Development and Alumni Relations (DAR) supports Johns Hopkins? focus on research, teaching and patient care, and its role as a national and global leader in higher education. We create and foster enduring relationships that result in advocacy and philanthropic support for Johns Hopkins University & Medicine?strengthening the institution through partnerships with donors, alumni, volunteer leaders, faculty, students, staff, and patients.

Johns Hopkins University supports a flexible work model which includes four different work modalities. This role has a remote work arrangement with an onsite presence of 3 days per week. The manager will confirm the team?s core onsite days where the majority/all team members will work in the office. Employees who travel on university business can count those days towards their onsite days.

The Office of Development Communications helps Johns Hopkins realize its mission of providing knowledge for the world by communicating philanthropy?s impact and articulating fundraising priorities.

Philanthropy is essential to the continued success of Johns Hopkins and our people. We are embarking on our boldest comprehensive fundraising campaign yet. The campaign will launch publicly in fall 2025 and includes initiatives that will literally reshape our landscape and build community (capital projects), revolutionize the way we use technology and share data, usher in a new era of health- and wellness-focused care, and strengthen our ability to meet and anticipate the needs of a rapidly changing world in everything from arts, humanities, and education to international relations, government policy, and public health.

The Senior Writer reports to the Senior Director of Development and Campaign Communications and is a member of the Development Communications team. This individual will collaborate with members of the Development Communications team and work closely with divisional and central leaders and teams across DAR and Johns Hopkins to develop compelling campaign communications ? highlighting priorities of the campaign and producing content for key constituent audiences. This position may involve supervisory responsibilities in the future. This highly visible position requires integrity, discretion, strong interpersonal skills, ability to navigate complex situations, excellent attention to detail, and exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Key responsibilities: 

This individual will be considered a lead writer for the campaign and will be counted on for:

• Developing language and producing materials (case statements, concept pieces, one-pagers, etc.) in support of overarching campaign priorities.
• Providing writing and editing assistance and consulting as needed to University and Medicine divisions in support of their respective campaign priorities.
• Serving as a liaison between central DAR and University and Medicine divisions.
• Creating original content for various channels and modalities, including researching, writing, revising, and obtaining required approvals.
• Interviewing donors, alumni, university leaders, faculty members, grateful patients, and students as needed.
• Project managing, including liaising with external vendors (photographers, designers, and others).
• Assisting with written remarks (scripting) for campaign events as needed.
• Assisting with media relations for major gift and campaign announcements as needed.

• Bachelor's degree.
• Three years related experience. Writing samples may be requested during the selection process.

• Five years related experience.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite.
• Familiarity with higher education and academic medicine preferred.
• Experience managing internal clients and external vendors.

Classified Title: Sr. Writer 
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Sr. Writer, Development Communications   
Role/Level/Range: ATP/03/PC  
Starting Salary Range: Minimum: $53,799 - Maximum: $94,399 (targeted salary: $81,000; commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:00pm 
FLSA Status: Exempt 
Location: Mount Washington Campus 
Department name: 10001647-Development Communications 
Personnel area: University Administration 

About Johns Hopkins University

Johns Hopkins University remains committed to its founding principle, that education for all students should be grounded in exploration and discovery. Hopkins students are challenged not just to learn but also to advance learning itself. Critical thinking, problem solving, creativity, and entrepreneurship are all encouraged and nourished in this unique educational environment. After more than 130 years, Johns Hopkins remains a world leader in both teaching and research. Faculty members and their research colleagues at the university's Applied Physics Laboratory have each year since 1979 won Johns Hopkins more federal research and development funding than any other university. The university has nine academic divisions and campuses throughout the Baltimore-Washington area. The Krieger School of Arts and Sciences, the Whiting School of Engineering, the School of Education and the Carey Business School are based at the Homewood campus in northern Baltimore. The schools of Medicine, Public Health, and Nursing share a campus in east Baltimore with The Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Peabody Institute, a leading professional school of music, is located on Mount Vernon Place in downtown Bal...timore. The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies is located in Washington's Dupont Circle area.

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