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Senior Communications Specialist

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Role

What the job involves

The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in communications public policy journalism marketing public affairs or related field
  • Five or more years of professional communications experience
  • Exceptional writing and editing skills
  • Experience editing reports policy publications research summaries or other long-form written content
  • Familiarity with AP style and APA style
  • Strong project management and organizational skills
  • Professional experience using HubSpot or another mass email platform
  • Professional experience using WordPress or another web content management system
  • Familiarity with social media or marketing analytics tools
  • Excellent attention to detail and proofreading ability
  • Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate across teams
  • Ability to quickly learn new subject matter and manage multiple priorities
  • Demonstrated understanding of diversity equity and inclusion
  • Commitment to continuous learning about communications tools and trends

Nice to have

  • Research communication
  • Public affairs experience
  • Think tank environment
  • Editorial workflow experience
  • University setting
  • Nonprofit setting

Day to day

  • Manage communications projects from concept through publication while coordinating across internal teams and external partners to meet deadlines and maintain review processes.
  • Synthesize complex research findings and policy analyses into clear accessible communications for policymakers practitioners partners and other external audiences.
  • Develop and refine major communications products including policy briefs research summaries reports presentations website copy media materials and leadership briefings.

Hiring process

  • Submit writing samples with application
  • Complete a short exercise