Communications & Event Assistant

Aurora Commons

Aurora Commons exists to work in community with other changemakers towards a more liberated, more just, and more interconnected future. To that end, we embody a Whole Planet—Whole People—Whole Power approach: We believe that liberation, justice, and equity will come for all living beings when our social norms, policies, worldviews, structures, and relationships enable all of us to be both different and whole together—free of supremacy and oppression.

We work with a range of organizations including funders, 501(c)(3) nonprofits, and electoral groups like 501(c)(4)s. These organizations are bringing about racial justice, climate justice, LGBTQ justice, reproductive justice, economic justice, and more. We particularly specialize in working with the power-building ecosystem: organizing, policy, legal, and grantmaking groups that advance democracy and liberation. Our projects support:

• Ways for people to share power (e.g., co-governance and shared leadership);
• Strategy development;
• Retreats for healing, community building, and team building;
• Programs for people to experience and deepen our interconnection with human and more-than-human kin;
• Individual and organizational transformation; and
• Field-level and organizational research on building power, capacity, and equity.

Responsibilities

The Communications & Event Assistant drives external communications for Aurora Commons. Tasks include:

• Draft, post and engage in social media conversations (e.g., LinkedIn, Instagram, etc.)
• Draft and design e-newsletter content
• Manage email/newsletter campaigns
• Maintain organizational contact database
• Maintain Brevo email contact lists
• Maintain content calendar
• Maintain and promote Mutual Aid for Nonprofit Survival sheet
• Identify and maintain a collection of images, video and content for use in communications
• Update content on Squarespace website
• Refresh and maintain online platforms (website, Linkedin, Instagram, Brevo, etc.)
• Monitor and analyze website, social media and email campaign metrics
• Ensure compliance with branding and style guide

The Communications & Event Assistant supports the Program Coordinator and Aurora Common’s WElab team on all event logistics. Tasks include:

• Support outreach activities, including communications and scheduling
• Set up and track registration
• Coordinate travel arrangements for participants
• Order materials and supplies
• Design, copy edit and put together packets for participants
• Provide note taking for virtual and in-person meetings
• Format and finalize notes for meetings and events
• Provide in-person logistical support as possible, including physical activities like setting up audiovisual, arranging tables and chairs, organizing food and beverage, registering participants and troubleshooting

The Communications & Event Assistant also provides backup support to other staff. These tasks may include but are not limited to:

• File and archive documents, emails and receipts
• Schedule meetings
• Design and copy edit presentations and reports

Qualifications

1. At least one year of communications experience running newsletters and/or social media campaigns
2. At least one year of experience supporting logistics for events or programming with at least 25-50 participants
3. Experienced with PhotoShop, Canva, InDesign, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Zoom, and Microsoft Office Suite including Outlook, Word, Calendar and Excel
4. Experience or familiarity with practices around our relationship with ancestral knowledge and nature/ecology

What You Bring

The person we envision joining our team is:

• Committed to racial justice, people power and the planet
• Creative with an aesthetic for design
• Proactive in using phone calls, emails, texts and social media to connect with people
• Detail-oriented (catches things before they fall between cracks, sees errors and inconsistencies, enjoys repetitive tasks, double and triple checks work, etc.)
• Communicative around emerging needs and willing to receive and share feedback in an honest, open and reflective way
• Consistent and timely with communication and all deliverables
• Enjoys regular and recurring roles and responsibilities and has a willingness and flexibility to take on emerging project needs

Compensation & Timing

This is a part-time position paying $20 per hour for up to fifteen hours a week. Although this is a remote position, a strong preference will be given to people located in New York City and able to attend and support in-person group meetings at least twice a year. You must be available to work at least 2 hours each day Monday through Friday. In the future, there may be the opportunity to expand beyond 15 hours a week.

Interested?

Learn more about Aurora Commons at our website: www.auroracommons.com.

Send a resume and one writing sample (i.e., a newsletter, blog, or social media post) to info@AuroraCommons.com.