Brand Communications Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Primary Function: The Brand Communications Coordinator supports the Barnes Foundation and Calder Gardens through a combination of communications, social media, project coordination, and administrative responsibilities. Reporting to the Lead Director of Communications, the coordinator plays a central role in executing public relations and earned media initiatives, including developing press materials, supporting media outreach, coordinating press activity, and tracking coverage.
• The coordinator also creates and executes social media content in collaboration with the Senior Manager of Brand and Creative Strategy and provides operational support across the Brand Department.
• This role coordinates departmental administrative needs and proactively traffics marketing and communications design projects, and ensures public-facing work is accurate, organized, and delivered on schedule.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends for media events, programs, and social content coverage.
• Clearances: Criminal Background-National
• Organizational Statements: Moving to organize"

Requirements

• 2-3 years of relevant professional experience in communications, public relations, marketing, social media, or a related area.
• Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, journalism, marketing, English, art history, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Strong writing, editing, research, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt content for media, social platforms, and audiences.
• Excellent organizational skills, close attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
• Sound judgment, professionalism, initiative, and the ability to work both independently and cooperatively with colleagues and external partners.
• Familiarity with social media publishing and content creation; basic photography or short-form video experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Philadelphia and arts & culture media landscape
• Experience in a museum, cultural, educational, or nonprofit organization, or demonstrated interest in art and culture, preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and collaborative project-management tools. Experience with media databases or monitoring platforms such as Cision and social media management platforms such as Sprout Social is a plus.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends for media events, programs, and social content coverage.