Senior Marketing & Communications Manager

Title: Senior Marketing and Communications Manager

Deadline to Apply: February 15, 2026

Intended Start Date: March / April 2026

To apply, Applicants will need to submit a resume and cover letter via the link below:

Application Form

Demographic Survey

Note: We do not use automated systems to review resumes. A member of our hiring team personally reviews every application.

Billion Oyster Project's Senior Marketing and Communications Manager will serve as the tactical right hand to the Director of Marketing and Communications—owning execution across our digital ecosystem, managing marketing operations and tools, and ensuring our brand remains active and engaging across platforms.

This is an opportunity for a highly organized, content-savvy marketer who thrives in execution mode and loves to translate vision into action. You'll be responsible for ensuring our stories, campaigns, and community events are consistently documented, shared, and seen by the right audiences—while supporting the systems that make that possible.

The ideal candidate will have a passion for the Billion Oyster Project's mission and a demonstrated ability to drive organizational success through effective and clear communication and collaboration.

What You’ll Do: The Senior Marketing and Communications Manager at the Billion Oyster Project will own the editorial calendar and ensure timely publication across social media, website, email newsletters, and partner platforms. This person will support development and execution of content for key campaigns, educational initiatives, partnerships, and brand moments. They will capture and share content from events, installations, community activities, and school programs, and draft and send newsletters, e-blasts, and internal communications.

The Senior Marketing and Communications Manager will manage project tools like Notion, Google Workspace, Mailchimp, and the digital asset management system. They will track KPIs and help build dashboards for performance reporting, maintain alignment between the editorial calendar, project timelines, and internal workflows, and support operational coordination across the communications team and other departments.

This role also involves content creation and brand stewardship—producing basic graphics, layouts, and templates using Canva or Adobe tools, collaborating with designers, photographers, videographers, and external partners to develop and refine branded content, and maintaining brand standards across all materials to ensure consistent voice, tone, and visual style. The Senior Marketing and Communications Manager will support the rollout of our upcoming rebrand by integrating new messaging and visual identity into all materials.

Additionally, this position will help bring our brand to life across activations. The Senior Marketing and Communications Manager will coordinate asset needs and storytelling for key events, helping drive engagement before, during, and after, while staying attuned to how our community interacts with content and where opportunities lie for deeper connection.

The Senior Marketing and Communications Manager reports to the Director of Marketing and Communications.

Essential Job Functions

Content Execution & Digital Channel Management

• Own the editorial calendar and ensure timely publication across social media, website, email newsletters, and partner platforms
• Support development and execution of content for key campaigns, educational initiatives, partnerships, and brand moments
• Capture and share content from events, installations, community activities, and school programs
• Draft and send newsletters, e-blasts, and internal communications
• Oversee content formatting, light copyediting, and uploading for web and email

Marketing Systems & Operations

• Manage project tools like Notion, Google Workspace, Mailchimp, and the digital asset management system
• Track KPIs and help build dashboards for performance reporting
• Maintain alignment between the editorial calendar, project timelines, and internal workflows
• Support operational coordination across the communications team and other departments

Content Creation & Brand Stewardship

• Produce basic graphics, layouts, and templates using Canva or Adobe tools
• Collaborate with designers, photographers, videographers, and external partners to develop and refine branded content
• Maintain brand standards across all materials and ensure consistent voice, tone, and visual style
• Support the rollout of our upcoming rebrand by integrating new messaging and visual identity into all materials

Community & Experience Support

• Manage Billion Oyster Project exhibits, including supporting design and buildout vendors.
• Help bring our brand to life across activations like reef installations, community events, and school partnerships
• Coordinate asset needs and storytelling for key events, helping drive engagement before, during, and after
• Stay attuned to how our community interacts with content and where opportunities lie for deeper connection

Candidates should have:

• Bachelors Degree in Marketing, Communications, or related field or equivalent of at least 5 years experience in digital marketing, content management, or marketing operations
• Excellent project management skills and familiarity with communications tools and platforms
• Strong writing, light design, and basic editing experience (video/photo a plus)
• Confidence managing tools and workflows across platforms like Notion, Mailchimp, Canva, DAMs, CMS (e.g. Wordpress or Squarespace), and basic analytics dashboards
• The ability to work equally comfortably behind the scenes on systems and front-facing content production
• Skill at writing, editing, and laying out content for newsletters, websites, and social media

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong interest in the organization's mission and values
• Experience working in nonprofit, mission-driven, or education-focused organizations
• Familiarity with New York City-based audiences or environmental storytelling
• Knowledge of marine restoration and/or maritime-themed engagement or education activities

You will be an excellent fit for this role if you are a digital-first, systems-minded communicator with a knack for execution and organization. You are passionate about environmental education, storytelling, and the future of New York Harbor. We understand that no candidate meets 100% of the qualifications. If you're excited about this role, we encourage you to apply.

