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Content Writer for Substack Newsletter

Overview

About the Company:
Led by Media Personality, Van Jones, Magic Labs Media® is a home for mythmakers. We support visionaries who capture the world in new ways – or invent new worlds, altogether. We grow great stories. And we send them out to change the world.
New mythologies birth new movements. New movements trample old lies – and give fragile truths a fighting chance.  Hollywoodn’t. But we will. 

Contract Hire: Content Writer for Substack Newsletter
(to research, write, proofread and publish online content)
Remote position

Start Date:  October 1, 2021 
End Date: October 1, 2022

Payment for Contracted Hire: TBD

Statement of Work

• Research industry-related topics (combining online sources, interviews and studies)
• Writing clear marketing/blog post copy to promote our podcast theme and topic of the week.
• Preparing and proofreading well-structured drafts using (google docs or other Content Management Systems)
• Produce the weekly newsletter, fact-checking articles and optimizing written pieces to increase user engagement.
• Interview industry professionals and use online sources to research topics
• Optimize published pieces by conducting simple keyword research and use SEO guidelines to increase web traffic
• Manage the editorial calendar and ensure timely publication
• Generate new ideas for content types around industry-related topics
• Monitor user engagement (e.g. bounce rates)
• Submit work to Creative Director or Sr. executives for approval
• Coordinate with marketing and design teams to illustrate articles
• Identify customers’ needs and gaps in our content and recommend new topics
• Ensure all-around consistency (style, fonts, images and tone)

Associate Director, Global Communications Management (Location flexible)

Overview

Arlington, Virginia, USA
Location is flexible within the United States. Since 1951, The Nature Conservancy has been doing work you can believe in protecting the lands and waters that all life depends on. As a science-based organization, we create innovative, on-the-ground solutions to our world’s toughest challenges so that we can create a world in which people and nature thrive. 
We’re rooted in our Mission and guided by our Values, which includes a Commitment to Diversity and Respect for People, Communities, and Cultures. We know we’ll only achieve our Mission by hiring and engaging a diverse workforce that reflects the communities in which we work. Whether it’s career development, work/life balance, or a rewarding mission, there’s lots of reasons to love life #insideTNC. Our goal is to cultivate an inclusive work environment so that all of our colleagues around the globe feel a sense of belonging, and that their unique contributions to our mission are valued.
Although you’ll see requirements in our postings, we recognize that people come with talent and experiences outside of a job. Passion, innovation, and diversity are all key components to advancing our Mission and we encourage you to apply. Are you a highly organized team player who is big on detail and capable of proactively managing multiple projects and tasks? Do you have a passion operating at the nexus of a team’s operational, administrative, cultural and strategic initiatives to help ensure success?
We’re looking for an Associate Director, Global Communications Management that will provide substantive and operational support for Global Communications (GC) team priorities to ensure the high functioning performance of the GC team. They will work closely with the Director of Global Strategic Communications and other GC team leadership and will oversee or support a variety of operational and strategic priorities of the GC team. Although this position has location flexibility, TNC is unable to accommodate personal moves.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• The Associate Director, Global Communications Management will report to the Director, Global Strategic Communications and will support the execution of internal and external-facing projects and initiatives of various size and scope for the GC team. They will develop a deep and comprehensive understanding of the full scope of the work of the GC team, and will, in partnership with team leadership, actively identify high-priority projects and successes to be shared with Global Marketing and Communications Division leadership and other high-level internal leadership and stakeholders. They will be responsible for creating reports or presentations regarding the status or outcomes of key GC projects and initiatives.
• They will oversee all team operations, including contract and invoice management, budgeting and budget management, recruitment and onboarding, logistics and content for team calls and retreats, and other operational needs, ensuring that team commitments, TNC policies and procedures, and legal requirements are met and managed for compliance. They will serve as a resource to GC colleagues and leadership through knowledge of finance and HR-relation operational policies and procedures.
• They will act as project manager on select GC team initiatives and projects, including coordinating the work of an ad-hoc team, managing to deadlines and budgets, and reporting out as needed.

