Marketing & Design Associate

Responsibilities

• Content creation and social media: Plan, create, and schedule engaging content for BAC's Instagram and Facebook, at least one feed post and three stories a week. Photograph and film classes, exhibitions, and events to keep content fresh and real.
• Design: Create graphics for social media, email, web, and print, including flyers, posters, postcards, and signage for programs, special events, and exhibitions.
• Email and website: Build and send our monthly newsletter and targeted campaigns in Mailchimp. Keep our Cargo website current with classes, exhibitions, events, and camp information.
• Campaigns: Bring ideas to the table and help run our seasonal campaigns, starting with winter session promotion, the summer camp launch in mid-December, year-end giving, including Giving Tuesday, and our spring fundraiser, BAC in Bloom including building its event and ticketing pages.
• Community outreach: Build relationships with local outlets, including PTO newsletters, parent groups, schools, libraries, and community calendars. Submit calendar listings and press releases for exhibitions and events.
• Tracking and organization: Track what's working, including email opens, social engagement, and registrations. Keep design files, photos, and brand assets organized, and help with occasional data entry in our donor database.
• Your First Projects (November–December): Lead the promotion push through November and December with social posts, email, and local outreach, focusing first on classes that still have open spots.
• Summer camp launch (on our website by December 15): Help get camp information and registration live on the website, then kick off the launch campaign to families through social media, email, PTOs, and parent networks.
• Year-end giving: Support our annual appeal and Giving Tuesday (December 1) with social posts and email reminders

Requirements

• 1–2 years of experience planning and running marketing campaigns, including social media for an organization or brand
• A portfolio showing graphic design for social media, web, or print
• Proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite and/or Canva
• Experience with Mailchimp or a similar email platform, and with updating a website (Cargo, Squarespace, Wix, or similar)
• A good photography eye, plus basic photo and short video editing skills
• Very good written and verbal communication skills, and a positive attitude
• Strong time management: able to create and manage a marketing calendar and meet deadlines
• A love for the arts and community, and a desire to be part of a small, warm, hardworking team

Preferred

• Nice to have: familiarity with Google Ads, experience with Active Network or Bloomerang CRM, and knowledge of Brookline and Greater Boston community networks.