Application Guide
How to Apply for Communications Associate
at Justice in Motion
🏢 About Justice in Motion
Justice in Motion is unique as a human rights organization that operates across borders, specifically focusing on migrant justice through legal, educational, and policy work in the U.S., Mexico, and Central America. Working here means contributing to a Defender Network of organizations while addressing complex transnational issues, offering a mission-driven environment that values bilingual, culturally competent communication.
About This Role
This Communications Associate role is the visual and digital backbone of Justice in Motion's outreach, combining graphic design, social media management, and analytics to amplify migrant rights initiatives. You'll create materials that educate and mobilize supporters across English and Spanish audiences, directly impacting how the organization's cross-border work is perceived and engaged with.
💡 A Day in the Life
A typical day might start with scheduling bilingual social media posts using analytics from prior campaigns, then designing graphics in Canva or Adobe for an upcoming webinar on migrant rights. You'd collaborate remotely with team members across time zones to update the website, track email campaign metrics, and organize digital assets, ensuring all materials align with Justice in Motion's cross-border advocacy goals.
🚀 Application Tools
🎯 Who Justice in Motion Is Looking For
- A bilingual (English/Spanish) communicator with 1-5 years of experience who can seamlessly switch between languages for social media, emails, and design projects.
- A design-savvy professional proficient in Canva and Adobe Creative Suite, capable of producing visually compelling reports, social graphics, and event collateral that align with human rights messaging.
- A metrics-driven organizer who can track social media and email analytics, derive insights, and maintain digital assets using project management tools to meet deadlines in a remote setting.
- Someone passionate about migrant justice who understands how to tailor content for U.S., Mexican, and Central American audiences through the Defender Network framework.
📝 Tips for Applying to Justice in Motion
Showcase bilingual fluency by submitting a portfolio with samples in both English and Spanish, such as social media graphics or email campaigns tailored to different linguistic audiences.
Highlight any experience with human rights, immigration, or cross-border issues in your resume, even if volunteer-based, to demonstrate alignment with Justice in Motion's mission.
Include metrics from past roles (e.g., social media growth, email open rates) to prove your ability to track and report on key performance indicators, as this is a core responsibility.
Mention familiarity with remote collaboration tools and project management software, as the role is remote and requires coordinating with teams across multiple countries.
Tailor your application to emphasize how your design skills (using Canva/Adobe) can visualize complex migrant justice topics for diverse stakeholders in the Defender Network.
✉️ What to Emphasize in Your Cover Letter
["Explain why migrant rights and cross-border justice resonate with you personally or professionally, linking it to Justice in Motion's work in the U.S., Mexico, and Central America.", "Detail your bilingual abilities with examples of how you've used English and Spanish in past communications or design projects to reach different audiences.", 'Describe a specific project where you managed social media, email campaigns, or analytics, highlighting results like increased engagement or improved organization.', 'Connect your design proficiency (Canva/Adobe) to creating materials for human rights causes, showing an understanding of visual storytelling for advocacy.']
Generate Cover Letter →🔍 Research Before Applying
To stand out, make sure you've researched:
- → Explore Justice in Motion's Defender Network and recent projects in Mexico and Central America to understand their cross-border partnerships and initiatives.
- → Review their social media channels (e.g., Twitter, Facebook) and website to analyze their current visual style, bilingual content, and engagement strategies.
- → Study their mission statement and key publications to grasp how they frame migrant justice issues, noting any recurring themes or advocacy goals.
- → Look into their team structure and remote work culture to see how communications integrate with legal and policy efforts across different regions.
💬 Prepare for These Interview Topics
Based on this role, you may be asked about:
⚠️ Common Mistakes to Avoid
- Submitting a generic portfolio without bilingual or human rights-related samples, failing to show relevance to migrant justice communications.
- Overlooking the bilingual requirement by not highlighting Spanish fluency in the application or during interviews, as it's essential for this role.
- Focusing only on design skills without addressing analytics, project management, or remote collaboration, which are key to the job's multifaceted responsibilities.
📅 Application Timeline
This position is open until filled. However, we recommend applying as soon as possible as roles at mission-driven organizations tend to fill quickly.
Typical hiring timeline:
Application Review
1-2 weeks
Initial Screening
Phone call or written assessment
Interviews
1-2 rounds, usually virtual
Offer
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