 
RESPONSIBILITIES & SCOPE

• Develop and maintain comprehensive understanding and tracking of the priorities and work of the full GC team; identify and lead the development of status updates and final reports to be shared regularly with division and organizational leadership and stakeholders, and work closely with the team Director on identifying and executing top priorities in support of successful team performance.
• Lead annual budgeting process in partnership with team Director and GC management staff, and maintain ongoing budget tracking and management to inform decision-making and resource allocation.
• Manage project budgets and assist with budget development related to strategic projects.
• Oversee management of contracts across the GC team, ensuring that contracts and invoice payments are delivered in a timely manner and in compliance with all SOPs.
• Support team leadership to establish and track the strategic priorities, goals, success factors and KPIs for the GC team.
• Collaborate with team to identify and coordinate creative ways to build a team-spirited culture of engaged employees, across a geographically diverse team.
• Ensure compliance with Conservancy policies and procedures and external (donor/legal/IRS) requirements; decisions may have organization-wide impact and bind the organization financially or legally.
• Implement and lead multiple projects, directing work of peers, managing budget, setting deadlines, and ensuring accountability.
• Act independently and in supervisor’s stead, as needed; exercise independent judgment to identify and solve problems.
• Demonstrate sensitivity in handling confidential information.
• Manage multiple complex accounts or client relationships.
• Supervise a single staff person or a small team of staff or interns. 
• Interface with staff and leadership within the Global Marketing and Communications division and across TNC as needed.
• Travel occasionally.
• Ability to work long and/or flexible hours as needed during peak workload periods.
• Availability to work outside of standard work hours, within reason and agreed-upon with manager, to accommodate meetings with global colleagues.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree and 5 years related experience or equivalent combination.
• Experience leading and implementing multiple projects.
• Experience with business process improvement and project management.
• Experience working with teams across an organization.
• Experience, coursework, or other training in principles, practices, and procedures of relevant field.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Results-driven, motivated self-starter capable of working both independently and collaboratively.
• Strong organization skills, time management, accuracy and attention to detail.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple complex, strategic projects simultaneously.
• Multi-lingual skills and multi-cultural or cross-cultural experiences are appreciated.
• Experience in project management, preferably experience working as a project lead.
• Ability to manage project teams of peers.
• Ability to work in partnership with all levels of staff in a collaborative or advisory role.
• Experience supervising staff, interns and/or volunteers.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Advanced proficiency in interpreting guidelines to achieve desired results.
• Positive, solution-oriented outlook.
• Discretion and excellent judgement.
• Strong interpersonal and upwards management skills.
• Leadership ability.

To apply for job ID 50379, submit your materials online by using the Apply Now button at https://careers.nature.org/. Need help applying? Visit our recruitment page or contact applyhelp@tnc.org.
The Nature Conservancy is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our commitment to diversity includes the recognition that our conservation mission is best advanced by the leadership and contributions of people of diverse backgrounds, beliefs and culture. Recruiting and mentoring staff to create an inclusive organization that reflects our global character is a priority and we encourage applicants from all cultures, races, colors, religions, sexes, national or regional origins, ages, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, military, protected veteran status or other status protected by law.
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Communications Officer - Austin, TX

Overview

The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (www.dell.org) is dedicated to improving the lives of children living in urban poverty around the world. With offices in Austin, TX, New Delhi, India, and Cape Town, South Africa, the Dell Foundation funds programs that foster high-quality public education and childhood health and improve the economic stability of families living in poverty. To date, the foundation has committed more than $2 billion to global children’s issues and community initiatives to accelerate opportunity for low-income families.

Our mission demands that we seek out and embrace many different voices because bringing together a diversity of ideas and experiences is the most powerful way we know to ensure the people we serve have opportunities to succeed. To achieve this vision, we must create a diverse team and inclusive culture, listen to the people we serve, and build authentic and trusting partnerships. We work to overcome both the causes and the consequences of major inequities and systemic racism by ensuring that resources and opportunities are fairly distributed.

Current Opportunity: Communications Officer – Austin, Texas

The Position

The Communications Officer will be part of a collaborative and high-performing team that works to tell the stories of the foundation in the most compelling way possible. The team is heavily focused on content creation and distribution, and it functions as a media agency within the foundation. This role will work closely with the programs teams to uncover and tell those stories, and tasks will include everything from strategic planning to tactical implementation.

The primary duties for this role include:

Strategic planning (20%): This role is responsible for developing communications goals and strategy to advance programmatic outcomes and foundation initiatives. This includes proactively identifying opportunities to innovate and transform our communications approach for greater impact, as well as issues management.

Content creation (30%): This role will be the primary lead for several of our US and/or international programs and will be responsible for planning and developing content for those teams. This includes the creation of blogs, videos, web content, whitepapers/e-books, and case studies. This requires excellent written communications skills and an ability to synthesize information for storytelling purposes.

Content promotion (15%): This role will work directly with the digital lead to manage distribution on the foundation’s owned channels. This will include organic social media, paid advertising, and email distribution, as well as monitoring key performance indicators to ensure campaign quality and effectiveness.

Marketing campaigns (15%): Marketing is a key component of our work, and this role will lead those efforts for select programs to help drive the work forward. The work includes planning and implementing email and social media marketing campaigns, PR/media relations, webinars, speaking engagements, event marketing, and industry partnerships.

