiding the team to remove impediments by finding the right solution to remove the impediment.
• Facilitating getting the work done without coercion, or dictating the work.
• Assisting with internal communication and improving transparency and work visibility.
• Supporting and educating the team, especially with respect to grooming and maintaining the backlog.
• Providing all support to the team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, and leading by example.
• Bringing disclosure and transparency to the department about campaigns.
• Developing master campaign execution schedule.
• Monitoring and evaluating process and execution effectiveness, team productivity, and work capacity vs demand to provide continuous improvement.
• Coordinate and communicate effectively with non­-AGSM groups.