Guild Seeks a National Communications Manager

Communications Manager

The Graphic Artists Guild seeks full-time hire for remote work, to begin February 1, 2021.
2-3 years of relevant experience required, suggested salary: $42,500

Basic Breakdown of Tasks

• Social Media: 20 hours/week
• Newsletters: 15 hours/week 
• Website Updates: 2-4 hours/week 

Key Responsibilities and Proficiencies

• Content/copy creation for social media and newsletters (using Buffer and Mailchimp)
• Ad creation for paid social media campaigns
• Content updates on website (WordPress)
• Production work on graphics — resize for repurposing across platforms (Adobe Creative Suite)
• Copyediting and occasional copywriting (articles / blog posts)
• Maintain consistent messaging across all touchpoints

Overall Requirements

• BA/BS degree or equivalent work experience
• Excellent communicator and creative thinker, with an ability to use both data and intuition to inform decisions
• Highly analytical and able to derive meaning from data through A/B testing and email optimization, social media campaign results, etc.
• Excellent attention to detail both for line editing copy and consistency in style and tone across our content
• Active and well-rounded personal presence on social media, with a command of each network and their best practices
• Attend all scheduled meetings via Zoom (5–10/month)
• Communicate with approx. 30 staff and volunteers in real-time via Slack

Bonus Skills

• Strategy experience with social media and/or newsletter campaigns
• Basic understanding of and ability to implement SEO
• Knowledge of demand generation marketing and/or inbound marketing
• Experience with or interest in data capture and analysis (Google Data Studio, etc.)
• Practice of staying up-to-date with the latest trends in WordPress and SEO
• Graphic design ability for creating original graphics
• Experience working in graphic artists and/or with not-for-profits

Please send a statement of interest and résumé to:

Paula Hinkle
Graphic Artists Guild,
Administrative Director
admin@graphicartistsguild.org