Henry Ford Health · 14 hours ago
Specialist, Development Communications
Detroit, MI
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
3+ years expHenry Ford Health is seeking a Specialist in Development Communications to lead the planning, development, and execution of editorial strategies for donor stewardship. The role involves creating various publications and materials to communicate with donors, collaborating with the Donor Relations team, and ensuring a consistent voice throughout the donor experience.
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Responsibilities
Leading planning, development and execution of editorial strategy designed to steward donors who contribute philanthropic funds to Henry Ford Health
Producing impact stories, reports and related stewardship materials for donors individually and multi-channel communications tactics
Creating the Development Office publications, including impact reporting/stewardship activities, Endowment Report, Rounds, e-Rounds, McQuade Society newsletter and other stewardship publications and reports as needed
Partnering with the Donor Relations team on personalized and secondary acknowledgements created by Donor Relations team
Updating of thank you letter templates; and donor recognition efforts, including writing and editing biographies for digital donor walls and other needs
Providing strategic communication services for Henry Ford Health’s fundraising arm ensuring a consistent voice throughout the donor experience
Developing and implementing a communication strategy to achieve established fundraising goals in support of campaigns, principal and major gifts, annual giving, planned giving, donor relations, stewardship, fundraising events and more
Collaborating with the system communications teams, including marketing, media relations, social media, internal communications, creative services and web services
Working on behalf of the Development Office to achieve broader external communications goals
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university in Public Relations, Communications, Journalism, English or a related field - or equivalent
A minimum of three to five years of experience in public relations, communications or a related field, with increasing complexity
Exceptional oral, written and digital communication skills
Deep understanding of brand voice and style, including the ability of how to infuse brand into storytelling
Health care experience preferred
Excellent people skills - works extremely well with a broad cross-section of leaders and team members
Must be a critical thinker, able to distill and communicate complex medical and other concepts across broad audiences
Solid understanding of digital communications, multi-channel, integrated marketing and analytics tools
Able to manage multiple projects, accounts and complex issues with an orientation to strategic focus, innovation, creativity and attention to detail and accuracy
Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook and Adobe experience required
Data, analytics and metrics understanding desired
Preferred
Health care experience preferred
Company
Henry Ford Health
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10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (212)
2024 (156)
2023 (134)
2022 (159)
2021 (140)
2020 (153)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$40.27MKey Investors
Mort Harris
2020-06-04Grant· $0.27M
2018-04-09Grant· $20M
2016-12-05Grant· $20M
Leadership Team
Robert Riney
President and CEO
Recent News
2025-11-07
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