Project management/collaboration (20%): With several program teams to manage, this role requires strong project and time management skills. We work very closely with our program teams, so it also requires a great amount of collaboration and teamwork. This role will require strong working relationships with vendors, industry partners, and grantees.

What does a typical day look like?
• Scanning of news each morning to ensure we are staying up to date on the landscape.
• Using strategic communications plans to execute on communications activities for teams.
• Attending meetings with program teams to source stories to tell through one of the foundation’s owned channels.
• Writing and editing blog, video and social media content for external audiences.

The Person

The successful candidate will bring experience, wisdom, and energy to this role, along with a strong passion for the mission of creating opportunities for children living in urban poverty. They will have the utmost integrity and a reputation for doing things the right way. The candidate will be a team player, consummate multi-tasker, and have the capacity to get up-to-speed quickly. They will be a self-sufficient professional who is both bottom line and results oriented. The candidate will know how to utilize contacts and relationships to accomplish various tasks.

Other qualifications include but are not limited to:
• Bachelor’s degree or higher in communications, journalism, or marketing with 7-10 years of relevant work experience. Spanish fluency preferred
• Strong written and verbal communication skills (including optimal balance between brevity & detail) • Commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Strong attention to detail and demonstrated project management skills
• Can work independently and as a collaborative member of a fast-paced team
• Flexibility and ability to adapt to new directions and assignments and complete challenging projects within set parameters and timelines
• Proficiency with social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram & LinkedIn
• Advanced user of Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook
• Experience navigating content, social media, and digital asset management software
• Typical amount of travel required to perform this role successfully: 4 weeks per year

Copywriter - Open to Remote!

Overview

Job Summary
Copywriters are responsible for conceptual development and writing for print, web, broadcast, direct, interactive, collateral, as well as any non-traditional vehicles.  The primary purpose of the copywriter is to create concepts and executions that are simple and memorable and make our clients the envy of their categories.

Additionally, copywriters are expected to professionally present their own work to both internal and external audiences. They are also charged with acting as guardians of our client partners’ brands.

Responsibilities

1. Provide strategic ideas and concepts that solve client problems – both for assigned work and proactively. Ensures the presentation is correct and aligns with the brand messages and position.

 

2. Review and comprehend analytics and other category related information, provide guidance and creative solutions for copywriting including proper sourcing of references.

 

3. Deliver expertise on assigned business: Understands wants and needs of target audience, business needs and the competitive landscape of assigned clients.

 

4. Collaborates with appropriate staff members in all areas-strategy, creative, media, to achieve memorable concepts and copy that drives success for our clients and makes them the envy of their category.

 

5. Ensure compliance with client and industry regulations and standards.

 

6. Provide back-up writing and editing support as needed.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, advertising or related field is a plus, but not a requirement.
• Advertising agency experience; internship qualifies

Skills Required

• Must be conceptual thinker and possess outstanding written and verbal communication/presentation skills
• Must be strategic in the areas of both marketing and messaging
• Must be well organized and able to meet deadlines and implement multiple assignments simultaneously
• Must be able to create simple, memorable messaging

Callahan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage differences in age, color, disability,
ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical
and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran
status and other characteristics that preserve a culture of diversity and inclusion.


 

Media Support Manager - Open to Remote!

Overview

Job Summary
The Media Support Manager supports the Media planning and Media execution functions in the agency’s Channel team, helping to ensure client media deliverables are completed and executed to the client’s expectations.  The Media Support Manager is expected to organize, prioritize and manage workflow related to media planning, buying, execution, media stewardship, and reporting.  The Media Support Manager reports to the Director of Media and Emerging Technology, while also working directly with the Associate Director of Media Planning and Associate Director of Social and Digital Media.

Responsibilities
In support of media planning across digital, print, outdoor, and broadcast (primarily digital):

1. Responsible for preparing and submitting RFP’s.  Conducting research as needed.
2. Navigate rate negotiations and support all steps through client review and approval. Ensure client invoicing is completed accurately.
3. Support the development of media plans and flowcharts managed by the Associate Director of Media Planning.  Lead the development of media plans and flowcharts for client projects assigned by the Associate Director of Media Planning.

To support the execution of all paid media initiatives, including media placed through third-party vendors or partners, and media buys executed in-house:

4. Monitor campaign delivery, pacing, and performance against flowcharts and KPI’s and work with vendors as needed to ensure successful campaign delivery and KPI performance.
5. Ensure established best practices are followed and proactively identify opportunities for media optimization.
6. Support in-house media execution; communicate and collaborate with internal teams and clients as needed.  Provide reporting and insights to team.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, advertising, communications, media, business administration or equivalent.
• 2-3 years of relevant media planning and buying experience in an agency environment
• Familiarity with digital media landscape (print, outdoor, and broadcast preferred, but not essential)

Skills Required

• Demonstrated critical thinking ability
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects while paying strict attention to detail
• Self-starter who is comfortable with an ever-changing environment
• Energetic, driven to succeed, team player
• Must be well organized, with an ability to demonstrate tact and diplomacy.
• Must possess strong interpersonal skills

Callahan is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage differences in age, color, disability,
ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical
and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran
status and other characteristics that preserve a culture of diversity and inclusion.

