Donor Experience Officer (DXO)

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    "description": "<h2>Overview</h2>\n<p>The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association (WFAA)* is recruiting a Donor Experience Officer (DXO) to join the Donor Experience Officer team. In this role, you will secure leadership annual gifts and qualify prospects for major and planned giving.  The team leverages digital-first fundraising tools and strategies, personalized outreach at-scale, momentous giving days, and video storytelling to build relationships with current and prospective donors.  As energetic, passionate, and digital-first fundraisers, DXOs engage donors with their passions through video, phone, and meaningful connections, digital and otherwise.  DXOs work with donors to align their desired philanthropic impact with opportunities to transform student and patient experiences, elevate the work of faculty and researchers, and advance priorities across UW-Madison and UW Health.</p>\n<p>This position is a hybrid role and will require you to work in the office at least two days weekly. </p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><em>Please Note:  We can hire this position as an Assistant Director, Donor Experience Officer -OR- as an Associate Director, Donor Experience Officer, depending on the skills and experience of the selected candidate.</em></p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>Who is WFAA?</strong>The Wisconsin Foundation and Alumni Association is a private, nonprofit corporation that encourages individuals and organizations to make gifts to the university and to connect with the UW. In 2014, the UW Foundation merged with the Wisconsin Alumni Association® to better serve a growing population of UW alumni and donors. We believe that private support grows out of good relationships between campus leaders, faculty and program staff who need support, and the alumni and friends who want to invest in UW–Madison. We provide important engagement opportunities to link UW–Madison alumni to each other and to their alma mater, building a strong community of Badgers.</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><strong>Diversity and Inclusion:</strong></p>\n<p>Just as the university community benefits from differing viewpoints, perspectives, and experiences, inclusion and diversity are imperative for the success of our mission. 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