Communications Manager at Congregational Library & Archives | Boston, MA | $55K/yr – $65K/yr

Congregational Library & Archives

Communications Manager

Boston, MA (Remote)

$55K/yr – $65K/yrMid Level2+ years expFull time

Posted 1 month ago

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Job Summary

Own CLA external comms by shaping strategy and driving cross-channel content to publicize programs, support fundraising, and grow the CLA community across socials, web, and email.

Lead cross-channel ownership: strategy, content, and partner coordination for social, site, email, and campaigns.
Content production: manage original content, newsletters, events promotion, and video program outputs.
Collaboration & governance: align internal teams with peer orgs, external designers, and magazine contributors to deliver on multi-month publishing milestones.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Collaborate with CLA staff to develop and implement a comprehensive communications strategy to publicize programs, support fundraising goals, and build the CLA community across socials, web, email, advertising, and with external partners.
Create original content and manage the CLA’s social media presence (including Facebook, Bluesky, Instagram, and YouTube).
Manage the writing, design, and strategic implementation of newsletters and regular promotional emails.
Manage the CLA’s WordPress website, including web edits, blogposts, development of new features/content, and event calendar/listings.
Create promotional content (flyers, handouts, banners, brochures, swag, etc.) for CLA staff to use at meetings with external stakeholders.
Coordinate external and internal contributors for the CLA’s bi-annual magazine and work with an external graphic designer to lead the project from planning to completion.
Record, edit, transcribe, post, and promote videos of the CLA's programs.
Develop collaborative relationships with communication professionals in peer organizations.

Requirements

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Marketing, or relevant field
2-3 years of experience in communications.
Experience implementing communications strategies as well as using data to drive content strategies.
Experience managing social media accounts and creating original content.
Strong writing with impeccable grammar and good basic design skills.
Experience with a variety of communications software is essential, along with willingness and ability to learn on the job.
Previous experience with email marketing/CRM software, Adobe suite, photo and video editing, WordPress, Zoom, and social media campaigns, are required for this role.
Curiosity about American, Congregational, and/or religious history.
This full-time position offers a flexible work schedule that can be primarily remote.

Preferred

Benefits

CLA provides a generous package of benefits, including medical and dental insurance (75% and 70% employer contribution for individual and family coverage, respectively), short-term and long-term disability insurance, and 403(b) matching contributions up to 3%. Also, significant paid time off is offered, including holidays, personal days, vacation days, and sick days. The CLA provides a monthly stipend for a MBTA pass for those who live in metro Boston. Staff have access to funding for one professional development opportunity a year.

Congregational Library & Archives

The Congregational Library began in 1853 when a small group of Boston clergymen donated 56 books from their personal collections. A century and a half later, it has become an internationally recognized resource for scholars, religious leaders, and local churches.Today the Congregational Library & Archives is a thriving center for researchers of all kinds, from professional historians to church members curious about their roots — anyone wanting to understand more about a religious tradition that has deeply informed American culture. The Congregational story is about ordinary people doing extraordinary things, beginning with the seventeenth-century Puritans and continuing on through nineteenth-century abolitionists and social reformers to the work of modern-day Congregational churches toward a just and open society.We believe that the stories of the past are an essential resource for twenty-first century life, providing depth and balance in an always moving world. In that spirit we are continually updating our learning opportunities. As an all-purpose library, we serve the professional scholars, graduate students, and genealogists who work in our historical collection, as well as the busy people who come here for seminars on Congregational history, walking tours of Boston's historic churches, or informal lunches with well-known scholars and popular authors.The Congregational Library & Archives brings old and new together, carrying forward a tradition of care for the world's future by preserving and interpreting the stories of the past.

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

19 employees (2 in marketing)

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