Position: Communications and Digital Coordinator
Salary: $45,000 - $55,000; Exempt
Hours: 5-days a week, 8-hours a day
Benefits: Paid Time Off, Holiday Pay, Leadership Development Fund,
Wellness Fund, and Health Insurance (Employee Only Health, Dental, and Vision)
Location: Majority onsite, seasonal remote
Reports to: Associate Director
Asian American Organizing Project (AAOP) is a non-partisan organization led by and for young Asian Minnesotans in the Twin Cities. Through our grassroots organizing efforts and programming, we aim to develop young Asian community leaders to resist oppression and co-create a more just future for their families, schools, communities, and cities.
The purpose of the Communications and Digital Coordinator position is to manage and implement AAOP’s communications and digital plan and overall platforms. The Communications and Digital Coordinator is responsible for crafting messaging and storytelling to promote the organization’s mission/vision, projects, and campaigns. This position works closely with the organization’s team of Directors to lead and implement the organization’s annual outreach and communications strategy, digital engagement, and field organizing plan. In addition, lead, train and coordinate and provide communications and work direction to staff in alignment to the communications, digital, and field plan. The Communications and Digital Coordinator is a key leader within and outside of AAOP to streamline communications externally and internally to inform and engage with key leaders, decision makers, and supporters to achieve annual organizational objectives.
In this role there is priority that the Communications and Digital Coordinator focuses on the branding, marketing, and communications of the organization as a whole. Secondary to this focus is to ensure that AAOP’s programs and coalition efforts are marketed and communicated with integrity and align with both AAOP and stakeholders’ expectations.
Please submit a resume along with a brief cover letter highlighting experience with the following qualifications, a one-page writing sample, 3-5 social media images, infographics, videos and/or text captions samples to jobs@aaopmn.org. Insert “Communications and Digital Coordinator” in the email subject line. Applications are reviewed and interviews are scheduled on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Communications and Digital Projects
- Plan and implement communications and digital strategies to reach internal and external audiences, and public relations; and maintain online platforms, listserv, and inquiries from subscribers, supporters, and external parties
- Support the Associate Director on managing and tracking organizational tools and communication platforms
- Lead communications and digital meetings, logistics, scheduling, and create and maintain records, reports, presentations, and proposals; importantly, keep all members of team up-to-date on communications priorities and concerns of the month or as necessary
- Coordinate and develop (write, edit, and produce) stories, content, and messaging to promote organization initiatives and objectives, and programming goals to reach intended audiences
- Identify and maintain accurate, factual, and credible sources of information and point of contacts; and ensure best practices that supports our use and communication efforts to address mis/dis-information
- Maintain style guidelines across all media; edit and proof documents and publications for accuracy, style and content consistency
- Provide analytics for website and social media network sites that can inform our digital impacts, messaging, and approaches; additionally, work with Director of Organizing and Advocacy to consult, analyze and recommend effectiveness messagings in our organizational and field efforts
- Support Directors in planning annual organizational outreach and communications objectives, and monitor implementation of the organization’s communications’ policies and practices
- Create communications and digital best practice and engagement presentations, summaries, and materials to ensure organization-wide understanding of AAOP’s communications and digital messaging and engagements
- Ensures all promotional materials comply with the organization’s non-partisan compliance, standards, policies, and strategies
- Support growth and development of AAOP’s communications and digital plans and presence
- Other duties as assigned
Coalition and Community Engagement
- Identify opportunities to cultivate partnerships, and coordinate communications and digital strategies to amplify our organizational, and field organizing and campaign objectives; including earned media and media relations
- Maintain relationships and have targeted 1:1 meetings as related to communications and digital work with coalition members, community leaders, decision makers, and media relations
- Support and lead in assigned coalition efforts and committees as related to communications, and ensuring AAOP’s story, strategy, efforts, and impacts are in alignment and incorporated
- Coordinate with Organizing staff to prioritize and attend key coalition events (rallies, public comments, hearings, and celebrations) and gather relevant information to prepare and communicate to stakeholders
- Monitor and engage in responses on AAOP’s social media by community members and partners including media relations; including social movements in the digital space and relevant online communities; streamline external inquiries to programming staff
- Other duties as assigned
Organizational Culture
In a transformative organization, AAOP believes that the overall strategies should be owned by every single person in AAOP. As such, it is the responsibility of all staff to understand the overall mission, vision and direction the organization is moving towards. One must be accountable to their own work and responsibilities, while supporting and coaching each other to produce high impactful and innovative strategies for the overall success of the organization. This means taking ownership of the organization as a whole. Which means that 10% of your role may include stepping up, taking charge, rolling up your sleeves and supporting each other in functions and activities such as special events, special projects, program design and implementation, fundraising, grant writing, community support, board and funders meeting, office support, and other minor duties as assigned.
