United States of America: Digital Communications Associate, Enough Project

Organization: Center for American Progress
Country: United States of America
Closing date: 31 Dec 2014

Summary

Enough, a project of the Center for American Progress that works to prevent genocide and crimes against humanity, seeks a Digital Communications Associate. The Digital Communications Associate will be responsible for helping provide support for media relations, communications, marketing, promotion, project management, and administrative support.

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with the Director of Communications to assist with an array of digital communications and digital community building, media relations, and multimedia and graphic design projects.
• Collaborate with multiple cross-division teams to help manage, support, implement, track, and report on multi-layered integrated communications, marketing, policy, and advocacy programs and campaigns.
• Support and service communications needs of development, fundraising campaigns, and other core organizational programs.
• Manage, develop, and grow engagement on all digital platforms and channels, including websites, Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, and Youtube.
• Manage email and constituency databases.
• Design and execute mass email blasts and digital newsletters.
• Conceive, draft, and design high-impact infographics, social media shareables and memes, briefing papers, and evaluation and report documents.
• Execute and coordinate communications projects including website and multimedia/digital platform development.
• Track, analyze, evaluate, and work to continually increase the impact and effectiveness of digital communications and social media.
• Edit and proofread op-eds, articles, reports, profiles, blogs, and emails.
• Manage, coordinate, and write blogs and other web content.
• Help develop, manage, and maintain media contact lists.
• Monitor and report on earned media.
• Conceive and disseminate original stories, reports, social media, and other message-driven content to major media and digital communities worldwide.
• Draft, copyedit, format, and distribute press releases and media advisories.
• Develop and maintain electronic press kits and other communication tools.
• Ensure the usage and integrity of Enough’s brand by observing visual and descriptive standards.
• Assist with data entry and provide general office support.
• Recruit interns and manage intern projects.
• Assist with research, analysis, tactics, tools, and planning to help Enough better communicate with key constituencies, especially human rights advocates, journalists, and policymakers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements and qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• At least three to five years working in a professional digital communications capacity.
• Tech-savvy, early adopter, and experienced in digital communications.
• Strong graphic design skills.
• Superior writing, copyediting, and proofreading skills.
• Superior administrative, information-management, and organizational skills.
• Superior interpersonal skills, including the ability to work collaboratively in teams and manage conflict constructively.
• Experience with formats, tools, most current tactics, and best practices for social media in today’s global media landscape, including Twitter, Facebook, Flickr, Youtube, Storify, Thunderclap, blogs, and other multimedia formats and digital platforms.
• Experience executing day-to-day social media activity, including use of HootSuite.
• Experience designing, disseminating, and tracking analytics for email newsletters.
• Experience with Eloqua or other mass email services and systems.
• Experience with analytics and evaluation, including Google Analytics.
• Experience with WordPress, Drupal, or other website and content management systems.
• Experience using Vocus and other communications and media relations tools.
• Experience with Office, Adobe, and other standard suite tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop.
• Experience engaging with producers, editors, journalists, and leading outlets across print, radio, TV, and online.
• Ability to handle a fast-paced environment and multiple projects while meeting expected deadlines.
• Superb organization skills, including the ability to track and manage numerous tasks and projects simultaneously.
• Ability to rapidly master new services and tech tools related to communications, media relations, campaigns, and analytics.
• Video-editing skills are a plus.
• Good humor and general problem-solving skills.
• International experience and foreign language skills are a plus.
• Commitment to Enough’s missions and goals.

How to apply:

E-mail your Word resume and cover letter attachments to: jobs@americanprogress.org.

Or you may write to: Center for American Progress, 1333 H St. NW, 10th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20005.

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