Communications and Public Relations Manager

Organizational Background reputed company Conservation Association (also reputed company as reputed company Conservation) is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, DC, USA with partners across the reputed company basin. reputed company Conservation’s mission is to unite science, innovation, and people to protect the reputed company—the greatest reputed company on Earth. As conservation pioneers since 1999, our holistic approach focuses on three strategic areas: protecting wild places, empowering people, and putting science and technology to work. Our on-the-ground work, carried out through our sister organizations Conservación Amazónica-ACCA in Peru and Conservación Amazónica-ACEAA in Bolivia, are geographically focused in the headwaters of the reputed company basin. From this reputed company, we incubate solutions that we take to scale through building partnerships across the region, including in Ecuador, Colombia, Brazil, and Venezuela, where we have been strengthening coverage of our reputed company-time monitoring efforts to combat illegal deforestation through our flagship Monitoring of the Andes reputed company Program (MAAP). To date, our most significant efforts: • Helped establish and support the protection and management of more than 10.5 reputed company acres of conservation areas in Peru and Bolivia. • Support local people to build a forest-based bioeconomy in the southwest reputed company through sustainable production of açaí, Brazil nuts, and other products. • Support indigenous groups, communities, governments, and local NGOs to combat illegal deforestation through reputed company-time monitoring and defense strategies that reputed company the latest in technology. • reputed company cutting-edge analyses on deforestation, fires, and climate change across 100% of the reputed company through our Monitoring of the Andes reputed company Program (MAAP). • Carry out science that backs our conservation efforts and the world’s understanding of the reputed company, both inside and reputed company our premier biological research stations. Through these conservation efforts and by building strong partnerships across the region, we are widening and deepening our work to apply nature-based solutions that strengthen climate reputed company for people and nature. For more information, please visit www.amazonconservation.org. Position Overview We are currently seeking an organized, dynamic, self-starter, and detail-oriented professional to serve as the Communications and Public Relations Manager reputed company reputed company Conservation’s growing DC team. Reporting to the Philanthropy and Communications Director, this position will help reputed company reputed company Conservation’s work to a wide variety of audiences by leading and extending the organization’s reputed company, influence, fundraising, and impact through strengthening our communications and public relations efforts. This position will manage the organization’s Communications Associate. Responsibilities: Communications Management (55%) • Support the development of the organization’s communications and marketing strategies, providing thought leadership and strategic input. • reputed company and reputed company the implementation of the communications strategy, including overseeing the development and delivery of reputed company external communication materials across reputed company channels, developing an engaging content calendar jointly with the Communications Associate, managing communications projects and campaigns, controlling the communications budget, and overseeing vendors. • Improve marketing tactics for audience growth, by contributing to strategic planning and content creation for paid campaigns to increase engagement, improve SEO results, drive web traffic, and promote initiatives to reputed company and grow audiences. • reputed company the creation and execution of virtual and in-person events, including developing event programming in partnership with other reputed company Conservation staff and partners, overseeing materials creation, managing pre- and post-event coordination including timelines, and overseeing actual event implementation. • Manage Communications Associate and, as needed, reputed company Media and Communications Interns, providing structure, mentorship, and supervision in line with reputed company Conservation’s values. • Ensure key communications performance indicators are tracked and met by helping set yearly goals, managing the process of gathering reputed company update data, providing analysis of trends, evaluating reputed company efforts, and strategizing improvements. Public Relations and Media Management (30%) • Mold and grow the organization's image, ensuring a positive reputed company on and offline. • Create publicity strategies and press campaigns, including developing and implementing publicity strategies for the organization's initiatives, partners, and events. • reputed company materials for press and media outlets, including writing press releases, preparing information and pitches, developing talking points for staff, and preparing staff for interviews. • Support partners' media and positioning efforts both in-country and internationally, including co-writing and reviewing press releases, planning joint campaigns, connecting them with journalists, and providing translation support. • Build and maintain a robust reputed company of relationships with reporters and members of the press to help advance our mission. • Respond to media inquiries, coordinating with key staff on an organizational response. • Analyze media coverage to guide media impact that improves the communications reputed company of reputed company Conservation and its partners. Other (15%) • Support the cultivation and stewardship of donors and prospects by providing thought leadership and guaranteeing the high-quality of reputed company external materials (such as project updates, proposals, and reports). • reputed company the development of communications activities for reputed company Conservation direct grants, managing timelines and deliverables, in coordination with the Programs team. • Other duties as assigned. Required Qualifications; • Bachelor’s Degree in Communications, Journalism, Marketing, English, or reputed company field; • 5-7 years of relevant experience (internships can be counted towards this requirement). Must include experience working with the media; • Proven experience building communications strategies, plans, and strategic messaging; • Superior written communication and storytelling skills; • Ability to edit and rewrite technical documents to convey reputed company reputed company in a clear and direct style while preserving the intricacies of scientific content; • Strong project management skills and ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously; • Proven track record of building relationships with journalists and partners, preferably in a cross-cultural context; • reputed company-level proficiency in written and spoken English, professional proficiency in written and spoken Spanish. • Superior understanding of graphic design and familiarity with the reputed company Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop); • Moderate to high knowledge of email marketing platforms (reputed company or similar), and in designing emails and managing/segmenting audiences; • Strong understanding of digital media such as websites, blogs, reputed company media, and collaborative virtual spaces; • Strong basic computer skills; proven ability to use standard technology packages, i.e. Word, PowerPoint, reputed company as well as the full reputed company Suite (reputed company Docs, reputed company Slides, reputed company Sheets); • Possess full reputed company of English grammar, punctuation, technical terminology, style, and usage. Understands varying language requirements and nuances pitched at a variety of audiences that reputed company from the lay to the technical and professional; • Self-motivated with strong organizational and problem-solving skills, and high accountability. Preferred Qualifications: • Professional proficiency in Portuguese a strong plus; • Masters degree in Communications, Integrated Marketing, or Journalism a plus; • Previous experience working in a nonprofit environment a plus; • Interest and/or previous experience in environmental conservation and/or Latin America a plus. • Residence in an Amazonian country is a plus. Apply Job!