JOB OPENING for COMMUNICATION OFFICER in DC HOW TO APPLY To apply, send a cover letter, resume, and samples of work that represent your ability to lay out a wide variety of collateral, from general marketing collateral to publications to infographics (data-focused examples preferred) to [email protected] before midnight ET on December 5. Salary range: $50,000-$60,000 USD based on qualifications and skills. The Social Progress Imperative is an equal opportunity employer. SOCIAL PROGRESS IMPERATIVE Communications Officer Do you want to change the world by putting people and planet at the center of how ‘development’ is pursued? We do. We are the Social Progress Imperative, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit that is providing actionable information to government, business and civil society on how to make sure that development means not just economic growth but better lives for millions of people. WHO WE ARE The Social Progress Imperative’s mission is to improve the quality of lives of people around the world, particularly the least well off, by advancing global social progress. Social progress is defined as the capacity of a society to meet the basic human needs of its citizens, establish the building blocks that allow citizens and communities to enhance and sustain the quality of their lives, and create the conditions for all individuals to reach their full potential. In April 2014 we launched the second Social Progress Index, an assessment of the social and environmental performance of 132 countries designed by Professor Michael E. Porter of Harvard Business School. The Index provides a robust, holistic and innovative measurement tool to guide countries’ choices to enable greater social progress and foster research and knowledge-sharing on the policies and investments that will best achieve that goal. You can read all about it in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, Forbes, Voice of America or The Guardian, or listen to Professor Porter talk about it on CNN. We are now building a global social progress network, working with leaders and grassroots champions to identify the policies, programs and initiatives that will improve the lives of citizens. We are also rolling out customized social progress indices in regions, states, and cities around the world. We are a small team of nine people, centered in Washington DC but with half the team working remotely. With the generous support of our sponsors including Cisco, Compartamos Banco, Deloitte, Fundacion Avina, Rockefeller Foundation, and Skoll Foundation, we are looking for a full-time Communications Officer to strengthen our Communications team based in DC. THE OPPORTUNITY The Communications Officer will report to the Director of Communications and ensure both that the communications products of the Social Progress Imperative and its international partner organizations meet high standards for graphic design, and also that the organization and the global movement maintain and improve their social media outreach. Our ideal candidate will have an excellent understanding of both graphic design and social media management for organizations, as well as experience using social media and publications to communicate original academic research and social change campaigns to influence specific audiences in different countries. The work will regularly require some work in the evenings and on weekends and occasionally (once or twice a year) require unusually long hours for as long as a month at a time. Annually, this position will be responsible for layout of the organization’s flagship data product, the Social Progress Index report. Experience working with or for a variety of organizations ranging from small community nonprofits and foundations to multinational businesses, multilaterals, and national governments is highly desired, as is experience coordinating social media campaigns in multiple languages. Candidate must present a portfolio of work, preferably online, that shows versatile design aesthetic and examples of innovative and thoughtful design. This position is not a supervisory position. Responsibilities: Graphics and Presentation Decks: With Senior Communications Officer, create PowerPoint decks for CEO and principals. Improve organization and movement’s creative use of visuals by iteratively creating new templates and models that adhere to brand guidelines. Produce a regular stream of graphics for presentation and social media use. Social Media: Lead organizations use of social media channels. With Director, create and execute social media strategies and campaigns to influence partners, potential partners, funders, and other stakeholders to support Social Progress Imperative activities. Act as a resource for partner organizations and in-country networks and advise on best practices for social media, balancing recommendations with the reality of limited resources and highly variable experience across the Network. Directly create and publish social media content. Coordinate social media campaigns with network members and sponsor organizations. Layout: Working from and improving on templates, lay out publications including annual flagship reports on the Social Progress Index, including a large number of graphics communicating complex quantitative information. Iterate layout in response to late requests for structural and other edits under significant time constraints. Coordination: Support Director to maintain weekly grid of relevant organization and network activities and external events with plans for content. Suggest content to leverage specific external events and organization activities. Support Director to liaise with other departments and organizations to produce content on time. Analysis and Reporting: Support Director to create brief reports on effectiveness of social media and media campaigns on a regular basis (approximately every six weeks). Working with others, suggest changes to strategies and tactics to improve performance. With Director, choose metrics to gauge success and select and use tools to measure performance. Listening: Monitor media placement, social media mentions, and media and social media more generally for opportunities to relate Social Progress Imperative and Social Progress Network activities and aspirations to subjects in the news and on the minds of stakeholders. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS • Bachelor’s degree required in Graphic Design, Visual Arts, Communications or other relevant field, or equivalent experience. • At least four years total of relevant paid full-time experience, to include: o At least two years of significant experience laying out original print and electronic products communicating quantitative datasets and working with templates and palettes. o At least two years of significant experience creating and executing social media strategies for an organization focused on reaching specific audiences to influence policies or business practices. • Experience planning content creation and release on an ongoing basis. • Expertise with standard graphics and layout applications (Adobe Creative Suite, including PhotoShop, InDesign, and Illustrator strongly preferred), as well as deep facility and sincere interest to learn new technologies. • Experience using PowerPoint to build presentation decks on a regular basis for use by others, ensuring high quality of images and adherence to brand guidelines. • Experience optimizing images and documents for distribution online and through particular social media channels; creating graphics for use in social media campaigns; creating graphics for consumption by audiences in multiple countries. • Experience using standard Microsoft Office products including Word and Excel. Familiarity with Gmail preferred. • Patience to iteratively create and refine visual products based on feedback from multiple parties. • Excellent organizational and time management skills with the demonstrated ability to prioritize among competing tasks and shifting deadlines. • Experience working with both US and non-US social innovators, NGOs, businesses, government agencies, and foundations preferred. • Excellent writing skills in English required. • Willingness to travel internationally at least annually. • Entrepreneurial and adventurous spirit, respectful of and curious about other cultures. • Willingness to work in a startup environment in which roles, priorities and plans are still evolving. • Eligibility to work in the US. The most competitive candidates will have the following qualifications: • Formal training in social media practices preferred. • At least some experience working for nonprofits highly preferred. • Capability to do layout in one or more additional languages, particularly Spanish, preferred. • Experience working with or for a variety of organizations ranging from small community nonprofits and foundations to multinational businesses, multilaterals, and national governments is highly desired. • Experience coordinating social media campaigns in multiple languages highly desired. As a professional team, we value the following characteristics and behaviors in our work with one another: • We operate with integrity and pride ourselves on our rigor and our high standards of excellence. • In our interpersonal dealings, we exhibit a balance of generosity & honesty – of speaking truth and giving feedback, and equally importantly, being open in our listening. • We have a shared ethic of commitment – both to SPI’s mission and to follow-through, and are solutions-oriented in always seeking the best outcome possible. • To develop the best tools, approaches, partners, etc., we embrace co-creation – that is, measured risk-taking, collaboration, and creativity.
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