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Director of Donor Engagement

Scottsdale, AZ; Dallas, TX

Make a difference with us! At Alliance Defending Freedom, we believe God has brought you here for His purpose—to stand for truth and defend the God-given right to live and speak it. Together, we protect religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, marriage and family, and parental rights. Review our Statement of Faith to ensure we’re a fit for you.

Locations: Scottsdale, AZ / Dallas, TX

Team Overview

As the Director of Donor Engagement, you will report to the VP of Marketing and are responsible for shaping and managing the donor experience for ADF’s general donor file, and for collaborating closely with Development to ensure mid-level and major donor experiences are aligned and thoughtfully supported.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

  • Define and lead the donor experience strategy from first gift through the full donor lifecycle, including new, multi-year, second-year, and monthly donors.
  • Develop and execute donor engagement strategies that drive long-term retention and increase donor lifetime value.
  • Manage and optimize the department budget to achieve annual retention and revenue goals, collaborating with Data and Analytics teams to track key performance metrics, evaluate donor health, and report insights to the Executive Leadership Team.

Campaign & Channel Oversight

  • Lead the strategic integration of direct response campaigns across all donor touchpoints — including direct mail, email, paid media, social media, telemarketing, and other digital platforms.

Cross-Team Collaboration & Communication

  • Partner with the Development Team to ensure that mid-level, major donor, and planned giving strategies are aligned with the broader donor experience.
  • Collaborate closely with Communications and Creative teams to develop compelling content and maintain brand alignment.

Team Leadership

  • Lead and mentor a team, fostering professional growth, innovation, and alignment with department objectives.

Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in marketing, communications, nonprofit management, or related field required.
  • 7+ years of progressive experience in marketing or fundraising, including at least 5 years in a leadership role.
  • Demonstrated success managing multi-channel donor engagement campaigns and a significant marketing or fundraising budget.
  • Strong written and interpersonal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience in a nonprofit environment.

Pay & Benefits

At Alliance Defending Freedom, we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package to support your well-being and growth. While we do not disclose specific salary ranges, our compensation is competitive with top non-profit law firms. Our benefits include 100% covered medical and dental insurance, medical and dependent care reimbursement, paid disability, long-term care, life insurance, and a 401(k) plan with a 4% company match. We prioritize work-life balance with paid time off and 12 paid holidays each year.

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Statement of Faith

Based on our adherence to the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess with the Christian Church throughout time and around the world the faith expressed in the Apostles’ Creed:

I believe in God, the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died, and was buried;
On the third day he rose again; he ascended into heaven,
he is seated at the right hand of the Father,
and he will come to judge the living and the dead.

I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and the life everlasting.
Amen.

Doctrinal Distinctives

Also, based on this confession, we are committed to honoring God by obeying the two Greatest Commandments, loving God and loving neighbor, and based on that commitment and derived from the inspired, infallible, inerrant, and authoritative Word of God in Scripture, we profess the following as necessary for living the gospel:

  • We believe in the spiritual unity and equality of believers in our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • We believe that the Lordship of Christ requires us as disciples to seek to conform our actions, thoughts, and desires in obedience to Him.
  • We believe God creates each person with an immutable biological sex — male or female — that reflects the image and likeness of God.
  • We believe God designed marriage as a unique conjugal relationship joining one man and one woman in a single, exclusive, life-long union, and God intends sexual intimacy only to occur within that relationship.
  • We believe God endows all human life with inherent dignity, and it must be respected and protected from conception to natural death.
  • We believe that God has endowed all humans with the natural, and inalienable right of religious freedom to believe, pursue truth, and live within ordered liberty such that no civil government may justly infringe upon it.
  • We believe that God, through His Son, Jesus Christ, calls all of us to deny ourselves, take up our cross, and follow Him, knowing that He promises us abundant and eternal life.
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