Development Communications Manager

Bachelor’s degree in Communications, Marketing, Public Relations, Journalism, or related field required.
Minimum 3 years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and related experience required.
Proficiency in Spanish is required to better serve our diverse communities.
Outstanding oral and written communication skills required, with proven knowledge of AP Style.
Strong organizational and multi-tasking skills.
Ability to use Microsoft Office Suite.
Familiarity with Cision/TrendKite or other media monitoring software.
Demonstrated experience managing professional social media platforms for an organization is required.
Must be comfortable using website content management systems and other marketing tools.
Willingness to serve as a media spokesperson required; experience as a spokesperson preferred.
Strong teamwork and collaboration required.

Work with leadership to execute media relations strategy by maintaining excellent media contact relationships, writing and distributing news releases, and/or preparing and distributing media materials.
Execute an effective communications strategy to respond to support requests.
Provide support for public affairs and communication activities.
Build, train, engage, and supervise a team of communications and public affairs volunteers.
Support social media engagement that aligns with the organizational social media strategy.
Produce relevant content for web and social platforms.
Coordinate cross-functional resources for the development and delivery of marketing programs.
May develop brand and creative content to support a variety of activities used in external publications and media placements and work to secure in-kind PSA placements.
May be required to deploy physically or virtually to support disaster response operations.