Marketing & Communications Specialist

Oakland, CA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 weeks ago

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Job Summary

Own and orchestrate a multi-channel communications program that grows a donor and volunteer community while sharpening audience impact through stories, campaigns, and cross-team collaboration.

  • Editorial & Content Strategy: Develop compelling stories for blogs, newsletters, email appeals, and advocacy materials, with cross-channel production support.
  • Audience Growth & Lifecycle: Build email campaigns and journeys to expand subscribers, volunteers, event attendees, and donors.
  • Channel & Partnerships: Drive cross-promotion, influencer activations, and alliances with outdoor orgs to broaden reach and engagement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Implement the marketing and communications strategy, developing stories and campaigns that support program impact, fundraising, and audience engagement.
  • Collaborate across teams to identify stories and develop communications that convey impact, mobilize supporters, and deepen engagement.
  • Write, edit, and review content across digital and print media including blog posts, newsletters, email appeals, and advocacy materials. Partner with the Communications Coordinator on social content and cross-channel production.
  • Build and manage email communications, audience segmentation, and cultivation journeys across supporter groups — subscribers, volunteers, event attendees, and donors.
  • Manage the editorial calendar balancing engagement with list health and maintaining alignment with the overall communications plan.
  • Protect and apply brand standards across all content and platforms, maintaining consistent voice, tone, and visual identity
  • Execute, analyze and refine constituency growth campaigns and strategies to grow Save The Bay’s email list, supporter base, and donor pipeline.
  • Support the execution of paid acquisition campaigns (Meta ads, list buys, petition-based acquisition) and help track performance against cost-per-acquisition and engagement benchmarks.
  • Maintain acquisition dashboard tracking subscriber growth, engagement rates, and donor conversion by source.
  • Identify and pursue cross-promotion opportunities with allied organizations, outdoor recreation groups, and community partners to expand reach.

Requirements

  • 3-5 years of experience in communications, digital marketing, or content strategy.
  • Experience supporting email list or digital audience growth through a combination of organic and paid channels.
  • Experience with email marketing strategy, including segmentation, automation, and performance optimization.
  • A bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, journalism, or a related field is preferred but not required. Equivalent work experience will be considered.

Preferred

  • Experience with Asana or similar tools preferred.
  • Salesforce experience a plus.
  • WordPress, SEO fundamentals, and web analytics.

Benefits

  • excellent benefit package including medical, dental, vision, acupuncture/chiropractic, and life insurance; 12 paid vacation days per year to start, 13-14 paid holidays and 12 days of sick leave per calendar year; 403(b) retirement plan; stipend for working remotely and funds for home office workstation equipment and furniture.
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Save The Bay

Save The Bay is the largest regional organization working to protect and restore San Francisco Bay for people and wildlife. We are the voice of the Bay and for almost 60 years, Save The Bay has inspired people to advocate for a clean and healthy Bay. In this era of climate change and a growing population, we work with scientists and policymakers to protect the Bay as our region's most important natural resource--essential to our environment, economy, and quality of life.

Founded in 1961
Oakland, California, USA
50 employees (4 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
13.9K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$39.7K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
43.4%
Direct
43.9%
Referral
6.5%
Social
2.9%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~50

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
4 (8% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Last Raise
Grant, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Apr 2022
    Grant

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