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Communications Associate

Lower 48 United States Full Time
We are looking for a Communications Associate to join our External Affairs team. This is a critical role supporting content creation and strategic communications across the organization.  
 
This is a full-time role reporting to the Senior Director, Communications; this role is remote anywhere in the lower 48 United States with a preference for Washington, D.C. We are hoping for this position to start in April 2026.
 
Responsibilities
Support our strategic use of multi-channel media across the organization
· Monitor trends and opportunities across social media platforms to identify opportunities for our organization to gain visibility on our key policy issues
· Draft communication content (e.g. talking points) for staff to use to amplify our work
· Stay up to date on how to best use our current social media platforms to maximize our audience reach
· Coordinate our process to track media hits and maintain weekly analytics on earned and owned media
· Maintain process to send our organization’s media clips each morning
· Maintain systems to ensure accurate data for all required metrics, and draft data summaries to share progress with key stakeholders  
 
Draft and create content to support our work
· Draft scripts for, produce, and edit videos to promote our work; including selfie-videos, short-form videos (up to two minutes), and long-form videos (up to five minutes)
· Draft, and post blogs that promote our work and our policy expertise
· Draft social media posts in alignment with our overall communication team strategy
· Create graphics and motion graphics that are aligned with our branding
· As needed, draft and edit additional media materials, including press releases, media advisories, statements, op-eds, letters to the editor, etc.
· As needed, support other key communication work (for example: editing Instagram Lives, technical support with Zoom events, etc.)
 
Perform administrative tasks
· Complete administrative tasks as needed
· Perform other duties as assigned