Director of Development and Communications
Company: Inzernettechnologies
Location: Denver
Posted on: November 19, 2023
Job Description:
Voces Unidas Director of Development and Communications Glenwood
Springs, CO -Denver, CO -Frisco, CO -Full time Apply for Director
of Development and Communications Voces Unidas is seeking a
full-time director of development and communications who is highly
motivated, creative and committed to social justice. The
development and communications director helps implement
communication strategy at the policy, electoral and organizing
levels, grow social media and online presence and engagement, lead
the organizations' media relations and drive content and messaging
strategy. The development and communications director is also
responsible for securing and maintaining public and private funding
through grant writing and for raising unrestricted revenue from
corporations and individuals. This position can be based in Denver
or in any other office in the central mountain
region.DescriptionResponsibilities
- Develop and oversee the implementation of a successful
fundraising strategy to support organizational and program
development needs;
- Oversee day-to-day communication needs of the organizations,
including managing social media, websites, blogs, newsletters,
email blasts and media relations;
- Serve as the in-house rapid response communications lead for
all policy and political messaging, and manage incoming
requests/opportunities from media and other external partners;
- Serve as the primary storyteller and writer for the
organizations, sharing stories and creating content/copy about our
mission, initiatives and impact to publish on social media, blogs,
newsletters, reports, and more;
- Manage media relations to position the organization as the
regional thought leader on our policy issues and campaigns,
including writing and placing regular opinion editorials or
columns, coordinating media opportunities, scheduling interviews
and doing outreach to place stories, sometimes doing interviews as
a spokesperson for the organization (with contract support, as
needed);
- Manage and maintain a robust presence on social media,
including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, to grow online
supporters and engagement;
- Support online advocacy by creating and publishing compelling
email blasts and social media posts to mobilize supporters to take
action;
- Prepare and publish bilingual newsletters to increase
engagement with funders and participants (with contract support, as
needed);
- Design, edit, produce, and distribute all print and digital
materials (with contract support, as needed);
- Support the membership and fundraising campaigns through list
development, data tracking, toolkit creation, reporting, and
more;
- Serve as the primary grant writer and manage all reporting
obligations to funders;
- Manage all donor relations, including acknowledgments and
recognizing donors;
- Develop and oversee small donor campaigns to increase the
number of donors to the organization;
- Manage the Salsa Labs database and tools, including data
management, email marketing, form creation, reporting, list
segmentation, and support staff in their use of the platform;
- Maintain high quality and timely website presence for both
organizations;
- Train and advise staff on communications strategy and social
media best practices;
- Create style and brand guides for the organizations; -
- Manage interns and vendors, as needed; and
- Perform other duties as required to support the work of the
organization as a whole.Required Job Skills, Experience, and
Qualifications
- Alignment to Voces Unidas' missions; -
- Passionate about community organizing and
movement-building;
- 5 to 7 years of professional communications experience,
especially in the advocacy and policy space;
- 3 to 5 years of development and fundraising experience;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills;
- Experience developing communications plans and writing email
blasts, blog posts, talking points and press releases;
- Experience managing media relations and pitching stories to
reporters;
- Experience writing opinion editorials or columns on policy
issues is preferred;
- Experience managing the execution of annual reports and other
design collateral; -
- Experience with content management systems to manage
websites;
- Experience creating compelling graphics and videos for social
media using Canva, -Adobe Creative Suite or similar tools or
experience managing vendors for these type of projects;
- Prior experience using and/or willingness to learn how to use
digital organizing and campaign tools: CRMs (i.e. ActionNetwork,
Salesforce, Salsa Labs, etc); texting (i.e. Hustle, ThruText, etc);
relational organizing (i.e OutreachCircle, Reach, Empower, etc);
online advocacy (i.e. Salsa Engage, Phone2Action, etc); and story
collection (Soapboxx, Flipgrid);
- Ability to work independently without much guidance and be able
to execute communication projects as a team of one, while also
using vendors and contractors when necessary;
- Excellent project management and time management skills:
ability both rapidly respond to day-to-day needs while conceiving
and implementing bigger projects over time;
- Be able to travel by car to all regional offices regularly and
work occasional weekend or evening events, as needed; -
- Access to a car;
- Bachelor's degree; and
- Bilingual in Spanish and English languages is preferred.
- Very generous self-care time
- Health insurance
- Ski pass or stipend for recreation activities
- Housing stipend (must live in central mountains to qualify)
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