Mass Communications Team Leader

SASA is looking for a volunteer Mass Communications Team Leader to lead the team in managing its quickly growing network of external organizations, and maintaining relationships with external organizations and news outlets related to Ancient Studies and to edit social media posts, blurbs, ads, newsletters, press releases, news articles, and other general forms of communication SASA will share with its quickly growing external network.

Position Description:

This is a volunteer (unpaid) position managing the drafting and editing of SASA’s external communication and marketing materials targeted at our inter-organizational relationships and Ancient Studies news outlets.

The candidate will be in charge of organizing and editing communications we send to our partners for them to share, press releases on major SASA developments, and articles on SASA for relevant news outlets. The Mass Comms Team Leader will also be responsible for staying in contact with SASA teams in order to know what updates we need to send out. Additionally, the team leader will work closely with the Press Liaison, who is responsible for keeping track of what communications have been sent out and to whom, and the Communications Writer, who prepares the written materials for dissemination. Additionally, this position will research and cultivate relationships with Ancient Studies news outlets where SASA can gain influence.

This position is most well-suited to candidates with prior experience in some form of public writing and marketing.

Expected hours: 10 per week. All work is done remotely.

Responsibilities:

• Monitoring developments in other SASA Teams to write about
• Coordinating with other teams for their public communications needs
• Managing team members, including Press Liaison, Communications Writer, and interns
• Running weekly team meetings
• Tracking communications with external partners
• Managing, scheduling, and conducting inter-organizational contacting
• Determine who we need to follow-up with or reach out to
• Determining appropriate deadlines for sending communications materials to partner organizations and meeting them
• Organizing materials meant for external communications
• Working with the Communications Writer to inform their writing and maintain deadlines
• Sharing newsletters, advertising materials, social media posts, etc. with partners
• Putting out press releases
• Research on and outreach to Ancient Studies news outlets