Director of Communications

Responsibilities

• Develop engaging stories, photography, and video content featuring residents, employees, and campus life.
• Manage website content, blog posts, SEO initiatives, and digital marketing campaigns.
• Oversee Cornwall Manor’s social media presence, including content, engagement, and paid advertising.
• Write, design, and edit newsletters, publications, calendars, advertisements, brochures, and other marketing materials.
• Coordinate internal communications, leadership correspondence, press releases, and media relations.
• Maintain the Crisis Communications Plan and support organization-wide communications initiatives.
• Recruit, orient, and coordinate volunteers, maintain records, and plan volunteer recognition activities.
• Collaborate with departments to promote programs, events, and organizational initiatives while overseeing brand standards including visual identity across all communications, publications, signage, and digital platforms.
• Experience in video production, including concept development, filming, editing, and post-production, with the ability to create engaging, professional-quality content for websites, social media, public relations, and organizational communications.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Journalism, English, Communications, Public Relations, Marketing, or a related field required.
• Five or more years of public relations or related experience preferred.
• Excellent writing, editing, communication, and organizational skills.
• Experience with photography, website management, social media management tools, graphic design applications, and digital communication platforms.
• Proficiency in video editing software and production techniques.
• Exceptional written, verbal, editorial, and interpersonal communication skills.

Preferred

• Five or more years of public relations or related experience preferred.

Benefits

• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance