Communications Manager

Location: Detroit, Michigan or Piscataway, New Jersey

Employee Category: Full-time

Positions Hiring: 1

Start Date: Immediately

Salary: $55,000-$65,000 (dependent on credentials and experience)

Reports to: Vice President of Strategic Operations

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 20 days PTO
• Monthly Self-Care & Technology Stipend
• Robust company holiday calendar
• Summer Fridays
• Annual summer and end-of-year shutdown
• Professional development budget
  
  

Role Overview:

Responsibilities:

• Creative and Communications Strategy:
• Develop and execute overall SCP creative and communications strategy with a long-term vision
• Manage blogs, brand direction, copyediting, graphic design (one-pagers, impact reports, presentations, brochures), narrative/promotional videos, newsletters (HTML, Mailchimp, etc.), public relations, and social media management
• Partner Collaboration:
• Lead SCP’s creative and communications processes with partners
• Oversee brand management, copywriting and editing, graphic design, newsletters, social media management, and website development
• Interface directly as a leader of the organization with partners
• Manage day-to-day execution, ensuring progress toward strategic goals
• Leadership:
• Serve as a leader in the organization, taking ownership and responsibility for the success of SCP’s work internally and externally
  

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree required
  
  

Experience:

• At least four years of work experience with evidence of a proven track record of results
• Minimum of three years developing brand and communications strategies and leading creative projects/initiatives
• Experience serving as the lead contact for creative communications projects, including designing, organizing, planning, executing, and crisis management
• At least two years in a mission-driven organization committed to education, equity, and/or justice
• Experience facilitating high-stakes meetings with stakeholders to co-create strategy and content
• Proven track record of decision-making and judgment in mission-driven work
  
  

Skill Sets:

• Creative, innovative, and strategic thinker
• Compelling and influential communicator across various mediums
• Strong organizational and planning skills, including project plans and timeline management
• Strong relationship-building and partner collaboration
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and partners in a fast-paced environment
• Exemplary decision-making and problem-solving skills
• Flexibility to adapt and take on various roles as needed
• Comfortable working in ambiguous situations and creating from the ground up
  
  

Mindset:

• Commitment to pairing strategy with community and cultural context
• Passionate about community work, partnering with communities rather than working for them
• Dedication to excellence in process, presentation, and communication
• Unwavering commitment to integrity and the importance of education, equity, and justice
• Intrinsically motivated and comfortable working in gray spaces
• Thrives in complex, time-sensitive, and crisis situations, viewing them as opportunities for innovation and service
• Positive outlook, operating from a place of abundance and opportunity
  
  

About Strategic Community Partners (SCP): Strategic Community Partners is a national firm dedicated to advancing equity within communities. We partner with organizations to enhance their capacity by integrating strategy with community and cultural contexts to drive impactful and equitable missions forward. Our key areas of focus include:

• Community-Grounded Research and Evaluation
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Education (Early Childhood, K-12, Higher Education)
• Project Management and Systems Building
• Recruitment, Retention, and Overall Talent Management
• Strategic Planning
• Youth- and Community-Based Initiatives and Events
  
  

Join our team at SCP and be part of a mission-driven organization making a tangible impact in communities. Apply today to lead our creative and communications efforts and help us advance equity together!

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