Senior Communications Coordinator for New Organizing - Baltimore, MD
| Location: | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Category: | Communications |
| Description: | 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. |
| Qualifications: | • 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 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. |
| Compensation: | 1199 offers competitive salaries as well as excellent benefits. |
| Submit To: | Dave Bates |
| Address: | dave.bates@1199seiu.org |
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