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Communications Director
Descripción
Descripción
Key Responsibilities include:
Brand identity and messaging
- Work with staff to ensure consistent brand strategy across content, departments, and campaigns
- Collaborate on talking points, messaging, graphic identities and more for individual campaigns and special projects
- Help create and maintain consistent messaging and design across all platforms, projects, and pieces
Media relations
- Draft and distribute written statements and press releases on Open Plans’ campaigns and relevant breaking news
- Work with the team to concept and draft op-eds, press pitches, and other media outreach
- Serve as first point of contact between media and Open Plans; set up, staff, and advise on media interviews
Content guidance and creation
- Oversee the creation of printed and digital content including website, social media, brochures, one-pagers, and reports
- Manage the content distribution of biweekly newsletter
- Manage team members responsible for social media and graphic design; strategize and help implement creative direction for both
- Assist with Annual Report writing and year-end appeals, as needed
- Assist with communications for events such as copy writing for blog posts, invitations, awards, etc
The ideal candidate is:
- A persuasive writer and skilled editor of written content
- Able to distill complex topics and ideas into compelling, digestible content and communicate crucial nuances to various audiences
- Interested in and familiar with the movement for livable streets
- Able to manage multiple projects and tasks at a time; skilled at multitasking and driving a project forward
- Flexible, creative, and critical thinking problem solver that can employ many strategies to reach goals
- Has or can develop and maintain city and state press connections
- Knowledgeable about of New York City government and city agencies
- A team player and collaborator
Key Responsibilities include:
Brand identity and messaging
- Work with staff to ensure consistent brand strategy across content, departments, and campaigns
- Collaborate on talking points, messaging, graphic identities and more for individual campaigns and special projects
- Help create and maintain consistent messaging and design across all platforms, projects, and pieces
Media relations
- Draft and distribute written statements and press releases on Open Plans’ campaigns and relevant breaking news
- Work with the team to concept and draft op-eds, press pitches, and other media outreach
- Serve as first point of contact between media and Open Plans; set up, staff, and advise on media interviews
Content guidance and creation
- Oversee the creation of printed and digital content including website, social media, brochures, one-pagers, and reports
- Manage the content distribution of biweekly newsletter
- Manage team members responsible for social media and…
Compensación
- Medical, dental, vision coverage
- Optional pre-tax FSA
- 401(k) plan with 4% match in 2025
- 12 weeks paid parental leave
- 15 paid days off per calendar year
- 11 paid holidays annually
- 5 sick/wellness days per calendar year
- Medical, dental, vision coverage
- Optional pre-tax FSA
- 401(k) plan with 4% match in 2025
- 12 weeks paid parental leave
- 15 paid days off per calendar year
- 11 paid holidays annually
- 5 sick/wellness days per calendar year
Nivel de Idiomas
Level five fluency in English
Professional working fluency in another language a plus
Level five fluency in English
Professional working fluency in another language a plus
Ubicación
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Cómo aplicar
Please fill out this form where you will have the opportunity to upload a single pdf with your resume and cover letter. Applications are due by August 19, 2025.
We offer competitive salaries and benefits that are aligned with market research and the requirements of the role. All salary offers are based on a combination of factors including experience and competencies, not on a candidate’s salary negotiation skills. Please review and consider our salary range before applying.
We believe that issues of public space, environmental impacts, and street safety disproportionately affect the most marginalized people in society, including people of color, people from working class backgrounds, women, and LGBTQ people. Because we believe that these communities must be centered in the work we do, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.
Please fill out this form where you will have the opportunity to upload a single pdf with your resume and cover letter. Applications are due by August 19, 2025.
We offer competitive…