 

SVP, Communications Strategy

Overview

Senior Vice President
SPI Group is seeking a seasoned SVP with strong experience in internal communications strategies and channels, and a keen understanding of business development and account management. In this role, you’ll focus on four key areas: 1) Corporate and Internal Communications, and how company communications teams operate; 2) Account Management and Growth, including ways to identify opportunities for existing clients; 3) Team Leadership, and an ability to galvanize all levels of staff; and 4) Business Development, using a variety of tactics to identify new clients and successfully build relationships in collaboration with other senior leaders and colleagues. We want a strong leader who can help set a strategic vision that excites and inspires our teams and clients.
In this role, you will develop strategic communications initiatives that engage and inspire clients’ employees and meet their business goals.  Collaborating with a diverse agency team of talent, you will oversee the development, planning and execution of these internal communications programs for clients.
As a Senior Vice President, you will play a vital role in future company growth and success. The candidate will be responsible for nurturing new business prospects to establish business leads and opportunities for the agency, building strong client relationships and driving growth within an agency environment. A strong record of account management with exceptional client service within the internal communications space is key for success.
Your Key Responsibilities:

• Lead internal account team strategy sessions and the corresponding development, planning and execution of client internal communications strategies that engage employees and meet client business objectives
• Provide counsel, strategy, direction and oversight on key accounts; serve as a strategic liaison to clients; lead client meetings and planning sessions
• Write, edit and provide strategic counsel on clients’ executive communications
• Provide guidance and counsel to internal teams on writing and editorial management and creative services work to ensure high-quality deliverables to meet client needs
• Actively seeks opportunities for organic growth; establish and nurture strong client relationships with compelling ideas and quality service
• Proactively seeks new business leads through networking and agency marketing initiatives
• Develop and maintain an expertise with the latest internal communications industry trends and techniques, along with a working knowledge of digital tools and technology platforms
• Ensure client and project profitability; strong ability to budget and manage programs
• Design and manage inter-disciplinary strategic communications programs that encompass all agency skills and disciplines
• Anticipate client needs and offer ideas on ways to expand current projects
• Build, reinforce and protect SPI’s strong reputation among clients and prospective clients
• Maintain a thorough understanding of clients’ businesses and industries; actively follow and understand emerging issues, trends and news impacting clients’ businesses; proactively advise the team and client on best ways to address developments
• Represent agency through industry events, speaking engagements, thought leadership opportunities to grow agency visibility and reputation in the marketplace
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills that enable collaboration and team building
• Employ strong leadership skills and ability to mentor, guide, develop and motivate staff members; helping the team achieve results for clients and agency objectives.

What You Have:

• ​​​​​​​Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, marketing or a related field
• A minimum of 8 to 10 years’ experience with a demonstrated ability to manage large internal communications projects, effectively lead a team, build key relationships with clients and within the industry, drive business growth, and serve in an agency leadership role
• Superior oral and written communication skills; advanced writing, proofreading and editing ability
• Experience developing, managing and executing internal communications and employee engagement campaigns for corporate and non-profit clients
• Proven track record of success growing business (organic and new)
• Strong operational skills, ability to manage account profitability and annual project budget planning
• Proven ability to communicate with a diverse group of people and audiences; ability to effectively present work to colleagues and clients at all levels
• Experience supervising and providing guidance to employees; strong team building and mentorship aptitude; effectively develops and retains staff; reinforce the importance and value of each team member’s contributions
• Willingness to roll up your sleeves and work side by side with team members to get the work done

About Us:
SPI Group is an award-winning internal communications agency that uses digital solutions to amplify the employee experience. We incorporate existing, emerging and custom-built technologies (think intranets, gamification and employee apps) with thoughtful communications strategies to engage employees. For almost 25 years, we’ve been bringing smart communications solutions to enterprise clients such as Merck, Pfizer, Bayer and Citibank. What we do: Employee Engagement, Digital Solutions, Leader Communications.

