Responsibilities

• Communications Strategy - Using an integrated advocacy approach, lead the development and implementation of proactive communications plans and strategies that advance the organization’s priorities and expand visibility, grow and engage our supporter base, and further public understanding of our work
• Communications Strategy - Lead the organization’s rapid communications response to emerging civil liberties issues with appropriate, timely, and effective messaging and communications strategies.
• Communications Strategy - Collaborate with colleagues in the legal, advocacy and development departments, as well as with national communications staff, to ensure communications, public education, and content support and serve ACLU-GA’s goals and mission.
• Communications Strategy - Track and evaluate the success of communications campaigns and strategies, ensuring new strategies and tactics are developed to increase impact and effectiveness.
• Press and Media Relations - Oversee all aspects of media relations, including strategic cultivation of media contacts and opportunities, developing messaging and content, editing press materials, coaching of spokespersons, and arranging press conferences and interviews.
• Press and Media Relations - Raise the ACLU of Georgia’s profile with editorial boards, talk radio, new shows, podcasters, and opinion leaders.
• Press and Media Relations - Direct media relation efforts of the Communications team to manage incoming media requests and work closely with staff across departments to coordinate media inquiries and interview requests.
• Content Creation - Direct the development and execution of content across platforms, ensuring alignment with campaigns priorities and messaging.
• Content Creation - Provide direction to the Communications Team in developing strategies to grow the organization’s digital presence in order to engage existing and new audiences, grow our base of supporters, and achieve the organization’s policy goals.
• Content Creation - Oversee the development of public content, including blogs, articles, reports, marketing materials, and videos with team members.

Benefits

• paid vacation, sick time, and holidays; medical, vision and dental insurance; life and long-term disability insurance; Flexible Spending Account; 401(k) Defined Contribution Retirement.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, public relations, marketing, journalism, or related field.
• 10+ years in directly applicable experience in communications, public relations, journalism or related field.
• Management experience, including providing direct supervision of staff.
• Exceptional writing, analytical, and speaking skills, with a demonstrated ability to communicate effectively and compellingly in conversation or print with external and internal target audiences, including donors, supporters, policy makers, coalition partners, lay leaders, and staff.
• Sophisticated understanding of public advocacy campaigns, and how communication strategies are utilized to advance such campaigns and counter opposition messaging.
• Familiarity with the ACLU of GA’s mission and the range of issues we work on with a demonstrated commitment to civil rights and liberties.
• Robust project management experience with strong preference for knowledge of, or willingness to use, Asana software.
• Cultural competence and an understanding of how structural racism, sexism, and prejudice against people based on their race, sex, gender, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, different ability and age-pervade our society and its institutions.
• Willingness to work irregular hours, including some weekends.
• Willingness to travel and a current driver’s license.

Preferred

• Experience in a non-profit environment, advancing advocacy or political campaigns.
• Experience working with media that serve historically underrepresented communities including Black, Asian American, Latinx and LGBTQ communities.
• Ability to translate legal concepts and terminology into easily understandable, compelling information.
• Knowledge of Georgia political and media landscape.

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