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Development coordinator resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a development coordinator resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Put a resume summary on the top of your resume to highlight your accomplishments. A resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to write a strong, impressive resume summary:

Step 1: Start with your current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.

Step 2: Next put your years of experience in development coordinator-related roles.

Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.

Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.

These tips will help you demonstrate why you are the perfect fit for the development coordinator position.

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List the right project manager skills

Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. Start with the job listing. Frequently, the keywords looked for by recruiters will be listed. Be careful to include all skills in the job listing you have experience with.
  2. Consider all the software and tools you use on a daily basis. When in doubt, list them!
  3. Make sure you use accurate and up to date terms for all the skills listed.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some development coordinator interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a development coordinator resume:

  • Customer Service
  • PowerPoint
  • Excellent Interpersonal
  • Patients
  • Database Management
  • Project Management
  • Excellent Organizational
  • Alumni
  • Data Entry
  • HR
  • Event Planning
  • Professional Development
  • Donor Database
  • Community Outreach
  • Administrative Tasks
  • Youth Development
  • Team Work
  • Salesforce
  • Donor Cultivation
  • Donor Relations
  • Financial Reports
  • Training Programs
  • Learning Management System
  • Acknowledgement Letters
  • Facebook
  • Development Programs
  • Business Development
  • Travel Arrangements
  • Website Content
  • SharePoint

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How to structure your work experience

A work experience section is a vital part of your resume because it shows you have the experience to succeed in your next job.

  1. Put your most recent experience first. Prospective employers care about your most recent accomplishments the most.
  2. Put the job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
  3. Include only recent, relevant jobs. This means if you're a fairly experienced worker, you might need to leave off that first internship or other positions in favor of highlighting more pertinent positions.

How to write development coordinator experience bullet points

Remember, your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. This is your chance to show why you're good at your job and what you accomplished.

Use the XYZ formula for your work experience bullet points. Here's how it works:

  • Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
  • Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
  • Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.

This creates bullet points that read Achieved X, measured by Y, by doing Z.

Here are great bullet points from development coordinator resumes:

Work history example #1

Development Associate

Parker Hannifin

  • Coordinated weekly with St. Louis office via meetings regarding project RFP's and new business potential.
  • Ensured all request for proposal (RFP) requirements were identified and assigned to appropriate teaming partner(s).
  • Researched potential business opportunities using internet search tools and sales lists.
  • Created key Internet marketing activities to acquire and retain new clients through email campaigns, affiliate marketing, and social media.
  • Created, developed and maintained a corporate database of current business development opportunities to support business development and corporate marketing initiatives.

Work history example #2

Development Coordinator

The PNC Financial Services Group

  • Planned and implemented email marketing campaigns using Constant Contact.
  • Created and maintained donor information in company database (Raiser's Edge).
  • Designed and developed reports in SQL Server using SQL Server Reporting Services.
  • Maintained prospect and forecast information in CRM Salesforce.
  • Experience working with Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Blogspot, and Tumblr

Work history example #3

Development Coordinator

American Lung Association

  • Developed cross training PowerPoint presentation for all SAIS staff.
  • Maintain, update and track donations in donor database.
  • Coordinate and manage social media campaign, including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube accounts.
  • Played a key role in all phases of community and alumni communication and solicitation.
  • Succeeded in growing organization's influence measured by online community engagement by 8-10% across all channels.

Work history example #4

Development & Marketing Associate

St. Louis County

  • Advanced all aspects of social media including Facebook and Twitter.
  • Directed Agency RFP for social content and social relationship program resulting in $60K savings from original proposals.
  • Supported social media and online communities' influencer growth plan for company's key people.
  • Developed, along with Director of Alumni Affairs, school's first on-line directory.
  • Become Sysco ambassador and uphold high standard and business etiquette.

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Add an education section to your resume

Here is the best way to format your education section:

  • Display your highest degree first.
  • If you graduated over 5 years ago, put this section at the bottom of your resume. If you lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
  • If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education.
  • If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.

Here are some examples of good education entries from development coordinator resumes:

Master's Degree in political science

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL

2013 - 2014

Highlight your development coordinator certifications on your resume

Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.

Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your development coordinator resume:

  1. Certified Professional - Human Resource (IPMA-CP)
  2. Certified Manager Certification (CM)
  3. Certified Fund Raising Executive (CFRE)
  4. Certified Sales Professional (CSP)
  5. Certified Planning Engineer (CPE)
  6. Professional Certified Marketer (PCM)
  7. Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
  8. Society for Human Resource Management Certified Professional (SHRM-CP)
  9. Project Management Professional (PMP)
  10. Certified Real Estate Inspector (CRI)

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