Communications Manager

Responsibilities

• Communications Management
• Creates communications plan in collaboration with communications staff (Director and Social Media Coordinator). Plan will include a new element of news production.
• Assures consistency of communication in program and development department.
• Maintains organizational communications calendar, including press events, press statements, newsletters, mailings, and other relevant happenings
• Engages and supervises volunteers to help with communications
• Stays abreast of breaking media trends to keep LABB on the cutting edge
• Earned media
• Works with Director, staff, and community partners to identify and capitalize on media opportunities
• Takes initiative to identify how LABB’s work dovetails with current events, and helps to conceptualize actions – press conferences, video releases, pubic statements – to make the most of the moment.
• Handles all logistics for media events – including materials production, site selection, tech, etc

Requirements

• Ten years of communications experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to communicate complex information clearly and accessibly.
• Demonstrated
• Strong editing and proofreading skills with close attention to detail.
• Excellent organizational skills, including the ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines concurrently.
• Ability to work collaboratively across teams and with community members and external partners.
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, flexibility, sound judgment, and discretion.
• Demonstrated commitment to racial justice
• Openness to giving and receiving regular feedback.
• Driver’s license

Preferred

• Familiarity with Louisiana’s media landscape, political environment, or environmental justice movement.
• Experience with both earned and social media

Benefits

• LABB takes work-life balance seriously. Employees receive 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision coverage, generous paid time off, paid summer and winter breaks, up to 16 weeks of paid parental leave, a 401(k) match, and support for continued professional growth.