Responsibilities

• The Content Senior Manager is responsible for written content across different media and platforms. They focus on strategizing, ideating, drafting, and editing content for our teams.
• Writing & Editing
• Write and edit high-quality content for various print and digital communication channels and media employed by WCA, applying an environmental justice lens to storytelling.
• Collaborate with the Communications Director on media relations and strategy, including writing press releases, media pitches, op-eds, letters to the editor, and press briefings.
• Author stories for Convene, our biannual magazine, conducting interviews, drafting, and editing features.
• Work with Communications staff to maintain a common voice across media and maintain the organizational style guide.
• Support the development team with content consultation and advise on new ways to integrate storytelling into our fundraising.
• Provide real-time and urgent copy-editing expertise on an ongoing basis for external communications and various projects delegated by the Communications Director.
• Maintain a library of content for use by WCA teams.
• Strategy & Media Relations

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, journalism, English, or related degree
• At least four years of relevant experience in communications, journalism, or media
• Knowledge of AP style
• Ability to create high-quality content under pressure of a deadline
• Commitment to environmental protection and principles of Tribal sovereignty and racial, social, and economic justice
• Experience using Microsoft Office suite products
• Experience using Word for collaboration and tracking changes

Preferred

• Experience driving policy-focused media campaigning and shaping coverage
• Experience in journalism
• Experience using InCopy
• Experience using Asana for project management

Benefits

• Washington Conservation Action is a statewide environmental advocacy organization advancing environmental policies and pushing for actions that equitably address climate pollution, restore Puget Sound, sustain our state’s forests, and protect our democracy. For Washington to remain a national leader on environmental issues, we need environmental champions in elected office and to hold them accountable on our issues. To keep our environment protected, healthy, and vibrant, we are committed to supporting Native candidates, candidates of color, and environmental leaders.