While it is the responsibility of each member to meet their work expectation, it is also critical to maintain a balanced work-life culture. AAOP believes that when we all work to support each other in the overall mission and vision of the organization, we all succeed. This will help AAOP create a work culture that is inclusive, free of bias, socially and culturally conscious and equitable.
Minimum Education and Experience
A combined minimum of two years of experience in the following: project development, management and implementation; research, graphics design; social media savvy, and online engagement; writing/creative writing, and public relations and/or marketing. Comparable experience in terms of time and background in similar fields and education/degrees will be considered.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
The ideal candidate should be creative, organized, a self-starter, a strong communicator, able to effectively manage varied tasks and timelines, conduct evaluations and written reports, and effectively manage communication platforms and tools. The candidate should have experience and familiarity in gathering and dissemination and communication of information to targeted audiences.
Required Qualifications
- Communications, digital media and/or design, or demonstrated ability to do research, storytelling, visual arts, and community engagement
- Writing techniques, grammar, spelling, and editing methods to achieve a consistent voice for AAOP’s communications
- Ability to tell stories through pictures, photos, communication, art etc; basic videography including editing
- Proficiency with Google Suite and online databases (e.g., Action Network and Voter Activation Network), spreadsheet, presentation and database management
- Strong organizational, time management, and communication skills (written and verbal) including ability to articulate progress, concerns, and recommendations in a concise and timely manner
- Experience in program implementation, management, and evaluation through a intersectional and equity lens
- Experience working cooperatively with community members, young leaders, and community organizations
- Knowledge of and commitment to social and racial justice personally and professionally.
- Excellent interpersonal, team building, and problem-solving skills, and ability to speak and facilitate in front of a group of people and the public
- Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment, taking ownership, and initiative with minimal direction
- Ability to prioritize, negotiate, and work with a variety of internal and external stakeholders from a diversity of backgrounds
- Some evenings and weekends required to meet programming needs
- Availability and ability to travel statewide and nationally, including occasional overnight and multi-day travel
- Must have a vehicle to transport people and supplies with a valid driver’s license
Preferred Qualifications
- An advanced degree in a related field is highly desirable
- Communications, Graphic design and photography principles
- Multimedia software and other software applications, including desktop publishing, video creation and graphic design.
- Experience supporting a senior staff and providing guidance to other staff
- Experience leading diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives and/or training
- Experience working with youth and diverse communities
- Ability to work on a small, collaborative team or in a small nonprofit organization
- Knowledge or experience in nonprofits, and public policy
Compensation, hours, and benefits
Compensation range for this position is between $45,000 - $55,000 per year, depending on experience. This is a full-time (40 hours/week) and exempt position. This position is majority onsite with seasonal, hybrid remote and in person work. Attending staff and internal work meetings and sessions are mandatory.
Our compensation package includes:
- 80 hours of accrued paid-time off annually
- 10 paid holidays per year
- Professional development and Wellness Fund per year
- Employee Only Health, Dental and Vision - 80% Employer and 20% Employee
- Organizational Paid Breaks: 2 Days for Spring, 2 Days for Fall, and 8 Days for Winter Break
AAOP does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship status, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, age, height, weight, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, status on public assistance, and marital status. We strongly encourage individuals who identify as or businesses led by Asian & Pacific Islanders, Black, indigenous, people of color, disabled, queer, trans and women to submit a proposal. AAOP is unable to provide VISA sponsorship at this time.