Associate, Marketing & External Relations Job at Northeast Energy Efficiency

Associate, Marketing & External Relations

About NEEP

Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) is a regional nonprofit that works to accelerate energy efficiency, electrification, and grid-flexibility across Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states as a core strategy to reduce climate pollution and build an affordable, sustainable, just, and resilient energy future. NEEP focuses on the components key to rapid, equitable decarbonization of the regional buildings sector - strong policies and regulations to address building emissions and lower energy bills, market transformation for electric building technologies, community-led solutions, and a diverse and experienced workforce. NEEP supports collaboration among government, industry, community groups, academia, and advocates to drive long-term regional change. Learn more about NEEP at www.neep.org.

Our Culture: Why work with us? Our team is our most valuable resource. We represent a diverse mosaic of backgrounds, ideas, perspectives, and life experiences. The thing that unites us is our common mission to accelerate energy efficiency, electrification, and grid-flexibility across Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states as a core strategy to reduce climate pollution and build an affordable, sustainable, just, and resilient energy future. We've nurtured an environment that values creative thinking and well-informed decision-making, embracing diversity and inclusivity. Our leadership places a strong emphasis on transparency, accessibility, authenticity, and the growth of our employees.

What's In It For You:

NEEP is based in Massachusetts, with staff in locations around the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region. We are a remote-first organization, which allows our employees to work in any of NEEP's 13 states/jurisdictions in the region. As the Associate, Marketing & External Relations you will play a pivotal role on our strategic marketing & communications team, connecting NEEP's energy efficiency expertise and our stakeholders. This position is designed for a proactive professional eager to make an impact through marketing, visual and written content, and event support. You will not only contribute to NEEP's mission but also grow your professional skills in a collaborative, fast-paced environment, all while upholding NEEP's commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice.

The Associate, Marketing & External Relations is responsible for:

• Developing Marketing Materials
• Supporting Event Coordination
• Maintaining Stakeholder Engagement

If you possess a knack for both independent work and team coordination and thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced work environment, you might be just who we're looking for. If you also have a deep interest in nonprofit work and the passion to champion mission-driven vision and values, we'd love to hear from you.

A Day In The Life Of This Role:

Organizational Marketing and Communications

• Create Engaging Content: Develop high-quality digital and print marketing materials with the support of your team. This includes logos, webpages, blogs, reports, social media posts, graphics, slide presentations, emails, photos, and videos.
• Social Media: Develop and execute engaging content for NEEP's social media channels (LinkedIn, YouTube, Facebook, X), engage with partner content, and compile analytics reports to understand and expand our online presence.
• Website Updates: Regularly update the NEEP website, ensuring it is secure, functional, and optimized. Collaborate with colleagues for content creation, troubleshoot issues, and produce web analytics reports.
• Strategic Planning: Assist with the maintenance of NEEP's strategic communications calendar to reflect our marketing and promotional timelines effectively.

Events

• Event Marketing: Support NEEP events with branding, EventBrite registration, speaker and sponsorship toolkits, social media campaigns, graphics, slide presentations, and external communications to highlight partnerships and achieve event goals.
• Internal Promotion:Promote events internally using the organizational calendar, Slack, internal toolkits and staff email signatures to ensure team-wide awareness and engagement.
• In-Person Event Support:Assist in managing in-person events like summits and workshops by providing on-location logistical support, ensuring proactive customer service for speakers, sponsors, Allies, attendees, and staff.
• Virtual Event Coordination: Support virtual webinars via Zoom and Microsoft Teams, providing logistical support by setting up webinars, developing calendar notices for speakers, and creating and sharing slide presentations for smooth execution.

Allies Network

• Onboarding and Engagement:Seamlessly onboard new NEEP Allies, promoting the partnership and supporting continuous engagement through regular communications.
• Database Management:Maintain and update the Allies Network directory, ensuring current and accurate information to facilitate active participation.
• Communication and Outreach: Coordinate, layout and send weekly Allies Intel emails using MailChimp, gathering news, reviewing content, and ensuring high-quality communication.
• Maximize Program Benefits:Regularly reach out to Allies to help them fully leverage their program benefits, track complimentary passes, and co-promote marketing activities through our channels.

What We Need From You:

• Marketing and Communications Experience: At least 6 months proven experience or academic achievement in marketing, communications, external relations, or a related field.
  • Passionate About Sustainability: Genuine interest in climate, energy efficiency, energy justice, or environmental issues.
• Design Skills:Proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, InDesign, & Illustrator), Canva, and other design software to create compelling visuals within our brand efficiently.
• Virtual Event Experience: Skilled in using Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and other virtual event platforms.
• Organizational Competence:Exceptional organizational skills, capable of managing and tracking multiple projects simultaneously.
• Independent and Collaborative:Ability to take direction, work independently, and collaborate effectively with team members.
• Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Inclusive Communicator: Ability to communicate across differences, recognizing the needs and priorities of diverse individuals and communities.
• Email Marketing Savvy:Experience with email marketing services, with a preference for Mailchimp.
• Website Maintenance:Knowledgeable in website maintenance, including content management systems and Google Analytics.
• Technical Know-How:Some experience with Drupal and video production is a plus. A drive to find solutions a must.
• Commitment:This is a full-time, exempt position scheduled for 40 hours per week, with the potential for additional evening and weekend hours when required.

Salary Range: The salary for this role is competitive and commensurate with experience, offering a range of $55,000-$65,000 annually.

Applicants must reside in one of NEEP's 13 states/jurisdictions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region (Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.

The position is exempt and scheduled 40 hours per week although additional hours including evenings and weekends may be required.

NEEP is a remote office and offers employees a flexible schedule. Our generous benefits package includes health, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage; a 401(k)-retirement plan with a generous match; a work from home stipend; accrued paid time off; and 12 paid holidays (four of which are floating holidays - take them whenever you'd like!).

At this point, we hope you're feeling excited about this job opportunity. Even if you don't feel that you meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We're eager to meet people who believe in our mission and can contribute to our team in a variety of ways - not just candidates who check all the boxes. We want people to feel comfortable expressing their true selves and to come, stay, and do their best work here.

NEEP is committed to an organizational culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice. We are committed to a policy of non-discrimination and equal opportunity for all employees and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, and physical or mental disability. We apply this policy to assure non-discriminatory practices in recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, compensation, benefits, and all other activities. This also supports our capacity to achieve our mission on a regional scale.