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Senior Associate in Project Communications closed.

The Orton Family Foundation seeks a full-time Project Communications Senior Associate. This new position will work closely with and for the Director of Projects and the Director of Communications to shape, differentiate, and strengthen the Foundation’s voice, with a strong focus on our Demonstration Project Town communications.

Specific responsibilities include:

  • Take lead role in working with Projects staff to support communications and outreach efforts in Project Towns
  • Assist Project Town organizers/leaders with communications and outreach strategy across the Foundation’s 2- to 3-year process
  • Assist Project Town organizers/leaders in raising town-wide awareness of the Heart & Soul approach, including: innovative outreach, interviewing, media contacts and relations, publicity, public education campaigns, and marketing
  • Assist Foundation staff and Project Town organizers/leaders with production of print, multimedia and online material
  • Build Project Town communications and media capacity through trainings and resources that will outlive the Project
  • Take lead role in creating all Foundation communication-related trainings, tools, resources and guides
  • Assist Foundation staff with production of digital and PowerPoint materials for Foundation presentations
  • Assist Communications staff to create Project Town-related content for orton.org, Cornerstones blog, the Foundation’s e-newsletter, etc.
  • ...

Key skills and qualifications include:

  • Experience developing and implementing communications and outreach plans
  • Experience originating and carrying out communitywide public information/education campaigns
  • Experience working with diverse clientele with varying degrees of experience, capacity and sophistication
  • Knowledge of and affinity for web-based communication technologies, including:
    • Mastery of Word and PowerPoint necessary; experience with other Microsoft programs
    • Mastery of MAC & PC operating system/environments
    • Familiarity working in a CMS platform; basic understanding of HTML
    • Familiarity with or willingness to learn e-Newsletter management and production
  • Superior communications skills, including:
    • Minimum of 3-5 years experience in media, any or all of the following: editorial, publicity, public information/education campaigns, marketing
    • P-R and marketing skills, including outreach to individuals and external markets
    • Strong public presence, outgoing disposition
    • Experience drafting/developing press releases and media kits
    • Ability to pitch stories to media
    • Strong research, reporting and writing skills
    • ...

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About the Foundation

Founded in 1995 and supported by profits from the Vermont Country Store, The Orton Family Foundation works to build vibrant, enduring communities. We help small cities and towns articulate, implement and steward their heart and soul so that they can adapt to change while enhancing the attributes they value most. The Foundation works on the ground primarily in the Northeast and Rocky Mountain West, while seeking to influence the fields of land use planning and community development across the country. The Foundation promotes inclusive, proactive land use planning and community development by providing guidance, tools, research, capital and other support to citizens and leaders.

The Orton Family Foundation is an equal opportunity employer: It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual preference, age, disability, creed, religion or veteran status.

 

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