1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East is the largest, fastest-growing, most progressive healthcare union in the country, and we are looking for a Senior Communications Coordinator to work out of our New York City midtown office.

1199SEIU is an affirmative action employer- women and people of color are strongly encouraged to apply.

The members of 1199SEIU are driven by to achieve affordable, quality healthcare for all and improve the lives of healthcare workers. 1199’s New Organizing department helps healthcare workers join our union so they have a voice for better patient care and jobs. If you want to work in a fast-paced, action-oriented environment, using the latest communications techniques and principles to win social justice for working families, this job is for you.

Fulfilling communications requests
• Work with New Organizing staff to accommodate their campaign communications needs.

Strategy, planning and follow-through
• Creating communications strategies, timelines and plans;
• Track those plans and ensure campaign communications needs and deadlines are being met.

Staff development and supervision
• Oversee the daily work of New Organizing Communications staff;
• Work with the New Organizing Communications Director to regularly evaluate communications staff and ensure they are getting the tools, training and opportunities they need to grow.
• Ability to fill in and run the Communications Department in the absence of the Director.

Literature production
• Write, edit, design one-page flyers, brochures and other literature.
• Follow through with vendors to ensure purchase order process is followed and bills and paid in a timely manner.

Media outreach • Write, edit and distribute press releases, letters to the editor and op-eds.
• When needed, make outreach calls to reporters and cultivate relationships with media.
• Train workers and staff to be effective media spokespeople.

Paid media • Write, edit and produce newspaper and radio ads and other paid media.

Video production
• Conceptualize, shoot and edit videos or coordinate with outside video vendors to produce campaign videos.

New media
• Work with designer and other team members to produce websites, text messaging campaigns and other new media.

• Excellent ability to work closely with a team, accommodate requests from team members, and assimilate input from multiple sources.

• Excellent inter-personal skills, a positive, enthusiastic attitude and a commitment to contribute to a positive work environment.

• An ability and commitment to modeling pro-active leadership behavior and skills.

• Ability and enthusiasm to take responsibility for whole communications campaigns and see each component through to a successful conclusion.

• Deep commitment to the labor movement and progressive causes.

• Excellent visual, written and verbal communications skills.

• BA or higher.

• At least 2 years experience working in communications for a progressive political campaign, non-profit organization or union.

• Proficiency in word required, experience with design programs such as Quark preferred, proficiency shooting and editing video strongly preferred, ability and willingness to learn media database technology.

• Ability to take good quality photos preferred.

• Must thrive in an environment with tight deadlines, high-pressure and irregular hours.