Communications Specialist

COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST – PEOPLE FIRST ECONOMY FOR ARIZONA

People First Economy for Arizona is seeking a Communications Specialist for a multi-year, multi-issue, multi-organizational campaign centered around creating a stronger economy for all Arizonans through increased state investments and progressive reform to state policies. This Communications Specialist will support a proactive policy campaign and play a critical role in contributing to the campaign’s communication strategies and advocacy efforts by executing creative digital tactics and developing campaign content to move Arizonans to action.

ABOUT PEOPLE FIRST ECONOMY FOR ARIZONA

People First Economy is jointly governed by the Arizona Center for Economic Progress (AZCenter), the Arizona Center for Empowerment (ACE), and One Arizona. People First Economy for Arizona (PFE) is a statewide proactive revenue community campaign. The campaign seeks to inform, empower, and mobilize organizations, advocates, and voters with aligned values to change Arizona’s narrative, policy, and outcomes for its people. PFE’s goal is to increase state public resources and invest them in Arizona communities around the following values and priorities:

Valuing People Over Profit: PFE seeks to create an Arizona where housing is a human right and everyone has access to good nutritious food, clean air and drinking water, and affordable healthcare;

Investing in Education: PFE seeks to create an Arizona where everyone has access to a well-funded public education at every level of learning with teachers and curriculum that reflect the diversity of its students;

Empowering Workforces: PFE seeks to create an Arizona where all workers are provided with a living wage, safe working conditions, health care, paid family medical leave, retirement, and other benefits;

Redistributing Wealth: PFE seeks to create an Arizona where natural resources and wealth are not hoarded by a handful of people but reinvested equitably back into society and communities that need it most.

ABOUT THE COMMUNICATIONS SPECIALIST

The Communication Specialist plays an integral role in the People First Economy of Arizona (PFE) campaign.  This position is housed at the AZCenter (overseen by the Director of Economic Policy) and is accountable to the coalition’s governing committee. This position will be responsible for:  

·        Executing high impact, creative digital tactics that help change the narrative, reach our growth goals, and build visibility on key issues.

·        Email Marketing, Content Creation, Website management, and Social Media: Working closely with campaign coordinator and PFE coalition to identify project goals and audiences, create content for digital platforms and execute social media engagement in service of our goals. Campaign concepts include emails, websites, action pages, video, photography, and social media posts to engage and mobilize supporters to act.

·        Effective Engagement: Establish benchmarks and tracking to measure the effectiveness of campaign communications to reach campaign goals. Incorporate leading messaging practices and guidance into campaign content.

·        Responsible for rapid response efforts and earned media output, including identifying opportunities for media outreach, press releases, talking points and toolkits, media contact list, etc.  

·        Strengthening partnerships with People First Economy coalitions, affiliates, and community members to support campaign priorities and economic policy issues.

·        Work with vendors, consultants and contractors as needed.

·        All other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

A Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or combination of equivalent education and work-related experience is required. Two years of relevant experience may include internships.

·        Designing social media graphics and/or writing digital content.

·        Experience creating photo and video content.

·        Experience evaluating and reporting on web, email, and social analytics, and providing digital strategy and optimization tactics based on analytics.

·        Experience with content management systems (e.g., WordPress, Wix, etc.), digital organizing tools (e.g., EveryAction, the Action network, MailChimp, Salsa, etc.), and social media management tools.

·        Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with the ability to communicate with diverse audiences.

·        Strategic thinking and flexible and collaborative workstyle, with a focus on community engagement.

·        Ability to manage multiple projects, and to produce accurate and timely work products.

·        Well-organized, dynamic self-starter who can work independently with great attention to detail.

·        Spanish language proficiency highly desired.

Compensation:

·        The starting salary range is $50,000 to $58,000 depending on experience and qualifications.

·        Major medical, dental, and vision insurance, life insurance, tuition reimbursement, matching retirement contribution.

·        Competitive leave policies for vacation, sick leave, personal leave, and earned sabbatical.

·        This is a grant-funded position.

Work Structure and Location:

The person who fills this position will be an employee of Children’s Action Alliance (CAA) which the Arizona Center for Economic Progress is an affiliate of.  Therefore, this position will be governed by the employment policies and procedures of CAA and the AZCenter.  AZCenter operates a hybrid (office and home) working system that allows employees to work in the most productive Arizona location based on job description, project, or task. We provide employees with the resources to work effectively from either the AZCenter office or remote locations in Arizona.

To Apply:

Only candidates who send cover letter, resume, and salary requirements to hr@azchildren.org will be considered.  Please also include where (posting site) you found this opportunity. 

Position will remain open until filled.

Arizona Center for Economic Progress and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sex, ancestry, citizenship status, mental or physical disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, veteran status, or military status. AZCenter strongly encourage members of traditionally underrepresented communities to apply, including people of color, LGBTQ identified people, gender-nonconforming people, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and people who speak a language in addition to English. AZCenter will always make hiring decisions based on merit and qualifications of the applicants and the needs of the organization.

Salary : $50,000 - $58,000