Please send a cover letter and resume to employment@spigroup.com telling us why you think you'd be a great fit at SPI Group!
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Director of Communications

Overview

Washington, DC

Position summary

 

Smart Growth America (SGA) seeks a visionary leader, exceptional writer, editor, and strategic communicator Director of Communications with significant experience in smart growth principles, land use, housing, economic development and/or transportation to lead the organization’s multi-faceted communications efforts to stakeholders, members, coalition partners, funders, donors and employees. We deeply believe that improving racial disparities is at the core of a smart growth approach, and the Director of Communications will play a key role in continuing the evolution of SGA’s organization-wide voice on racial equity, climate mitigation and resilience, and creating healthier, more connected communities.  

 

Reporting to the President & CEO, the Director is a member of the senior management team, acting as an internal resource and advisor.  The Director will collaborate closely with the CEO and SGA’s senior leaders to develop and implement the organization’s communications strategy in conjunction with departmental staff; oversee all content production and release; manage the brand identity, marketing, messaging, digital and social media campaigns; spearhead all proactive and reactive earned media, and oversee the day-to-day communications operations and systems, managing department staff and outside relationships and vendors.  The Director will also work closely with the CEO and senior staff to inform, create content for, and support SGA’s organization-wide and programmatic fundraising efforts.  

Organization overview

 

SGA is a national non-profit organization that envisions a country where no matter where you live, or who you are, you can enjoy living in a place that is healthy, prosperous, and resilient. That vision is our North Star, and we empower communities through technical assistance, advocacy, and thought leadership to realize our vision of livable places, healthy people, and shared prosperity. 

 

Communications team overview

The Director manages the team’s day-to-day operations and collaboratively guides the conception, production, and release of all public-facing content. The communications team is the internal hub of SGA, always connected to the multi-faceted work of our many programs and charged with conceiving, producing, sharing and elevating their work and the organization as a whole. From this unique vantage point within the organization, the Director and team works closely with each of our three core teams (Land Use and Development, Economic Development, Transportation and Thriving Communities), to develop strategic communications plans to further each team’s work, helping to conceive, manage and execute all public releases and content to enhance SGA’s overall brand and advance the organization’s overall mission and the cause of smart growth. 

 

 

Key areas of responsibility

 

Strategic planning and counsel

 

• Develop and implement a multi-channel, integrated communications and marketing strategy that increases awareness of and engagement with SGA across channels and achieves SGA’s organizational goals. 
• Create and implement a strategy to use social media to advance strategic goals, develop and oversee staff in creating and distributing content and messaging via SGA social media channels, and increase followers and engagement. 
• Provide ongoing counsel to the President & CEO. This may include but not limited to:
  • Offer strategic counsel to the President & CEO. Advise and provide broad feedback.
  • Assist in development and implementation of select annual communications or media initiatives, as requested.
  • Evaluate and recommend thought leadership opportunities for the President & CEO and SGA, including but not limited to appearances at events, media interviews and organizational partnerships.
  • Together with the CEO, provide regular reports to the Board, documents for Board meetings, and regularly advise as necessary; and serve as staff representation on Board committees at the direction of the CEO.

Content production

• In collaboration with staff across the organization, assist with the conception, production and successful release of multiple forms of content, including flagship reports, other research, blog posts, emails, and others, in service of the organization’s broader goals.
• Provide strategic and tactical advice to staff to help them improve their written products.
• Develop and write regular, original content (blog posts, essays, opinion pieces), as well as enterprising, original content about our work, our issues and current events writ large.
• Collaborate with teams across the organization to amplify programs, projects, and campaigns.
• Manage the organization’s editorial calendar and help plan out all content in a systematic way.

Branding and messaging

• Keep the organization’s written and visual style guide up-to-date and help ensure that staff is compliant across all channels, ensuring all content stays consistent with regards to message, clarity, style, and visuals.
• Capitalize on SGA’s role as the leader of the smart growth movement in the US and help market both the organization and the concept of smart growth.
• Build, hone, and advance the organization’s brand and overall message.

 

Media relations

• Lead SGA’s media relations, including but not limited to pitching stories, responding to media inquiries, cultivating relationships with key media contacts, assembling media lists, preparing SGA experts to be spokespeople and marketing them publicly, and serving as SGA spokesperson as appropriate for a variety of print, broadcast and digital media.

Team and systems management

• Managing and developing a communications staff, which includes both the direct supervision of communications associates, and more informal management and coordination of staffers (supervised by others) who fulfill communications duties within several of the teams and programs. 
• Develop a coordinated approach to print and electronic communications including marketing collateral and identify and develop relationships with vendors needed to create and disseminate these materials.
• Measure and report metrics of communications and marketing activities to the SGA management team and staff and optimize communications efforts in response as needed.
• Serve as lead for managing and maintaining the SGA website; spearhead a planned effort to rebuild and reconceive SGA’s web presence with an outside consultant or firm. 
• Manage various internal systems, including Salsa Engage for grassroots email, online advocacy, donor and member dues management; Wordpress for website management; and other various systems.
• Help create and manage to an overall communications budget and the communications budget within various projects and programs. 
• Plan and execute the organization’s year-end fundraising campaign each year, in addition to other potential donor cultivation efforts throughout the year.