Salary, Benefits, and Perks

The starting salary for the Senior Marketing and Communications Manager ranges from $70,000 to $85,000. The salary will be determined based on experience and competency level.

This position requires a hybrid work schedule, with a minimum of two (2) days per week in the office with a mix of office work and in-the-field responsibilities, particularly around key donor events and high-visibility engagements.

This is a full-time, year-round position at Billion Oyster Project, Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

The benefits include:

• Vacation and PTO package
• FSA plan
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Pre-tax commuter program
• 401K plan
• Citi Bike discount
• An inspiring working environment on Governors Island in New York Harbor

Who We Are and the Work We Do

About

Billion Oyster Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to restore oyster reefs to New York Harbor through public education initiatives. Billion Oyster Project is fueled by the passion and commitment of the team. Enthusiasm for the work of environmental restoration, public education, and environmental justice is an expectation for the position. Candidates should be comfortable working on a team with various stakeholders and delivering on complex, multi-step projects.

Our Vision

A future in which New York Harbor is the center of a rich, diverse, and abundant estuary. The communities that surround this complex ecosystem have helped construct it, and in return, benefit from it, with endless opportunities for work, education, and recreation. The harbor is a world-class public space, well used and well cared for—our Commons.

Our Ethos

Restoration through Education

We believe that restoration without education is fleeting. To ensure the long-term health and productivity of our natural environment, we must teach young people to care for, monitor, and restore their Harbor.

Education through Restoration

We believe that students learn best when applying their studies to large-scale ecosystem restoration projects that challenge them to become active participants and take them out of the classroom, down to the water’s edge to experience the ecosystem first-hand.

Our Flagship School

The Urban Assembly New York Harbor School’s mission is to provide a college-preparatory education built upon New York City's maritime experience that instills in students the ethics of environmental stewardship and the skills associated with careers on the water. New York Harbor School offers career and technical education (CTE) programs in 8 areas of marine science, technology, policy, and engineering.

Additional Information

Employment Authorization

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the United States. We are unable to sponsor or take over the sponsorship of an Employment Visa at this time.

Work Location

Employees of Billion Oyster Project must reside within the tri-state area and be able to commute to Governors Island unless otherwise noted in the job description.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Billion Oyster Project is working towards a diverse workforce that is representative, at all job levels, of the communities we serve. We want to foster an environment of mutual respect where every race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or expression is not only celebrated but eligible for equal employment opportunities. From educators to interns to restoration practitioners — working from Soundview Park to Staten Island to Sunset Park — we believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion across our team are critical to the success of Billion Oyster Project. With this in mind, we will only begin evaluating applicants once a diverse candidate pool has been achieved, and we look forward to developing and retaining the most talented full-time individuals in the Greater New York City area.

We are collecting the following optional information to ensure our recruiting efforts are effective. Any information that you choose to provide is not linked to your application and is gathered for recruitment purposes only.

Submission of this information is voluntary, and declining to provide it will not subject you to any adverse treatment. The information obtained will be kept confidential within Human Resources and may only be used in accordance with the provisions of applicable laws. If you have questions about this, or how we define any of the following demographics, reach out to our HR department at HR@billionoysterproject.org.

Fingerprinting

Any person working in the New York City Department of Education (NYC DOE) buildings, working with NYC DOE students, or who has access to NYC DOE confidential information is required by New York State law to undergo a security clearance, including fingerprints, prior to commencing services. All prospective employees must have a security clearance before starting work. No one can be fingerprinted by the NYC DOE or undergo security clearance unless they have been added to the organization or agency's Personnel Eligibility Tracking System roster.

• Generous PTO plan
• Medical and Dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Pre-tax commuter program
• 401K
• Citi Bike discount
• An inspiring working environment on Governors Island in New York Harbor