Communications Manager

Responsibilities:

• Communications Strategy: Creating, implementing, and monitoring communications and social media strategies, serving as communications strategist and thought partner on a multidisciplinary team. 
• Content Development: Writing and editing primarily digital content such as newsletters, blog posts, brochures, and public-facing formal reports, as well as developing and implementing social media content. 
• Media Relations: Serving as a media liaison; curating targeted press lists of relevant media outlets, trade publications, and publications reaching underrepresented groups in amateur radio, digital communications, and technology more generally.
• External Engagement and Events: Participating in opportunities to raise visibility of ARDC and seek new projects and communities worth funding; managing and engagement on community forums.
• Community Liaison: Keeping an eye out for relevant events and info that we need to be paying attention to, and educating the ARDC team about what’s going on out in the world.
• Presentation: Working with the ARDC team to develop opportunities and to deliver high-quality presentations, pitches, and interviews in both virtual and in-person settings. 
• Brand Management: Ensuring that all ARDC public-facing materials are reflective of our values and standards. This includes copyediting, website updates and maintenance (WordPress), and creating professional-looking, polished works.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• 3+ years’ experience in communications or public relations for a scientific, educational organization such as a nonprofit, school, or university.
• Demonstrated ability to develop an engagement strategy and complete complex communications campaigns.
• Functional skills in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or other graphic design software.
• Functional skills in video editing.
• Functional skills in working with WordPress (content management, page / post design).
• Ability to follow a style guide / utilize a brand kit.
• Ability to quickly produce clear, concise, and compelling written copy for audiences with varying degrees of technical knowledge.
• Ability to adapt to a continually evolving environment and thrive in a collaborative workplace.
• Ability to manage, maintain and keep deadlines.
• Proficiency in using a range of technology, including LibreOffice and Google Docs, and willingness to learn new technologies.
• Enthusiasm for or the desire to learn about the science and art of amateur radio.
• A collaborative and relationship-building mindset.

Preferred Knowledge & Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, particularly in an area related to technology, management, or communications.
• Experience working in startups or other new, growing organizations.
• Experience working with international colleagues and communities, including working with translators where needed.
• Experience working with distributed teams and working remotely.
• Familiarity with and involvement in amateur radio, ideally including the possession of an amateur radio license (which, if not already possessed, should be obtained post-hire). 
• Familiarity with (and love for) open source software and culture, as well as technological innovation in general.
• Experience writing how-to documentation for technical subject matters.
• Experience with podcast guest appearances and / or conference presentations.
• Experience  working with nonprofits, foundations, or other grantmaking organizations.