Communications Coordinator

The DREAM Program, Inc.

Communications Coordinator for DREAM, focusing on storytelling, content creation, and community engagement. Engaging volunteers and stakeholders through visual content and digital marketing.

Posted 5/8/2026full-timeBoston • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Participate in regularly occurring youth program activities to capture content and connect with local leadership and volunteers (on-site).
Lead DREAM’s visual storytelling initiatives by producing high-quality photo and video content that highlights youth and volunteer experiences, programs, and community impact.
Plan, film, and edit video projects — including recruitment videos, highlight reels, and social media clips — to support volunteer engagement and outreach goals.
Coordinate creative direction, storyboarding, and interviews with volunteers, youth, and staff for video and photo projects.
Capture, organize, and manage digital assets (photo/video libraries) in alignment with DREAM’s brand standards.
Design digital and print marketing materials (graphics, flyers, templates, etc.) that align with DREAM’s visual identity and support internal communications needs.
Strengthen DREAM’s digital presence by optimizing video, web, and blog content for SEO and online visibility.
Collaborate with program leadership to identify and share compelling local stories and to support partner stewardship through effective communication strategies that reinforce DREAM’s unified voice and mission.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Demonstrated experience in photo and/or video production, including filming, editing, and storytelling.
Experience creating short-form video content for platforms such as Instagram Reels, TikTok, or YouTube Shorts.
Proficiency with creative software such as Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, or similar video editing tools.
Working knowledge of graphic design tools (e.g., Canva, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator).
Familiarity with digital content strategy, including SEO fundamentals and optimizing media for various platforms.
Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to plan and execute creative projects from start to finish.
Excellent interpersonal and communication skills for conducting interviews and collaborating with diverse teams.
Commitment to serve as a role model for youth.
Passion for supporting the ongoing work around Diversity, Equity and Inclusion with a heightened sense of the necessity for respect and awareness of the community's experience.
Access to a reliable phone, technology, and internet connection to support telework/service.
Ability to meet in person and virtually with your team or service assignment as required (including responsibility for transportation to and from).
Willingness to travel around the region.

Benefits

Comp & perks

This living stipend is provided to you in biweekly payments.
Upon the completion of the service term, AmeriCorps members are eligible to receive the Segal Education Award, which can be used to pay education expenses or repay qualified student loans.
1200 hour term education award: $5,176.50
AmeriCorps members may be eligible for: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (food stamps), Child care assistance, Medicaid, Student loan deferment (forbearance), Other publicly-funded benefits, such as heating and utility assistance.
Additional support of a DREAM AmeriCorps Director to help navigate your service term and apply for publicly funded programs.
Investment in professional and personal development with support for a variety of professional development opportunities throughout the service term.

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Hard Skills & Tools

photo productionvideo productionstorytellingvideo editingdigital content strategySEOgraphic design

Soft Skills

organizational skillsproject managementinterpersonal skillscommunication skillscollaborationcommitment to diversityrole modeling