The Intersection of Calling and Career

World Vision is now hiring for a Director, Digital Marketing.

00 At a Glance

Role: Director, Digital Marketing

Level: Senior (requires 8 years of experience including 3 years leading a team).

Job Design: 35% Digital Marketing Strategy and Thought Leadership; 30% Leading and Optimizing Digital Marketing Execution; 35% Operational and People Leadership.

Required Experience: A Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or related field or 8 years of equivalent work experience. In addition, this role requires a minimum of 8 years of progressive marketing experience in traditional direct response and/or digital marketing including 3 years leading a team of marketing or agency professionals.

Location: United States. The role can be based in nearly 40 states.

Salary Range: $104,284.45 - $173,067.81. Applies to locations with a market similar to our U.S. HQ in the Greater Seattle area. A different range may apply based on your work location. Typical hiring range is $110,000 - $138,000. Job offers within the range are based on relevant job qualifications and pay equity. See Salary Range & Benefits section below for more details on our compensation and benefits. World Vision employees see our Salary Administration Guidelines and My Life My Benefits pages on our organization intranet known as The Vine. Help improve this content.

Benefits: Yes. Click here to learn more.

Company Size/Type: Nearly 1000 (World Vision USA) / 34,000+ worldwide (World Vision International). Together, we empower the most vulnerable children to overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. We help children of all backgrounds, even in the most dangerous places, inspired by our Christian faith.

01 The Job You will lead a growing digital marketing team of 4 at a critical point in the transformation of World Vision’s digital marketing capabilities; provide thought leadership and innovation, and partner closely with the direct marketing channel leader to create synergy and maximize our in-market activities to ensure growth. You will oversee the strategy and execution of our digital marketing channel to drive consistent growth in donor acquisition, donor retention, and average giving for the mass market segment of donors while increasing the effectiveness of campaign execution and operational processes. Join a passionate group of Christ-followers who are united in the mission to serve children and families around the globe, who are committed to excellence and finding joy in our work!

02 What success looks like (1) You provide thought leadership and innovation related to digital marketing. (2) You become a catalyst for developing strategy and plans for World Vision’s invitation to donors that breaks through digitally and delivers growth in donor acquisition and retention. (3) You establish yourself as a results-driven leader of financial and marketing analytics who can identify and analyze situations and/or issues and develop and implement solutions to ensure effective Go-To-Market plans. (4) It becomes clearly evident that you have a passion to grow capabilities and empower your team to increase the effectiveness of our digital marketing campaign approach.

03 Where this job could take your career World Vision USA is a part of the larger World Vision International partnership. Globally, we have over 34,000 employees located in nearly 100 countries, spanning 6 continents. Close to 1000 of us call World Vision U.S. home. In this role, you’ll have an unmatched opportunity to drive, harness existing and untapped strengths, and innovate upon World Vision’s digital and direct marketing efforts. You'll have opportunities to advance within our robust and talented group of professionals as you continue to stretch and grow your career for the future.

04 About World Vision U.S. When you work at World Vision, your passions and talents come together to help meet the greatest needs in the world today. We tackle poverty at its roots, with a focus on helping the most vulnerable children overcome poverty and experience fullness of life. Our staff around the world are committed to demonstrating God’s unconditional love for all people by serving every child we can, of any faith or none. And we’re one of the world’s most trusted charities, with more than 70 years of experience working alongside communities, donors, partners, and governments to create opportunities for better futures for vulnerable children ... even in the toughest places. Are you feeling called to explore joining us? We hope so.

05 You Bring A Bachelor’s degree in marketing, business, or a related field or 8 years of equivalent work experience. In addition, this role requires a minimum of 8 years of progressive marketing experience in traditional direct response and/or digital marketing including 3 years leading a team of marketing or agency professionals.

06 Additional skills we’re interested in Enthusiasm and expertise in direct and digital marketing, a passion for servant leadership, a drive for continuous improvement, an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit, demonstrated success at solving problems with simplicity, and a strong results orientation. Proven ability to partner with product teams to enhance product performance through channels. Experience in working with segment teams as a channel for rapid test/learn cycles to drive segment insights.

07 Let your work be your faith in action In 2021 an estimated 5 million children under the age of 5 years died, mostly from preventable and treatable causes (USAID, WHO). That’s why we’re looking for someone who is ready to place their expertise behind helping the world’s most vulnerable children. Every decision that moves us closer to a tightly integrated go-to-market strategy that creates an ideal donor experience, every campaign that draws our donors closer to the heart of God and generates the funding for this critical work, and every meeting that fosters unity, value, respect and the ability for staff to contribute to their fullest potential - it all matters to our greater mission. If not you, then who?

08 Salary Range & Benefits Your compensation and benefits are important to you so they’re important to us. $104,284.45 - $173,067.81. Applies to locations with a market similar to our U.S. HQ in the Greater Seattle area. A different range may apply based on your work location. Typical hiring range is $110,000 - $138,000. Job offers within the range are based on relevant job qualifications and pay equity. World Vision employees see our Salary Administration Guidelines and My Life My Benefits pages on our organization intranet known as The Vine. Please indicate the range you're targeting when asked during the application process. In addition, we have a robust and comprehensive benefits package to round out our total compensation package. Click here to learn more (this position is a grade 229). Additionally, merit, auto allowance, and relocation are available to eligible employees based on existing plans.

09 To Apply Press the appropriate button on this page.

10 What happens next? Glad you asked. We owe you that and strive to not leave you wondering. We review applications nearly every day assessing strength of fit for the role. Sometimes questions arise on our end so we message you to learn more. Short-listed candidates are contacted for an initial conversation with our recruiting staff. Moving deeper into our selection process you can expect to interview 1:1 with a hiring manager. Finalists normally participate in a panel interview where the opportunity to meet additional members of our staff lends itself to a 360-degree view of the role. Our most valuable resource is our talented staff. Our goal is to fill this vacancy with the right person in the shortest amount of time, so we have all hands on-deck to move this important work forward.