Common Cause

Communications Associate

Common Cause

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: WashingtonUnited States

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Salary

💰 $72,100 - $89,610 per year

About the role

  • Support our strategic use of multi-channel media across the organization
  • Monitor trends and opportunities across social media platforms to identify opportunities for our organization to gain visibility on our key policy issues
  • Draft communication content (e.g. talking points) for staff to use to amplify our work
  • Stay up to date on how to best use our current social media platforms to maximize our audience reach
  • Coordinate our process to track media hits and maintain weekly analytics on earned and owned media
  • Maintain process to send our organization’s media clips each morning
  • Maintain systems to ensure accurate data for all required metrics, and draft data summaries to share progress with key stakeholders
  • Draft scripts for, produce, and edit videos to promote our work; including selfie-videos, short-form videos (up to two minutes), and long-form videos (up to five minutes)
  • Draft, and post blogs that promote our work and our policy expertise
  • Draft social media posts in alignment with our overall communication team strategy
  • Create graphics and motion graphics that are aligned with our branding
  • As needed, draft and edit additional media materials, including press releases, media advisories, statements, op-eds, letters to the editor, etc.
  • As needed, support other key communication work (for example: editing Instagram Lives, technical support with Zoom events, etc.)
  • Complete administrative tasks as needed
  • Perform other duties as assigned

Requirements

  • Demonstrated knowledge of video editing platforms, including Canva, Vimeo, Adobe Premiere Pro, and CapCut
  • Demonstrated knowledge of social media platforms, including TikTok, X, Bluesky, Facebook, etc.
  • Experience posting content on Word Press
  • Demonstrated interest in democracy issues, including voting rights, redistricting, campaign finance reform, disinformation, ethics, etc.
  • Ability to work in-person in the DC office at least 2 days per week, and to be available to occasionally work evenings and weekends
  • Willing to have a social media presence on behalf of Common Cause, including being tagged on posts and creating content on behalf of the organization (as needed, Common Cause may provide accounts for staff members to use)
  • Per our nonpartisan policy, Common Cause staff members may not currently be in elected office (or running for office); on the Steering Committee or Finance Committee for any political candidate; or affiliated with the leadership of a political party
Benefits
  • A robust healthcare plan that covers 97% of employee’s medical care, 100% of employee’s vision and dental benefits, and 75% of family medical care and 100% of family vision and dental benefits
  • Long-term disability and life insurance
  • Generous Paid Time Off including 20 Days of Vacation and 10 observed Holidays per year, and additional days off for Thanksgiving and Winter break
  • 16 weeks of paid parental leave
  • Flexible spending accounts
  • A 401k retirement savings plan, with immediate Employer Match
  • Dependent Care and Pet Care Support when you travel for work
  • Funds for professional development

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
video editingcontent creationdata analysissocial media managementgraphic designblog writingscript writinganalytics trackingmedia monitoringcontent posting
Soft skills
communicationcollaborationcreativityadaptabilityorganizationattention to detailtime managementproblem-solvinginterpersonal skillsstrategic thinking