Knowledge and skills

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in business, communications or relevant field required.
• 8 years of progressively responsible communications management experience in a nonprofit organization, leading the development and fulfillment of a communications/marketing/public relations plan, and helping to achieve an organization’s strategic goals. 
• Experience and interest in one or more of SGA’s focus areas, including land use, transportation and transit, urban planning, racial equity and justice, climate resilience, economic development and equitable real estate development.  The ideal candidate will be able to write and communicate about a variety of these focus areas in an integrated and compelling way, particularly with respect to the intersection of these issues with racial equity.  
• Experience with issues-based (digital/online) advocacy and the process of organizing grassroots and grasstops support for policy change at various levels. 
• Demonstrated experience in managing a communications department: planning, management, and trend analysis, and creating and managing to an overall communications budget. 
• Ability to develop and oversee an integrated communications strategy that supports and achieves organizational objectives. 
• Demonstrably excellent and efficient writing and editing skills, with a keen eye for design and style, regardless of the medium. Experience producing reports and marketing collateral in print, digital, and other emerging forms.
• Some experience with or familiarity in Adobe Creative Suite and graphic design is essential.
• An understanding of social media, including the ability to manage overall content, responses and campaigns to build engagement and increase followers.
• Demonstrated success in working with reporters, writers, and opinion leaders in print, broadcast, online, and social media. 
• Skilled at measuring communications and marketing activities to achieve organizational goals and provide a return on investment.
• Experience and senior management to deliver strategic communications objectives. 
• Excellent interpersonal, influencing & negotiating skills, to develop effective long-term relationships with staff & external stakeholders. Demonstrated ability to act as an internal advisor. 
• Demonstrated experience in leading, and managing communications staff, including strong ability to delegate, train, coach and motivate staff. Collaborative management and working style with a diverse workforce.
• Experience managing and working with outside vendors and consultants. 
• Hands-on management with the ability to think strategically and act tactically. 
• Ability to balance attention to detail with big-picture thinking. 
• Ability and desire to translate complex concepts to employees at all levels of the organization, including non-communications managers.
• Strong integrity, ethics and professionalism.

Preferred

• Master’s (communications, journalism, media, public relations or related program) or MBA preferred.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible communications management experience in a nonprofit organization, leading the development and fulfillment of a communications/marketing/public relations plan, and helping to achieve an organization’s strategic goals. 
• Experience creating and leveraging communications strategy and content to support and further an organization’s fundraising efforts and goals. 
• Experience working with Boards of Directors to deliver strategic communications objectives. 
• Deep experience with Adobe Creative Suite, including the ability to produce graphics or other collateral in a pinch. 
• Ability to provide trainings for staff or external stakeholders on effective communication and messaging. 

 

Compensation and location

 

Salary is commensurate with experience, with a set range of $120,000-130,000 per year. The successful candidate who would be in consideration to be compensated near the top of this range would need to have almost all of the communications and managerial experience listed in the “required” section above, and meet many of the “preferred” criteria. SGA offers a robust benefits package, including health insurance, 401k, paid vacation, and sick leave. SGA staff are currently working remotely due to the COVID-19 pandemic (likely through at least the Fall of 2021); therefore, the successful candidate will be able to live anywhere in the US during the remote working period. However, they should be prepared to move to DC within 60 days of notice if the office is reopened. No relocation is offered at this time.

 

SGA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion/creed, sex, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran or active military status, alienage or citizenship status, arrest or conviction record, credit history, salary history, caregiver status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital or partnership status, familial status, unemployment status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual violence or any other status protected by applicable law.

 

Sr. Communications Manager

Overview

Apply via External Link

 

Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and organization on the planet to achieve more, and we’re dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. As part of the Microsoft Communications team, you will join a group of professionals focused on telling the stories that help people fall in love with Microsoft, the things we make, and the impact we have on the world.

We’re looking for a seasoned Sr. Communications Manager to lead strategic planning and storytelling for Microsoft Research (MSR), one of the world’s leading industrial research laboratories. Someone who is fascinated by scientific and technological discoveries, can translate technical terms into compelling stories, thinks boldly and creatively about how to tell stories, and has experience working with the media.

Responsibilities

As the Communications lead for MSR, you will help boost awareness and perception of the organization as an innovative thought leader. With media as one of your core audiences, you’ll be responsible for finding and developing compelling research news and stories that both breakthrough with press and align with the company’s strategic priorities.

