Communications Organizer

THE OPPORTUNITY:

The North American Marine Alliance (NAMA) is seeking a full-time Communications Organizer to implement effective communications and network engagement strategies.

The Communications Organizer is an important team member, providing communications, outreach, and educational support to advance the mission, vision, and initiatives of NAMA and our interconnected networks.

Working closely with the Director of Communications and Content Strategist, the Communications Organizer helps coordinate cross-movement common framing and messaging for external audiences. This person ensures NAMA’s social media and online presence are up to date and organized; shares news with our partners and ally networks; and develops educational content and event opportunities.

The individual will report to the Director of Communications.

WHO WE ARE:

Founded in 1997, NAMA is an organization led by people who fish, building a broad movement toward healthy fisheries and fishing communities. We build deep and trusting relationships with community-based fishers, crew, fishworkers, and allies to raise the profile of community based fishermen as the stewards of the ocean; create innovative models such as community-supported fisheries (CSFs); launch campaigns to end corporate control of our ocean, seafood, and fishing rights; collaborate closely with family farm movements; and, ensure seafood is included in food system conversations. Our interconnected networks — the Fish Locally Collaborative (FLC), the Local Catch Network, and Slow Fish, along with our international partner, the World Forum of Fisher People — together represent hundreds of thousands of fishing families, fishing community advocates, food justice champions, scientists, new economy thinkers, and more across North America and beyond.

WHO YOU ARE:

• You bring a deep commitment to racial equity and social, economic, environmental, and food justice
• You understand the significance of community organizing and movement building
• You honor the voices of grassroots communities
• You are masterful in writing, storytelling, and persuasion skills, with proven success in tailoring to various audiences
• You are committed to NAMA’s mission, work, philosophy, the policy transformations we seek, and the market avenues we are pursuing
• You have exceptional interpersonal and deep listening skills as well as social-emotional intelligence
• You are eager to mobilize and organize our base to take action
• You have a desire to work collaboratively in support of building a team-based, problem-solving work culture
• You thrive in a multicultural environment
• You treat all persons with dignity and respect, upholding high standards, integrity, and a sense of humor

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage social media platforms for NAMA and its campaigns and projects
  • Create content including graphics, reels, and stories for social media
  • Maintain NAMA’s social media editorial calendar and manage Instagram, Facebook, X, YouTube, and other platforms in alignment with our communications goals
  • Monitor social media metrics, analyze trends, and present key insights with actionable recommendations at monthly comms meetings to drive strategy
  • Strategically explore other social media platforms and opportunities, such as Reddit, LinkedIn, TikTok, paid ads, and other opportunities as they may emerge
  • Collaborate with the development team to organize fundraising campaigns on social media platforms
• Ensure NAMA’s online presence is organized and up-to-date
  • Maintain email and action alert lists and databases on Constant Contact, Google Groups, HubSpot, UJoin
  • Produce newsletters and action alerts for NAMA and its campaigns
  • Work with the Content Strategist to keep NAMAs websites current, with news stories, events, blogs, fact sheets, and newsletters added on an ongoing basis
  • As needed, edit photos and videos
  • Keep NAMA’s photo libraries and other content on Google Drive, Flickr, and WordPress organized
• Network cultivation and outreach
  • Stay up to date with partnering organizations and networks to ensure our messaging is properly tailored to the different audiences with whom we collaborate
  • Ensure that our news and media highlights are making their way to our audiences through listservs, partner newsletters, and other appropriate channels
  • Share strategic news and highlights from partner networks with the broader NAMA audiences
• Produce outreach materials and events
  • Work with the communications and organizing teams to develop educational materials for virtual and in person events, including fact sheets, toolkits, webinars, and seminars
  • Support the promotion of events, including network gatherings, key partner events, and fundraising events
  • Work with communications team to host press events
  • Represent the communications team on NAMA and partners’ events as appropriate
• Other duties as assigned by the Communications Director

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Experience working in a nonprofit setting
• Ability to write, edit, and present complex topics in clear, concise, and compelling ways for diverse audiences
• Experience in design and execution of multi-faceted education and communication strategies that advance campaigns/initiatives and increase organizational visibility
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, team-building, and networking skills
• Organized and able to prioritize and tackle multiple tasks at once within established deadlines
• Proven ability to learn quickly, make decisions, follow through, and see tasks through to completion
• Ability to work independently in a remote/virtual environment often with minimal in-person interaction with other team members
• Excellent conceptualization, problem-solving, and project leadership skills
• Demonstrated fluency with Instagram, Facebook, X, LinkedIn, Reddit, and YouTube, with a focus on strategy development, content creation, and audience engagement; 2+ years of experience preferred
• Proficient in content management systems (CMS) including WordPress, along with various webinar and video conferencing platforms, backed by 2+ years of experience
• Demonstrated proficiency in web-based applications, various shared workplace tools, Asana, Google Suites, Google Analytics, YouTube Analytics, Meta Business Suite, HubSpot, Zoom, Canva, video editing tools (Premiere Pro, CapCut, or similar), and Microsoft Office applications, includingWord, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Experience with advertising a plus, including paid social media ads

OUR COMMITMENT TO RACIAL EQUITY AND DIVERSITY:

We are a national organization who has made an explicit commitment to ensuring equity across our food system and society as a whole. Our team includes native and non-native English speakers, those who are self-taught and university educated, and people from a wide range of professional backgrounds. If doing the job you just read about would make you excited to come to work, and if you’re talented, hard-working and committed to making a difference, we want you to apply.

We are engaged in national and global movement-building to support the seafood providers who lead our work. They range from rural to urban, and although primarily white, also include Black, Indigenous, Latine, and immigrants from around the world. Food-providing businesses are perceived as mostly male-dominated operations. However, women, trans people, nonbinary people, lesbian, gay, queer, and bisexual people fish commercially and non-commercially. We cannot amplify the voices of marginalized communities on both water and land without considering gender.

We believe we can only succeed by building a diverse team full of fresh perspectives and original ideas, and we are committed to creating a working environment in which everyone is provided an equitable path to fulfill their potential.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, age, ancestry, citizenship, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, national origin, political affiliation, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by law.

If you have suggestions for us on how to put these values into practice in our hiring process, we’d value your input.

We’ll provide reasonable accommodations for qualified applicants with disabilities to participate in the application process, so please let us know if you have such a request when you apply.

PREFERRED LOCATION:

Flexible. Most of NAMA’s team operates in the eastern time zone. This is a remote position. Should the new Communications Organizer live near our office in Gloucester, MA, the option to work there is available.

SALARY and BENEFITS:

NAMA is an at-will and equal opportunity employer. The Communications Organizer is a full-time, non-exempt position.

The salary range for this position is $55,000-$63,000 annually. Salary is commensurate with experience and location.

NAMA reimburses staff for 100% of their health, dental, and vision insurance premium costs and 50% of their dependents. We offer a Simple IRA with a 3% employer match, generous holiday, sick leave, and personal time off.

HOW TO APPLY:

To apply, please send a cover letter, resume, 2-3 brief writing samples, 2-3 social media posts, and three references by December 1, 2024.

Ideal start date is Thursday, January 2, 2025.

Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Most of our communities speak English although we work across North America so anyone with proficiency in English - either as first or second language - who speaks other languages is encouraged to apply.