Digital Communications Assistant

USA (On-site)

$50K/yr – $55K/yrIntern/New Grad3+ years expFull time

Posted 3 months ago

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Job Summary

Drive PBK’s digital storytelling by coordinating social, web, and design outputs with brand-consistent visuals across departments.

  • Must-have: 2–3 years in communications/digital media with social account experience
  • Standout: Central design resource across the organization with accessibility focus
  • Standout: Proficiency in Canva and CMS/web updates

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Draft, schedule, and publish content across PBK’s social media channels
  • Maintain and manage a centralized social media content calendar
  • Coordinate social media requests across departments, ensuring alignment with messaging and priorities
  • Identify timely content opportunities (member highlights, program updates, advocacy, events, partner content)
  • Monitor platform performance and contribute to monthly reporting
  • Serve as a central resource for digital design needs across the organization, ensuring consistent application of PBK’s brand across all digital channels.
  • Create and adapt digital assets using Canva (or similar tools), including: Social media graphics; Event and program promotions; Web graphics and banners; Simple digital flyers and one-pagers
  • Apply PBK’s brand guidelines consistently across all visual outputs
  • Support staff in developing visually cohesive materials aligned with organizational standards
  • Ensure visual content meets accessibility best practices (contrast, readability)
  • Build and publish web pages in PBK’s CMS using provided content and direction
  • Format content for clarity, readability, and consistency across pages

Requirements

  • 2–3 years of experience in communications, digital media, marketing, or a related field
  • Strong writing and editing skills, with attention to detail and clarity
  • Experience managing or contributing to social media accounts
  • Experience using Canva or similar design tools, with strong visual judgment
  • Strong organizational skills and ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines
  • Comfort working across multiple digital platforms (social, web, email)

Preferred

  • Experience working in nonprofit, higher education, or mission-driven organizations
  • Familiarity with content management systems (CMS) such as WordPress, Kentico, or similar
  • Familiarity with email marketing platforms (Mailchimp, Campaign Monitor, etc.)
  • Basic understanding of accessibility best practices for digital content
  • Familiarity with Google Analytics or other reporting tools

Benefits

  • The Phi Beta Kappa Society offers excellent benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and retirement.
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NTEN

We're a community of nonprofit professionals who recognize that technology is integral to our work and lives. We've seen firsthand in our communities that access to technology and using it effectively is a consistent barrier across all forms of inequity. Together we can dismantle existing systems of oppression and create new ways for our organizations to approach technology strategically and deploy it in racially equitable ways.

Founded in 2000
Portland, Oregon, USA
47 employees (8 in marketing)

Traffic Signals

Monthly Visitors
38.4K
Monthly Google Ads Budget
$2.6K
Traffic Source Mix
Search
35.7%
Direct
52%
Referral
8%
Social
3.2%
Paid
0.8%

Headcount Trend

Current headcount: ~48

Marketing Team

Marketing Team Size
7 (15% of company)
Marketing Roles Posted (Last 30 Days)
1

Funding

Last Raise
Grant, 4 years ago

Funding History

  • Jul 2022
    Grant