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Communications Manager, New Profit Inc.
Position: Communications Manager
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Organization: New Profit Inc.
Location: Cambridge, MA
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Overview:
New Profit is a nonprofit venture philanthropy fund that exists to help innovative social entrepreneurs and their organizations bring about widespread and transformative impact on critical social problems. We work to fulfill this mission with two approaches: 1) providing multi-year financial and strategic support to help a portfolio of innovative social entrepreneurs and their organizations realize their full potential for social impact; and 2) helping to build an environment in which all innovative social entrepreneurs and their organizations may realize their full potential for social impact. New Profit believes that just as entrepreneurship and invention have driven our nation’s progress, so too can we harness America’s spirit of innovation, vision, and optimism to help solve our most pressing social problems.
With the support of individual investors and our signature partner, Monitor Group, New Profit works with social entrepreneur-led organizations tackling persistent social problems in education, workforce development, public health, and other areas. In addition, we bring together social innovators from across sectors at the annual Gathering of Leaders, and also drive other initiatives to release the potential of social entrepreneurship. Included among these is America Forward, a nonpartisan initiative that connects social sector innovators and their partners with policymakers, legislators, and thought leaders to advance an infrastructure for innovators and government to act together to scale the impact of proven and promising solutions.
Position:
New Profit is seeking a smart, curious, and highly organized communications professional to assume a newly created position of Communications Manager. An integral member of New Profit’s communications team, the Communications Manager will work closely with the Director of Communications, the Online Communications Manager, and the entire New Profit staff to support the organization’s mission and strategic communications goals. An exceptional writer and creative thinker, the Communications Manager will be knowledgeable about print collateral development and design, emerging technologies, and website organization, and be capable of responding to a wide range of requests for content creation and revision, working with New Profit’s internal staff and communications vendors to create compelling collateral materials, high-quality websites, and a vibrant social media presence.
Responsibilities:
The Communications Manager will support a wide range of ongoing communications activities including, but not limited to: content creation, collateral production, writing and editing, media relations, and print management.
- Support all communications activities including New Profit publications, communications operations, and online presence
- Manage the creation of New Profit’s annual report, including working with vendors and external partners, and working closely with other teams across the organization
- Work with the communications team and external vendors to develop a range of print and online materials, and multimedia to support communications strategy
- Write, edit, and/or proofread content for print materials and online; update and maintain content on New Profit Inc. websites; help maintain New Profit’s social media presence and contribute to efforts to expand onto other social media platforms
- Help to facilitate and ensure integration between online communications and traditional print collateral
- Stay current in communications best practices, supporting evaluation and implementation of new technology, features, and platforms; analyze performance of New Profit’s websites and other communications activities, design ways to measure performance
- Serve as primary point of contact for all inquiries regarding websites, including requests for changes and reports on errors, troubleshooting, and resolving website issues
- Manage regular planning and design meetings, including setting meeting agendas and documenting meetings; create detailed work plans incorporating all team members
- Create and disseminate reports of data to relevant stakeholders, working with the communications team to create and implement tactics to improve outcomes
- Support media relations by overseeing daily media monitoring efforts
Qualifications:
- At least five years of professional experience in marketing/communications
- Exceptional original writing skills, including the ability to synthesize and improve existing written material, keen editorial judgment, and the ability to write for different audiences and delivery channels (print, websites, social media, etc.) to effectively communicate New Profit’s mission, impact, and value proposition to a wide range of stakeholders
- Superior attention to detail; ability to serve as a steward of quality for all external communications for New Profit
- Excellent project management skills with the ability to juggle multiple, detailed projects while driving toward deadlines
- Strong management skills with the ability to manage up and laterally, capable of organizing and mobilizing a cross-functional team toward completion of projects
- Creative thinking with the ability to identify innovative ways to communicate and engage audiences through a variety of avenues
- Unwavering commitment to service and customer orientation
- Demonstrated passion for and commitment to New Profit’s mission and vision exemplified through professional background or a significant history of community involvement
- High level of interpersonal maturity, poise, and judgment
- Ability to work independently and cooperatively as part of a growing, entrepreneurial, mission driven team
- High comfort level with ambiguity and entrepreneurship
- Broad understanding of, and willingness to stay abreast of new media technologies, applications, and processes
- Command of Microsoft Office programs including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- Proficiency in HTML desirable; digital audio/video capture, and editing skills a plus
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required
To Apply:
Please upload a resume and thoughtful cover letter, outlining how your skills and experience meet the qualifications of the position and stating how you heard about this opportunity, both in Word format and addressed to Jennifer Anderson, at http://jobs.cgcareers.org/application.aspx?id=1735. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. No phone calls please.
If selected for an interview, candidates should be prepared to provide two writing samples, each representing a distinct tone, style, and format. Professional writing samples are preferred over academic writing samples.
New Profit offers a competitive salary and benefits, commensurate with experience and skills.
