Sierra Club

Director

• Manage a portfolio of high-potential prospects and donors
• Identify and cultivate new prospects
• Engage prospects and donors through face-to-face meetings, phone, video conferences, digital engagements, and written communications
• Solicit assigned donors for gifts of $25,000 and more
• Develop and implement strategies for prospects, connecting donor priorities with Sierra Club programs and campaigns
• Leverage donor engagement events in the West and Northwest regions
• Prepare and send donor correspondence, written solicitations, and proposals
• Maintain in-depth knowledge of the organization’s activities, priorities, and needs
• Match prospective donors’ interests with organizational and campaign needs
• Record interactions and relationships in the donor database
• Drive strategies to identify, cultivate, upgrade, and solicit donors
• Build a pipeline of qualified major donors and high-net-worth individuals capable of giving $25,000 or more
• Maintain expertise on environmental issues including climate change, clean energy, land, water, and wildlife conservation
• Collaborate with Campaign and Chapter staff to develop and implement major gift programs, initiatives, events, and materials
• Travel across the country, typically 30–50% of the time
• Report to the Managing Director, Major Gifts, West

Advancement Director

Executive Assistant

• Plan and implement communications strategy for the Sierra Club in a portfolio of states
• Serve as liaison across internal teams, committees, external partners, and stakeholders
• Track media coverage of relevant issues
• Develop and execute long-term and rapid-response media outreach plans
• Develop media messages, op-eds, press releases, video/audio, talking points, and other materials
• Coordinate media events and localize federal agency media opportunities
• Create strategic media responses to relevant reports, Environmental Law Program work, and external developments
• Contribute to staff strategy meetings and stay current on conservation campaigns and political developments
• Build relationships with local, regional, and trade reporters and influencers
• Pitch stories and connect reporters with spokespeople
• Train and coach state-based staff and volunteers in strategic communications
• Identify, train, and place compelling spokespeople
• Support staff, volunteers, and partners with media training, messaging guidance, and interview preparation

Associate Press Secretary

Social Media Manager

• Lead the creative development and delivery of Sierra Club’s social media identity, including voice, visual style, creative content, and platform strategies
• Coach and advise organizational leaders and stakeholders on social strategy
• Track industry trends, breakthrough creative campaigns, pop culture, and current events to create timely content
• Balance multiple issues and shifting priorities while maintaining a unified organizational voice
• Develop visual and story-based content across social media platforms
• Drive content strategies that foster engagement and community growth
• Develop and manage a team of strategists, creatives, and content developers
• Foster innovation, collaboration, accountability, professional development, and project management opportunities
• Set and achieve programmatic goals integrating marketing, fundraising, storytelling, list growth, crisis response, influencer engagement, and organizing tactics
• Develop data-informed strategies and track and report audience, content, and platform engagement insights
• Produce monthly and quarterly social media reporting
• Develop and support social media governance structures, processes, intake, scheduling, and review procedures
• Train internal staff, chapters, and volunteers on social media best practices and brand standards
• Manage contracts and projects with external vendors
• Work occasional weeknight and weekend hours due to the 24-hour news cycle

Advancement Director

Associate Press Secretary

Director of Social Media