Marketing Specialist, Events

Jewish National Fund

Jewish National Fund

Administration, Marketing & Communications
New York, NY, USA
USD 70k-80k / year
Posted on Aug 1, 2025

If working for an organization that supports the land and people of Israel excites you, then join us and you needn't wait another minute to change the world!

Position Overview:

Jewish National Fund-USA seeks a Marketing Specialist to develop plans that will best market and recruit for events across the country. The ideal candidate for this role must think strategically and creatively, be well organized with acute attention to detail, able to juggle many projects at once, and great interpersonal skills.

Location: NYC (in-office)

Reports To: Director of Marketing

Employment Type: Full-Time

Position Responsibilities:

  • Partnering with Fundraisers, Business Managers, and Event Strategists to define marketing goals and tactics for events.
  • Drafting compelling event promotional material designed to increase both attendance and fundraising outcomes.
  • Defining the target audience in collaboration with stakeholders to ensure alignment with event and fundraising goals.
  • Identifying and recommending the most effective assets required to achieve stated objectives.
  • Establishing the core Jewish National Fund-USA topic or tie-in that connects the event to the organization's mission and values.
  • Contributing directly to program planning to ensure the event structure supports key messaging goals.
  • Selecting appropriate and impactful imagery for event speakers that aligns with the tone and theme of the program.
  • Coordinating with speakers and internal teams to manage late scripts and ensure readiness; steps in to assist with drafting if necessary.
  • Supporting speaker script development when needed to maintain consistency in tone, structure, and JNF-USA messaging.
  • Ensuring consistency in messaging across all materials, upholding JNF-USA's voice, language, and brand standards.
  • Integrating JNF-USA messaging creatively into the event experience in ways that transcend the specific event content.
  • Partnering with Event Strategists to embed messaging elements that are specific to the event and tailored to the featured speaker.
  • Reviewing data from past email campaigns to assess effectiveness and recommend alternate mass communication strategies when warranted.
  • Managing the overall event communication timeline, balancing national workflow with community-specific considerations to ensure optimal cadence and execution.
  • Receiving project assignments through collaboration with Senior Marketing Strategists and peers
  • Collaborating with and managing the work of associates to ensure deliverables are executed effectively, on brand, and on schedule.

Our ideal candidate will:

· Understand the goals of each event and how to meet them

· Use available marketing guidelines and collateral while understating when to pivot

· Thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment with a high-volume workload often requiring short turnaround times

· Be a team player with a "customer service" mentality and ability to work with many people and personalities

· Strike a balance between flexibility and firmness

· Think out-of-the-box

· Have stellar interpersonal skills

Qualifications:

  • Strategic, out-of-the-box thinking a must
  • Able to identify patterns and make connections across multiple projects
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Be extremely detail oriented and able to multi-task in an exceptionally busy environment
  • Proactive and energetic; ability to work on own with minimal daily supervision
  • A do-whatever-it-takes attitude and willingness to roll up your sleeves to get the job done
  • Strong computer skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) and comfortable learning new programs and software
  • 3+ years work experience, preference to experience in marketing, events or fundraising
  • Bachelor's degree

Perks:

· Days off for all work-prohibitive Jewish holidays, in addition to the secular US holidays

· 3pm close-of-business on Fridays

· Flexible expense reimbursement for mileage and donor meetings

· Top-notch healthcare (including dental and vision)

· Parental Leave policy

· Employer-paid life insurance

· Employer-paid short and long-term disability

· 403(b) with generous 10.5% employer contribution

· Opportunities to travel to Israel

Compensation:

$70,000 - $80,000

Pay Type:

Salaried

Salaries will vary based on factors such as location, skills, experience, education, and qualifications for the role.

WHAT WE DO

At Jewish National Fund-USA, we turn vision and dreams into reality. For almost 125 years, we have built the land of Israel for its people. As one of the most trusted names in philanthropy, our mission is to attract 800,000 new residents to Israel's underpopulated North and South and to be the leading organization for Zionist engagement. We build schools, medical centers, culinary institutes, resilience facilities, emergency response centers, water reservoirs, parks, and playgrounds while creating employment and community service initiatives, along with youth development programs for thousands of young Israelis. We also support Israelis with disabilities, bring hundreds of college faculty members and student leaders beyond the Jewish community to Israel, invest in agricultural R&D, and host the largest gathering of Zionists in the U.S. annually at our Global Conference for Israel. All of this is accomplished as we embark on the largest philanthropic capital project in Israel's history—the $350 million, 16-acre World Zionist Village in the city of Be'er Sheva.

And yes, we also support tree planting. Since 1901, we have helped plant over 260 million trees in Israel, which enabled the country to be one of the few to enter the 21st century with a net gain in trees.

No project, program, or initiative stands alone. Through our circles of impact, everything we do contributes to job creation, economic growth, higher living standards, and more—helping us realize our goal of attracting new residents to Israel's North and South

OUR CREDENTIALS & PARTNERSHIPS

A registered 501(c)(3) organization, Jewish National Fund is recognized as a 4-star organization by Charity Navigator, America's leading independent charity evaluator, for its sound fiscal management, accountability, and transparency. JNF has also been rated a top charity by the American Institute of Philanthropy and meets the 20 rigorous standards of the Better Business Bureau (BBB) Wise Giving Alliance, and the transparency standards of Tzedakah, Inc. No other Jewish organization meets all these standards.

OUR CULTURE

We are ViZion-driven relationship-based, fast-paced, and Positively Israel!

OUR CORE VALUES

Be Bold: Beyond. We are proud and passionate, vocal, and visionary about Israel and Zionism. We pride ourselves on our out-of-the-box thinking and the great things it accomplishes for the land and with the people of Israel.

Belong: Stay long. We are an inclusive and diverse workplace welcoming and respecting all cultures, ages, religions, ethnicities, genders, orientations, and physical abilities. Understanding that a work-life balance is crucial to the success of our organization, we are empathetic, understanding, caring, appreciative, and respectful of one another as we strive to develop and retain our professionals and donors for the long-run.

Be Inscribed: Be the Impact. To walk in the land of Israel and see the impact of our work instills the greatest sense of fulfillment. We strive for each employee to make their mark, leave their footprint, be heard, and feel relevant as together we help ensure the vibrancy of Israel for the next 100 years. We plant the future, not just trees.

Be Kind: Act with Chesed. At JNF-USA we do not underestimate the power of kindness. We use recognition and praise to motivate teams, individuals, donors, and stakeholders. We are proud of our please and thank you's. We listen and lend a helping hand when a co-worker is challenged. Whether random or deliberate acts, kindness is a key ingredient to our positive workplace and mindset.

B'Yachad: Together. Great collaboration between our employees, donors and affiliates in Israel is a priority: everyone matters no matter their role. We recognize that open and inspirational communication, teamwork, and collegiality is a force multiplier in reaching our goals, mission, and vision. Jewish National Fund-USA exemplifies the power of unity.