The Aspen Institute

Communications

• Play a key role in developing social media plan for Aspen Digital, including for specific campaigns around public-facing summits, and be responsible for implementation
• Plan, draft, edit and schedule content for LinkedIn, BlueSky, X, and other channels and platforms to grow followers and deepen engagement
• Create original digital assets for Aspen Digital channels, including social media graphics for various platforms and video content, implementing Aspen Digital's brand guidelines and utilizing creative design platforms such as Canva and Adobe Creative Suite
• Capture and generate social media content from in person and virtual events, both for live sharing and event recap materials
• Support social media content creation for Aspen Digital leaders, proposing content ideas and drafting copy
• Collaborate with the Associate Director of Brand Strategy and Marketing on communication rollouts and other communications campaigns
• Maintain a digital content calendar to align with programs goals, announcement, publications, Summits and events, and milestones
• Support Aspen Digital's Head of External Engagement in identifying and tracking annual, 6-month, and quarterly objectives/KPIs for social media channels, and share responsibility for meeting them
• Monitor performance of social media posts and interaction by audiences on Aspen Digital channels, including engaging with comments and interacting with content from affiliated contacts and organizations
• Monitor relevant emerging social media trends and influencers
• Liaise with stakeholders inside and outside the Institute to coordinate regular digital communications and materials for events (e.g., presentation slides, signage, and other collateral)
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Senior Associate, Digital Communications

Director

• Serve as the face of CRG for organizational partners
• Establish and implement a partnership strategy that helps CRG become a hub for youth-serving organizations and that vastly expands opportunities for young people
• Establish tiers of engagement that allows CRG to maximize time and resources with a core group of partners (likely about 10) who are most aligned to the CRG mission
• Create tools including newsletters, regular meetings, and Slack groups that help CRG maintain and nurture relationships at all tiers of engagement
• Ensure that partners with whom we have deep engagement have a specific point of contact and receive regular updates and information by forming a small group of partner managers made up of staff from other Aspen programs, contractors, and others in flexible work arrangements
• Establish management structures, including those for non-traditional, non-hierarchical teams, that set CRG up for success
• Engage deeply with select partners on CRG-priority projects
• Vet new partners
• Manage CRG database of partners
• Engage with other programs within the Aspen Institute to build partnerships
• Coordinate with the Aspen Institute on partner engagement as needed
• Share information about potential partners with CRG programs and support CRG programs as they engage with their partners.

Director of Partnership

Strategy

• Create and manage professional development opportunities for CRG staff members that focus on building alignment and shared experience for the team.
• Work with Aspen HR to establish performance evaluations and metrics for all CRG and CRG program team members.
• Schedule and manage CRG team meetings.
• Develop and reinforce a positive, collaborative, and productive CRG-wide culture.
• Schedule and plan CRG team retreats.
• Develop and implement CRG program performance management systems.
• Work with CRG to oversee the CRG Youth Advisory Committee.
• Coordinate with other managers to support the CRG Associates program.
• Manage significant CRG events (summits, symposia, etc.).
• Coordinate with CRG programs to help manage their events.
• Support CRG Youth Ideas Festival planning and execution.
• Oversee CRGs approach to youth-related research.
• Establish a plan for deepening CRG team members knowledge of contemporary research.
• Help CRG programs establish measures of success and track metrics.
• Establish systems and structures to monitor program progress, successes, and challenges.
• Create opportunities for cross-CRG conversations about program improvement.

Senior Associate, Digital Communications

Director of Partnership

Director of Strategic Initiatives