Responsibilities

• Work with Chief External Affairs Officer and team, central office, and Affiliates to identify and shepherd communications and marketing needs, including packaging news, information, and promotions for internal/external audiences.
• Develop actionable plans across communication platforms to creatively drive engagement, strengthen the brand, and standardize best practices.
• Provide communications and marketing support across the organization, including at state and local levels across the country.
• Research, write and/or edit copy for the web, email marketing, editorial media, public policy materials, legislative action alerts, and other publications and platforms for wide-ranging audiences.
• Create original, daily, brand-aligned social content tied to Reach Out and Read, its Affiliates, partners, and ecosystem, driving growth in followers and engagement.
• Manage day-to-day social engagement across Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, including creating, observing, and responding to conversations within our brand community.
• Make daily edits and maintain all sections of Reach Out and Read’s website and microsites, including the management of images and videos, to ensure content is current and correct.
• Work with web developer to design compelling landing pages.
• Create and update pages within the CMS for Reach Out and Read and some Affiliates.
• With the Chief External Affairs Officer and team, design and manage Reach Out and Read’s email marketing, including monthly newsletters for internal and external audiences, fundraising campaigns, news updates, and more.

Requirements

• Two to three years relevant work experience in social media, content creation, website/email management, writing and/or editing.
• Experience in public relations or communications for a nonprofit is highly desired.
• Proven track record in social media management. Adept across numerous social media platforms, including basic experience creating multimedia content.
• Experience working on websites and within content management systems (WordPress a plus).
• Strong writing and editing skills.
• Skilled in Microsoft Office, with a strong knowledge of Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Experience in Adobe Creative Suite a plus.
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to track and balance tasks, deadlines, and materials across multiple individual and team projects.
• Ability to support a fast-paced External Affairs team by coordinating materials, managing workflows, and keeping projects on task.
• Proficient using multi-social posting and scheduling programs such as Hootsuite and Meta Business Suite.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, remote environment on tight deadlines.

Preferred

• Adobe Creative Suite a plus
• WordPress a plus

Benefits

• robust benefits package including medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with match, paid time off, and more.