Marketing · Full-time · Los Angeles, United States
ORGANIZATION SUMMARY
For more than two decades, LA Promise Fund has uplifted schools, students and families in South LA to ensure more Black and Latinx students are prepared for success in college, career, and life. Today, we accomplish this goal as an education management organization that runs two South LA charter schools and coordinates high impact educational enrichment programming to ensure students are college and career bound. Westbrook Academy (Russell Westbrook Why Not? Middle and High Schools) advances a college-prep culture and integrated digital media arts-themed education, with significant parent engagement, socio-emotional supports, and leadership development.
Simultaneously, LA Promise Fund works with schools County-wide to offer a portfolio of programs that foster motivated, engaged, and directed students poised for academic, professional, and personal success. Currently, these regional programs include a focus on female empowerment, STEM, media arts, college readiness, career exposure and work-based-learning, school improvement design, and parent engagement. We work alongside a network of essential partners, students, parents, teachers, and school leaders to build strong schools that increase educational equity within South LA and beyond. To learn more about LA Promise Fund visit www.lapromisefund.org.
Additionally, Black College Success (BCS), a project managed by LA Promise Fund, partners with select universities to create a college success pathway that empowers more Black students from SLATE-Z+ high schools to complete a Bachelor’s degree.
LA Promise Fund Values
Integrity - we are honest and guided by strong moral principles
Accountability - we are responsible to all stakeholders for all we do
Collaboration - we actively work together to reach our goals and outcomes
Professionalism - we are committed, respectful, responsive, and reliable with each other in all we do
Excellence - we have high expectations and are outstanding in all we do
Diversity - we celebrate the uniqueness and differences of all with whom we work and serve
Equity - we are just, unbiased, and inclusive of all with whom we work and serve
POSITION SUMMARY
Reporting to the Director of Communications, the Communications Manager will aid in telling LA Promise Fund’s story through content creation, social media, web and marketing support. An ideal candidate is responsible, organized, dynamic, resourceful, and eager to gain non-profit and communications experience. This is a full-time, exempt position.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES
Ensure consistent messaging across departments/constituents, support of market position and brand identity, and strategic promotion of current events
Follow/update master and individual editorial calendars across departments
Assess effectiveness of all communication strategies, assert data analysis to drive design and strategy, and collect market feedback and response.
Maintain a timely photo and video archive to be used across all channels and departments.
Photograph and document projects and happenings at LAPF, BCS, and Westbrook Academy events
Research, pitch, and write short engaging content for blogs and newsletters
Brainstorm and pitch new and exciting ways to share our stories
Support updates to LA Promise Fund, Westbrook Academy school and BCS websites
Schedule and compose social media posts on behalf of LA Promise Fund, Westbrook Academy, BCS
Collaborate with Director of Communications in creating and executing strategy for increased exposure and engagement on social media platforms
Support branding, graphic design and collateral creation needs, where appropriate, for LAPF programs and Westbrook Academy
Develop and engage media contacts to highlight stories and impact on behalf of LAPF, BCS and Westbrook Academy
Other duties as assigned
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
Education and Experience
Degree in marketing/communications, business, education, STEM or other related field
Experience working with students or within schools, preferably within K-12 Los Angeles schools
Strong writing, copy editing, and content management skills required across all media channels
Ability to think and communicate strategically across a variety of stakeholders.
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively on project management.
Experience managing communication/editorial calendars, media vendors and public relations
Ability to professionally interact with senior management, faculty and staff at all levels.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
LA Promise Fund is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Diversity, Equity, and inclusion is a core value in LA Promise Fund’s culture. Our practices are embedded in equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-bias, anti-discrimination, and antiracism. We encourage women and gender-diverse people, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ individuals, veterans, immigrants, and anyone with a disability to apply for this and all our positions.