Donor Communications Specialist

Writing the way to a good food future

The Good Food Institute (GFI) is a nonprofit think tank working to make the global food system better for the planet people and animals. Alongside scientists businesses and policymakers GFIs teams focus on making plant-based fermentation-enabled and cultivated meat delicious affordable and accessible. Powered by philanthropy GFI is an international network of organizations advancing alternative proteins as an essential solution needed to meet the worlds climate global health food security and biodiversity goals.

How you will make a difference

In this position you will have the opportunity to craft materials and content that present the vision impact and need for GFIs work. You will create essential resources for the fundraising team and serve as a cross-departmental liaison collaborating closely with the frontline Communications and programmatic teams to plan and execute flagship stewardship projects. You will also help define our donor personas organize useful information for sharing with donors and create a cross-department stewardship calendar. The Donor Communications Specialist will be responsible for:

• Delivering on our global stewardship strategy including the Development teams cases for support annual proposal template year in review and other collateral materials for the Development team.
• Enhancing our global stewardship strategy to maintain and improve donor retention at all gift levels by researching and recommending creative and effective stewardship ideas (e.g. videos digital stewardship platforms events) suggesting improvements to existing processes materials and resources and implementing creative storytelling formats to engage donors in new ways.
• Collating and crafting timely understandable concise and interesting updates about high-impact news about GFIs work tailored to different countries and cultures that frontline fundraisers can share with donors and prospects to show how their support makes a difference and inspires further giving.
• Collaborating with the Senior Annual Fund Manager to support GFIs annual fund messaging and strategy.
• Serving as the Development team lead for writing and donor-focused messaging across GFI; providing nonprofit messaging support to global and program teams on signature reports web pages presentations and other pieces.
• Refining donor personas and curating a donor personas communications matrix which includes a list of relevant reports materials etc. that may be of interest to different audiences.
• Performing other duties as assigned.

Who were looking for

An ideal candidate for the Donor Communications Specialist position will have experience that reflects the following:

• At least 3 years of development and/or communications experiences and at least three years experience creating content for donor audiences.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills in English and the ability to understand a range of information (e.g. alternative proteins; GFI Europes science policy and industry work) and translate it into compelling and persuasive messages for donors.
• The ability to develop creative innovative strategies and materials for engaging supporters.
• Experience in managing projects from conception to fruition.
• Experience creating donor video concepts overseeing filming and editing video preferred.
• Self-motivation with the ability to work well independently and under pressure manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines.
• A commitment to fostering a work environment that is respectful supportive fair and welcoming to all.
• Comfort working remotely in a collaborative caring and high-performing culture that values inclusion and innovation.
• Strong support for GFIs philosophy and mission; demonstrated interest in plant-based & other alternative proteins public health environmentalism climate change animal protection or hunger relief.
• A commitment to GFIs values: believe change is possible do the most good we can share knowledge freely act on evidence and invite everyone to the table.

GFI wants the best people and is committed to a fair hiring process. We use a third-party anonymizing tool to redact personal information from submitted applications including name location contact details and several other factors to increase fairness in our process. We also prioritize an inclusive work environment absent of discrimination and harassment during the application process and after you join the team. Please see our full Equal Opportunity Commission Statement: you are passionate about GFIs mission think you have what it takes to be successful in this position and meet many of the job requirements even if you dont check all the boxes please apply. Wed appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

The fine print

• Terms of employment: Full-time exempt
• Reports to: Rachel Colombana Associate Vice President of Development
• Location: Remote; United States
• Travel: Up to two weeks per year for organization retreats (reasonable accommodations for and exemptions from organization retreats considered on a case-by-case basis).
• Benefits: Working from home; paid employee base medical coverage; dental vision and other medical insurance options; a 401(k) plan with employer match; 14 paid holidays; personal sick and vacation time; paid family/parental and medical leave; lifestyle spending account; opportunity for advancement; and respectful and collaborative culture. More information here: is a U.S.-based position: In compliance with federal law all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work for any employer in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. At this time GFIs policy is not to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas.
• Salary: $74739.08 - $78188.70 (depending on experience and qualifications)

Important dates

Application deadline: Thursday November 6

Anticipated start date: On or around December 22 2025