Kindness Farm
Kindness Farm is hiring: Social Media, Communications, & Design Manager —
Kindness Farm, Portland, OR, United States
Social Media, Communications, & Design Manager — Kindness Farm
Position Type: 5-10 hours per week
Location: Primarily remote
Pay: $25/hr – contracted position
Reports to: Executive Director
About Kindness Farm
Kindness Farm is an immigrant, refugee and queer led 501c3 educational, regenerative community farm in SE Portland, Oregon, east of the 205.
We’re a community-run farm that provides the experience of growing food and tending land for kids, adults, and seniors. We focus on environmental literacy and teach regenerative, holistic methods that heal the earth, preserve habitat, promote biodiversity, sequester carbon, and create climate resilience. Alongside our educational programming, we grow a large amount of fresh, nutrient-dense produce which is provided, at no cost, to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity in our community through partner organizations.
We work with an array of groups: school kids from marginalized groups, immigrant and refugee groups, and queer and neurodivergent community members – to name a few. We have meaningful strategic partnerships with the city, the local school district, and other well-established organizations.
In the last 4 years we’ve…
Provided environmental, regenerative education and the experience of growing food to 4,827 children, adults, and seniors.
Engaged a large, committed community of volunteers to create a resilient, healing space with 24,367 volunteer hours.
Grown nutritious, healthy produce for over 73,812 meals, produce-boxes, and free food pantries. Over 50% of our produce goes to Black and Hispanic households, and 1st and 2nd generation immigrants.
We work with historically underrepresented communities: immigrants & refugees, LGBTQIIA2S+, Black, Indigenous, and people of color, families with low-incomes, people with disabilities, children, youth, and seniors.
About the Role
We’re looking for a social media, communications, & design manager to join our team! You’ll be contributing to the farm’s mission by sharing the stories of our work with images and words on our social media channels, through our mailing list, and more.
This is a unique opportunity to join a group of talented, passionate individuals creating significant change in our community in many ways. It’s also an opportunity to join a workplace where we center openness, humanness, collaboration, personal and communal well being, and shared values – going against the grain of many employer/employee relationships.
Diversity and Inclusivity
Kindness Farm is a safe, inclusive, healing space for many different kinds of people. Our founder, staff, students, and volunteers come from diverse backgrounds and include refugees, immigrants, queer and trans folx, Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, neurodivergent individuals, people with disabilities, people with PTSD, people who currently or in the past have had a low income, youth, and seniors.
As we grow, we’re looking for team members who are committed to honoring and celebrating the differences between us, and feel that they’re well equipped to advocate for and elevate the groups we work with.
Key Responsibilities
Fully manage the farm’s social media accounts: instagram, facebook, linked in
Create new posts, stories, and reels (this includes editing photos and videos using VSCO)
Respond to comments and messages
Send out newsletters and engage various segments of our email list (we use Flodesk)
Design flyers and other informational materials
When applicable, use other websites to post and advertise events, workshops, volunteer days, etc.
Skills & Qualifications
As an organization, we care more about your lived experience and what your strengths are vs your qualifications on paper.
– At least 1 year experience with marketing, copywriting, and effective written communication + ability to match current brand and voice
– At least 1 year experience with effective design and using canva + ability to match current brand and voice
– At least 1 year experience with social media marketing, email marketing, understanding algorithms and analytics and assessing engagement
– Excellent communication skills
– Very strong attention to detail and organizational skills
– Interest in gardening, food, and environmental justice
– Understanding and/or lived experience of systems of inequity and oppression, both
intentional and unintentional, and system impacts on youth and communities
– Strong collaboration skills, and a lot of openness to feedback
– Self-motivated nature and an ability to work independently and complete your key responsibilities without supervision
– Experience or passion for social justice and equity work.
Apply
Please send an email to lou@thekindnessfarm.org with the title: “FIRST & LAST NAME – Social Media / Communication / Design Job Application.” Include your resume, and – more importantly – a video (preferred), written, or combined (video and written) answers to the questions below.
Please also include several examples of your work showcasing both copywriting and design. Applications without examples will not be considered.
The answers can be of any length – provide as much info as you feel adequately answers the following questions:
Tell us a bit about yourself, your background, and the things important to you.
Why do you feel you’re a good fit for this position?
What experience do you have with copywriting, marketing, design, and communications?
What part of this work do you feel you’ll be best at?
What part of this work do you feel will be a challenge / give you room for growth?
In what ways do you feel you can meaningfully advocate for the diverse groups we serve?
What would you do if you encountered a challenge you weren’t able to solve on your own?
What is most important to you in a job? In other words, what part of a job motivates you to
show up every day with your best self?
What makes you feel valued and appreciated as a team member?
Are you looking for a long term position / growing alongside our team?
There are no wrong answers. We’re looking to genuinely get to know you so please share from the heart!
#J-18808-Ljbffr