You’ll direct an agency team to keep a pulse on the competitive media landscape and identify story angles and influencers to pursue. You’ll have the opportunity to collaborate closely with researchers, marketers, and fellow communicators to refine the research narrative and elevate the conversation within and beyond academic circles. This includes providing media and storytelling training to select researchers and participating in owned content strategies to maximize audience impact.

Lastly, you’ll serve as an internal evangelist for MSR, helping your colleagues to understand the value of research for their businesses and proactively identifying joint storytelling opportunities with a variety of product teams.

Focus areas will include: 

• Strategy: Develop, maintain, execute, and measure a communications strategy that aligns with the broader MSR business goals.
• Storytelling: Work with marketing and researchers to source and tell stories that highlight technological breakthrough and the people behind the research. Leverage a range of communication channels (media, events, social media, etc.).
• Project management: Utilize your strong organizational skills during complex announcements and events, as well as your ability to prioritize and balance competing projects and priorities.
• Spokesperson support: Work with researchers to enhance their storytelling skills, and help them to focus on opportunities that yield a strong ROI.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in communications or marketing that includes working with the media and developing and executing effective media strategies.
• Experience executing multi-channel campaigns, including web, video, and social. 
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User Acquisition Lead (Media Buyer), TIDAL

Overview

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TIDAL is a global music and entertainment streaming platform committed to creating a deeper connection between artists and fans through its library of more than 70 million songs, over 250,000 high quality videos, and available in over 60 countries. In addition, TIDAL offers its subscribers exclusive access to high-profile music and music videos, original content series, podcasts, documentaries, livestream concerts, tickets, merchandise and live experiences. Together, TIDAL and Square will be music-obsessed and artist-focused while we explore new artist tools, listener experiences, and access to financial systems that help artists be successful.

Job Description

As the User Acquisition Lead, you will lead user acquisition efforts overseeing millions in budget and helping to build the user acquisition team. You will lead performance marketing: driving strategy and execution across media channels and have a deep understanding of performance marketing and acquisition KPI's on both the mobile app and web world. You have a combination of highly analytical and technical skill-sets and also am very creative and aware of all the creative best-practices in performance ads.

With a fast-paced environment, talented team, and cutting-edge offering, you will be part of a passionate team collaborating on diverse initiatives to grow our subscriber base and customer lifetime value through a deep understanding of TIDAL’s core customer segments. You are customer centric in your approach and are excited to deliver a great overall experience to customers that engage with us across a variety of channels and devices.

This role is based in NYC, and will report directly to the Head of Growth. 

You Will:

• Directly manage a team of media buyers, marketing artists, and an affiliate marketing manager
• Own performance across media channels, with a focus on scaling new customer acquisition while achieving efficiency targets and customer quality based on LTV
• Employ a data-driven strategy to build and execute a test and learn roadmap across all channels
• Work closely with data and analytics to understand the customer’s journey from awareness to conversion and leverage insights to unlock new growth and conversion opportunities
• Work with Finance and Legal to working through contracting and onboard new channel partners and various other marketing vendors
• Communicate performance to senior leadership on a weekly/monthly/ quarterly basis, highlighting opportunities or trends for continuous improvement
• Oversee team management (internal, agencies, contractors). Responsible for setting budgets, defining objectives, monitoring workflow, identifying and filling resource gaps, and implementing and refining processes as needed
• Own the creation and management of the audience growth strategy including planning, costing, ROI analysis of all audience growth initiatives; working with the VP of Growth for sign off and keeping the team involved in the progression and delivery of the strategy
• Work collaboratively with Partnerships, Retention Teams, Artist Marketing, and the Organic growth lead to support business goals
• Collaborate with web, engineering, and product teams to communicate SDK updates, pixel implementations, and various product improvements to help increase conversion rates, revenues, and overall growth

Qualifications

You Have:

• 7+ years experience in growth marketing.
• Managed multi-million dollar monthly performance marketing budgets
• Experience in the areas affiliate marketing, paid media, product marketing, and influencing product from a growth perspective
• Has built or managed a growth team in the past
• Experience working in tandem with other channels, including PR, Organic Social/Community.
• Knows foundational metrics of growth: ROI/LTV/CAC/Retention/etc
• Deep understanding of user segmentation, personas, customer journeys, and lifetime value
• Extensive use of data in decision making and has experience with Tableau, Lookr, or other BI / reporting tools
• Understands attribution and tracking tools inherent in a digital marketing tech stack - Adjust, Google Analytics, and CDPs

Additional Information

At Square, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Applicants in need of special assistance or accommodation during the interview process or in accessing our website may contact us by sending an email to assistance(at)squareup.com. We will treat your request as confidentially as possible. In your email, please include your name and preferred method of contact, and we will respond as soon as possible.

