Marketing & Communications Manager at Ecological Society of America | District of Columbia, USA

Ecological Society of America

Marketing & Communications Manager

District of Columbia, USA (Hybrid)

Salary Not AvailableMid Level5+ years expFull time

Posted 2 months ago

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Job Summary

Own cross-channel storytelling and campaigns that unite ESA communities, partners, and journals while coordinating with staff and volunteers to tell compelling ecology stories to the right audiences.

Growth & storytelling: align campaigns across journals, events, and education to engage members and advocates.
Channel ops: run social, web, and newsletters with consistent voice and visuals across campaigns.
Collaboration: work with internal teams and volunteers to surface stories that advance audience growth and engagement.

Job Description

Responsibilities

Contributing to our overall marketing and communications strategies across several communities and business lines
Marketing events, education and training, and membership; working with partners to align with strategies for our journals
Social media and web content management
Developing visual and multimedia collateral appropriate to each campaign and platform
Membership and community communication—newsletters, online community and listserv, social, web
Working across staff and volunteer teams to ensure that we are telling the stories we want to tell, using the appropriate voice, to the audiences we most need to reach
Travel to the ESA Annual Meeting and other business events.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience in communications and marketing
Experience with design and marketing automation tools—we specifically use Hootsuite, Canva and Feathr—and ethically and responsibly employing generative AI
A creative bent and talent for solving problems
Motivation to continuously seek new ways to do work well
Passion about the sciences and environment
This is a hybrid position located in Washinton, DC with some required in-office commuting.

Preferred

Ideally working in an association or professional society or advocacy organization.

Benefits

ESA has an excellent benefits package that includes employer-paid medical and dental, and low-cost vision coverage; cell phone allowance; life, AD&D and disability insurance; and generous retirement contributions.

Ecological Society of America

The Ecological Society of America is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization of scientists founded in 1915 to promote ecological science by improving communication among ecologists; raise the public’s level of awareness of the importance of ecological science; increase the resources available for the conduct of ecological science; and ensure the appropriate use of ecological science in environmental decision making by enhancing communication between the ecological community and policy-makers.The 9,000 member Society publishes 6 journals, convenes an annual scientific conference, and broadly shares ecological information through policy and media outreach and education initiatives.

Founded in 1915

Washington, District of Columbia, USA

68 employees (20 in marketing)

www.esa.org