Communication Coordinator, 1199SEIU UHWE Job at Service Employee Intl. Union in

Job Category: Local Union

Requisition Number: COMMU002878

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• Posted: May 10, 2023
• Full-Time

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NEWARK, NJ 07102, USA

Description

POSITION TITLE: Communication Coordinator
ASSIGNMENT: Communications
AREA: New Jersey
REPORTS TO: Executive Vice President
CLASSIFICATION: Permanent
SALARY RANGE: $90,000 - $93,000
NO. OF POSITIONS: 1

About 1199SEIU UHWE
With over 450,000 members throughout Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Florida, and Washington, DC, 1199SEIU is the largest and fastest-growing healthcare union in the nation. Since our founding in 1932, our mission has been to stand up for quality healthcare, good jobs, and social justice for all.

Responsibilities:

1. Leading communications campaigns for the New Jersey region.
2. Work with organizers to quickly and efficiently accommodate their campaign communications needs.
3. Create communications strategies, timelines, and plans; track those plans and ensure campaign communications needs and deadlines are being met.
4. Take advantage of every opportunity to communicate our message to key audiences.
5. Create overall messaging and content for campaigns and maintain message and brand consistency.
6. Literature production: Write, edit, and produce direct mail, flyers, brochures, and other literature.
7. Follow through with vendors to ensure the purchase order process is followed and bills are paid in a timely manner.
8. Media outreach: Write, edit, and distribute press releases, letters to the editor, and op-eds.
9. When needed, make outreach calls to reporters and cultivate relationships with media.
10. Train workers and staff to be effective media spokespeople.
11. Design and execute press events.
12. Paid media: Write, edit, and produce newspaper, online, and radio ads and other paid media.
13. Video production: Conceptualize, shoot, and edit videos or coordinate with outside video vendors to produce campaign videos.
14. Online media: Maintain social media channels, websites, text, and email messaging campaigns, etc.
15. Signage and promotional materials: Create effective messaging and concepts for signage and promotional materials for our campaigns.

Requirements:

1. Excellent ability to work closely with a team, accommodate requests from team members, and assimilate input from multiple sources.
2. Excellent inter-personal skills, a positive, enthusiastic attitude, and a commitment to contribute to a positive work environment.
3. An ability and commitment to modeling pro-active leadership behavior and skills.
4. The ability, experience, energy, and enthusiasm to take responsibility for whole communications campaigns and pro-actively see each component through to a successful conclusion.
5. Deep commitment to the labor movement and progressive causes.
6. Excellent visual, written, and verbal communications skills.
7. BA or higher.
8. At least 2 years’ experience working in communications for a progressive political campaign, non-profit organization, or union.
9. Proficiency in Word and Excel and ability to learn media database technology required.
10. Experience with online and social media campaigns.
11. Experience with design programs, shooting and editing video, and taking good quality photos preferred.
12. Must thrive in an environment with tight deadlines, changing priorities, high-pressure, and irregular hours.
13. This position requires occasional travel. A valid driver’s license and personal vehicle is needed.

GENERAL INFORMATION:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by persons assigned to this title. They do not include all job duties performed by employees in the title, and every position does not necessarily require the same duties.

All interested persons meeting the minimum qualifications are encouraged to submit a resume and cover letter to JOBS@1199.ORG with the job title on the subject line.

1199/SEIU is an equal opportunity employer.

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