Perks

At Square, we want you to be well and thrive. Our global benefits package includes:

• Healthcare coverage
• Retirement Plans
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness perks
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Learning and Development resources

Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) builds tools to empower businesses and individuals to participate in the economy. Sellers use Square to reach buyers online and in person, manage their business, and access financing. Individuals use Cash App to spend, send, store, and invest money. And TIDAL is a global music and entertainment platform that expands Square's purpose of economic empowerment to artists. Square, Inc. has offices in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, Ireland, Spain, Norway, and the UK.

Head of Growth, TIDAL

Overview

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TIDAL is a global music and entertainment streaming platform committed to creating a deeper connection between artists and fans through its library of more than 70 million songs, over 250,000 high quality videos, and available in over 60 countries. In addition, TIDAL offers its subscribers exclusive access to high-profile music and music videos, original content series, podcasts, documentaries, livestream concerts, tickets, merchandise and live experiences. Together, TIDAL and Square will be music-obsessed and artist-focused while we explore new artist tools, listener experiences, and access to financial systems that help artists be successful.

Job Description

As Head of Growth you will create and execute a holistic global growth strategy through ownership of customer acquisition. This includes ownership of paid media across mobile and web traffic & affiliate channels, as well as driving organic traffic through SEO & ASO, along with other organic discovery methods. You will also oversee product led growth, offer strategy, conversion strategy and growth centric design. You will report to the SVP of Customer Engagement, and work with Retention, Product, Analytics, Content, and Tech to bring your vision to life.

You Will:

• Customer Acquisition: Manage budget across online and offline channels to strict return targets, pulling levers on LTV and CPA; identify, test and scale new owned and paid acquisition channels with an iterative, data driven, segmented approach

• Affiliate Marketing: Oversee the onboarding of global and regional affiliate partnerships to bring in qualified leads to grow the customer base; this includes publishers and influencers

• Product Led Growth: Oversee plan marketing and in app monetization, conceiving and implementing strategies that allow us to put the right product in front of the right customer at the right time for the right price

• Conversion Rate Optimization: Work cross-functionally to develop new landing pages, marketing content, A/B tests and growth projects

• Growth Creative: Create and test creative concepts at a high frequency while remaining true to brand tone and taste

• SEO / ASO: Develop strategies to improve TIDAL's organic acquisition through SEO and ASO, testing and making improvements in app store and search rankings; work with tech teams in Oslo to implement change

• Hire and manage a global team of 9+ members, and hire for new positions across different geographies

• Co-ownership of marketing calendar along with artist marketing, content, partner marketing and retention teams to coordinate efforts and plan in advance

• Work with global teams to ensure ensure that content, PR and partnerships are building brand awareness that is in service to growing the subscriber base while also remaining true to TIDAL's unique artist centric & culturally relevant values

• Manage core KPIs as a data and customer insights-driven marketer - CAC, trial conversion, channel conversion, ARPU, CAC/LTV ratio and paid / organic acquisition volume

• Lead and mentor a skilled team of creatives, media buyers, and product marketers

• Create strategies to increase acquisition marketing efficiencies and create best practices for creative iteration, A/B testing, etc

• Develop reporting on the efficacy of marketing efforts and spend

• Partner with local market leads to develop market specific growth strategies

Qualifications

You Have:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Sales, or Marketing

• 10+ Years of relevant and progressive B2C experience in digital acquisition marketing

• 5+ years of experience managing a team

• Deep expertise in performance marketing, understanding how to convert audiences to paying customers

• Proven ability to develop and execute clear annual marketing plans along with the experience to change direction based on results and update tactical plans on a dime

• Knowledge managing (owned, outsourced) performance marketing operations

• Ability to identify, source, and activate strategic partnerships, specifically as those relate to acquisition

• Deep Direct Response marketing experience across a range of channels including SEO, SEM, display, paid social (ad networks/DSPs), direct mail, lead partnerships

Additional Information

At Square, we value diversity and always treat all employees and job applicants based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. Applicants in need of special assistance or accommodation during the interview process or in accessing our website may contact us by sending an email to assistance(at)squareup.com. We will treat your request as confidentially as possible. In your email, please include your name and preferred method of contact, and we will respond as soon as possible.

Perks

At Square, we want you to be well and thrive. Our global benefits package includes:

• Healthcare coverage
• Retirement Plans
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness perks
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Learning and Development resources

Square, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) builds tools to empower businesses and individuals to participate in the economy. Sellers use Square to reach buyers online and in person, manage their business, and access financing. Individuals use Cash App to spend, send, store, and invest money. And TIDAL is a global music and entertainment platform that expands Square's purpose of economic empowerment to artists. Square, Inc. has offices in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, Ireland, Spain, Norway, and the UK.