Content Specialist II

FreeWill is an award-winning, social-good startup that has partnered with 1000+ nonprofits who support our mission while raising more than $7B in bequests to charities since we were founded in 2017. We’ve been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Oprah’s magazine, and our co-CEOs have even been named to Town & Country’s “Top 50 Philanthropists” list. All of this is because we’ve figured out how to make some powerful (but complicated!) ways to donate much easier and more accessible. Our products make things easier for the donors who want to change the world and for nonprofits doing heroic work around the planet.In the last 5 years, we’ve grown from 5 people to 200+ (all smart, tenacious, and kind), and continue to grow. We’d love to have you be a part of this adventure. Check us out on Glassdoor!Full-time • Excellent Benefits • Work from Anywhere in the US (except CO, AL, or LA)About the roleFreeWill is seeking a Content Specialist II to play an integral role in accelerating our work supporting nonprofits large and small across the country. This is a full-time role, based in New York City or fully remote, and reporting to the Content Team Manager.This role will work closely with Partner Success Strategists to write fundraising outreach in the voice of more than 1000 nonprofit organizations around the country. In addition, this role will be responsible for developing and implementing writing processes, as well as managing a small team of content associates.FreeWill has set compensation and a non-negotiation policy for fairness reasons (we don't think that an individual's pay should be determined by how comfortable they are negotiating). As a result, we like to be transparent and up front about the compensation. When we make an offer, we provide multiple options so that employees can choose between compensation packages that prioritize salary or stock options. The offers for this role will be between $70,000 and $75,000 (plus performance based bonuses). We also have historically offered competitive annual raises.Responsibilities• Write and create outstanding fundraising communications for nonprofit partners to their donors to significantly increase the gifts they receive.• Combine the outreach techniques found most effective by FreeWill with individual nonprofit voices to create language in line with partners’ messaging.• Act as a thought leader in the planned giving space and lead on creative implementation of fundraising best practices.• Campaigns to create for partners include e-blasts, surveys, postcards, direct mail letters, newsletter inserts, social media, and more• Coach, mentor, and develop a small team of 1-2 content associates• Lead the content team on projects to improve our team’s internal processes, and communication to more efficiently and effectively produce content• Develop and implement best practices for partners in specific sectors• Stay on top of fundraising and planned giving communications best practices and new techniquesRequired Skills and Experience• Experience working in the nonprofit space is required• Demonstrated skills in project management is required• Comfort working with our faith-based nonprofit partners is required• Interest in developing people management experience is required• Content creation experience in the nonprofit space is a plus• People management experience is a plus (can include managing interns and/or projects)• Experience working with faith-based organizations is a plus• Superior written and verbal communication skills and fine-tuned attention to detail• Intellectual curiosity that drives a willingness to learn and take on projects outside area of primary expertise• Smarts, tenacity, and kindnessBenefitsIn addition to the immense personal and professional satisfaction you’ll gain from helping to raise $1T for high impact nonprofits in a kind and joyful work environment, full time employees at FreeWill are eligible for the following benefits:• Work from home• Unlimited PTO• Flexible hours• Competitive salary• Commuter benefits• Company stock options• 401k• Medical/Dental/Vision (some single coverage medical plans are 100% employer paid, subsidized rates for spousal, parent-child, and family coverage)• Short-term and long-term disability insurance• Life and AD&D insurance• Free One Medical membership• Paid parental leave for all parentsPerks• Option to work from our new, beautiful NYC office, located in the Financial District• Fully paid trips, such as an annual work retreat in a relaxing location• Regular (virtual) team events• $250 monthly co-working budget which can be used for local co-working spaces (for team members located outside of the NYC metro only).• $300 annual budget to outfit your home office or cover utility bills• $1,000 referral bonuses for growing our FreeWill community• $1,000 annual professional development budgetFreeWill is an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We are committed to finding talent that is not determined on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.We are a remote-first company that’s able to hire in 47 states and D.C. Unfortunately, we are unable to hire in Colorado, Alabama, or Louisiana at this time. We also can’t sponsor working visas, so all applicants will need to have work authorization in the US.