Responsibilities

• Proactively manage KHS’s social media, web, and email communications and marketing.
• Collaborate with a strong team of staff and volunteers to support rescue, rehabilitation, and adoption messaging.
• Generate progressive, engaging content for marketing/communications needs involving events, vet services, shelter operations, fundraising, and the capital campaign.
• Create email newsletters and e-blasts; coordinate/develop digital content across platforms, including website, organic, and paid social media.
• Have a keen awareness of social media strategy, trends, and metrics; evaluate results of communications strategies and tactics.
• Expand awareness of Kitsap Humane Society and its programs in thoughtful, fun, engaging means.
• Manage ongoing marketing sponsorships and partnerships.
• Work collaboratively with volunteers, media, leadership team, and staff to share the shelter’s story and develop content.
• Display positivity, tact, sound judgment in interactions with staff, volunteers, and the public.
• Occasionally work evenings and weekends.
• Interest and ability to work with shelter animals.
• Experience with MS Word, Excel, Constant Contact, WordPress, Hootsuite, TikTok, Facebook Business & Ads Manager, and various digital and social media platforms.

Requirements

• Is a strong writer, editor, and communicator with solid photography, videography, video editing, and social media experience across various platforms. (Work samples required.)
• Able to generate progressive, engaging content for marketing/communications needs involving events, vet services, shelter operations, fundraising, and the capital campaign.
• Will create email newsletters and e-blasts and coordinate/develop digital content across platforms, including website, organic, and paid social media.
• Has a keen awareness of social media strategy, trends, and metrics.
• Assists with evaluating results of communications strategies and tactics.
• Expands awareness of Kitsap Humane Society, its services and programs, and its lifesaving mission in thoughtful, fun, and engaging means.
• Manages ongoing marketing sponsorships and partnerships.
• A team player able to work collaboratively and productively with volunteers, media, leadership team, and KHS staff to share the shelter’s story and develop thoughtful, informative, progressive, and impactful content.
• Displays positivity, friendliness, tact, and sound judgment in interactions with staff, volunteers, and the public.
• Ability to occasionally work evenings and weekends.
• Interest and ability to work with shelter animals.
• Experience with MS Word, Excel, Constant Contact, WordPress, Hootsuite, TikTok, Facebook Business & Ads Manager, and various digital and social media platforms.

Benefits

• Being part of an organization with a mission to provide positive, life-changing solutions for people and animals in need and a vision that every adoptable companion animal has a home.
• Working for an organization that values excellence in animal welfare, outstanding customer service, compassion, integrity, teamwork, collaboration, financial stewardship, and inclusion.
• Accrued vacation hours, sick leave hours, and paid holidays.
• Bereavement paid time for family and pet.
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness eligibility for full-time employees.
• Medical, Dental, Health Reimbursement Arrangement, $10,000 Group Life Insurance Plan and Employee Assistance Program 100% paid by employer for the employee's coverage (only on base plan for medical).
• Voluntary Vision, Supplemental Life Insurance, Supplemental Long-Term Disability, Pet Insurance, and participation in a 403(b) Retirement Plan also available.
• Being surrounded by cute furry and feathery friends.
• Grow your family with one free pet adoption per year.