Senior Consultant, Direct Response Strategy

Who We Are AmPhil is a leading provider of integrated professional services with a mission to strengthen civil society by helping mission-driven enterprises flourish. Since 2009, AmPhil has served over 1,000 nonprofits, philanthropists, charitable foundations, and other missional initiatives, helping them succeed and grow through practical guidance, strategic analysis, and a full suite of professional services. As a firm, we value true partnership with our clients and our colleagues; encourage large-heartedness and conviviality; honor the virtues and traditions that have made American society prosperous and free; and employ practical wisdom and deep thinking. Learn more about AmPhil and our philosophy here. What You’ll Do As a Senior Consultant on AmPhil’s Direct Response team, you will serve as a strategic advisor and relationship lead for a portfolio of nonprofit clients. This role is centered on leading strategy, building trust, and guiding clients through smart fundraising decisions — especially in moments when performance is strong and when challenges arise. You will be the primary voice of counsel for your clients, helping them see the big picture, understand results, and move forward with confidence. Success in this role requires strong communication skills, leadership presence, sound judgment, and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset. While a strong understanding of direct response fundraising strategy is essential, this role focuses on leading strategy and managing it to execution rather than hands-on campaign production. You will partner closely with internal project managers and specialists who execute the technical components of campaigns. This role reports to the Director of AmPhil’s Direct Response team and may require travel 2–4 days per month on average. Primary activities and responsibilities include: Serving as the lead consultant for Direct Response engagements, helping to establish and execute strategic fundraising plans aligned with client objectives; Leading the strategy and ensuring timely execution of all facets of integrated fundraising campaigns for multiple clients; Leading regular client calls with a focus on strategic consulting and seamless execution; Maintaining client relationships and building trust through consistent communication and engagement; Interacting professionally by phone, video conference, in-person, and email with clients, internal colleagues and consultants, and external partners; Reviewing project deliverables for quality and accuracy to ensure all components align with client brand message and communications plan and support their goals and objectives; Assisting with staff training, including serving as mentor to new staff, managing other staff and giving feedback on their work in the context of client engagements, and helping to develop training materials; and Assisting with business development activities including leading contract renewal discussions, upgrading clients, attending prospecting events, and drafting and editing proposals and contracts. What We’re Looking For Experienced: The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of professional experience, including at least 2 years spent in direct mail or fundraising. A passion for direct response, strong detail-orientation, and ability to develop strong relationships of trust with clients and colleagues are essential. Principled: We look for colleagues who are excited about our mission to strengthen civil society; understand and honor the Western tradition; value truth, faith, and self-governance; and understand that humans need virtue to flourish in community. Bright: We want to work with people who are intelligent, logical, self-directed, and curious; able to create order from ambiguity and translate theory and strategy into practical action. Convivial: We put a premium on humor and good cheer and seek unpretentious, genuine, generous people who are fun to be around. Forthright: We value clear, intelligent, engaging communicators who balance warmth and candor as they earn respect and build honest and trusting relationships. Diligent: We search for conscientious colleagues who possess the prudence and discipline to work hard, strive for excellence, complete tasks with minimal supervision, and go above and beyond when necessary to help our clients, partners, and firm succeed and grow. What You’ll Love About AmPhil Mission Everything we do is guided by our mission to strengthen civil society and we’re passionate about building strong partnerships with clients engaged in work that supports strong families, virtuous citizens, vibrant communities, durable institutions, and a flourishing nation. Our employees have the opportunity to work in a company that’s in the trenches with its clients in the service of their incredible missions, helping them refine and grow their work and achieve more. Culture We genuinely respect, trust, and enjoy working with our colleagues—and it shows. On any given day, you might find us engaged in healthy debate about the principles of a healthy democracy over happy hour, swapping book recommendations, or challenging one another to a salsa-making competition. We strive to model the “art of association” through our culture of vibrant communitarianism and prioritize courtesy, clarity, warmth, and humor in our interactions and decisions. We take our work seriously, but not ourselves. Growth Our employees are given a high degree of ownership over their work and have significant freedom to execute responsibilities in line with their interests and talents. They have the opportunity to learn continually, stand out quickly, do work they’re proud of, and earn the respect and appreciation of their clients and colleagues. It’s hard work and sometimes chaotic, but exciting and rewarding. Flexibility We are a hybrid remote/in-person company and have been from the start. Depending on their roles and preferences, many of our employees have the option to work out of one of our beautiful office spaces or to work flexibly within one of our core geographic regions. There are also regular opportunities for in-person interaction. We also understand our staff have lives outside of work. We work hard and expect our colleagues to do the same, but we recognize that while a strong work ethic is supremely important, so also is maintaining a healthy life that does justice to other goods, including those of family, faith, and community. Competitive Compensation and Benefits We will pay competitive market rates and have a generous benefits package and holiday/PTO schedule that reflect our commitment to our employees and their families. Benefits and perks include health insurance for employees and their dependents, employer contributions to health savings accounts, a 401(k) retirement program with employer matching, paid parental leave, dependent care spending accounts, a yearly stipend for books and print publications, support for employees’ volunteer board service, and more. #J-18808-Ljbffr American Philanthropic, LLC