Communications Associate

The Communications Associate will take the lead on crafting, sharing, and amplifying stories about voter engagement, grassroots advocacy, and community organizing for a more equitable democracy. Essential functions include:

• Digital organizing: Manage communications via email, SMS text, and social media; create digital communications strategies; highlight partner organizations' work; design multilingual voter education materials
• Message development: Support media publications; connect partners with media opportunities; update website; create monthly newsletter; integrate national messaging campaigns
• Field support: Provide strategic guidance and technical support for digital strategies; support volunteer recruitment; create voter education materials; conduct messaging trainings
• Organizational communications: Design branded materials; produce reports; support annual report materials; draft policy testimonies or press statements

This role creates positive change by building power among the 'New American Majority' (low-income, people of color, young people, and new citizens) through civic engagement tactics that advance racial and economic justice, ultimately working toward a more equitable democracy.

We will consider exceptional candidates who demonstrate a strong combination of:

• Two years minimum experience in communications/social media management within labor, political, student, or community organizing and political campaigns preferred
• Field organizing and direct voter contact experience preferred
• One to two years of experience in graphic design preferred
• Strong skills with Action Network, EveryAction, MailChimp, Constant Contact, BlackBaud Raisers Edge NXT, Salsa, or similar email/donor platforms
• Experience developing and implementing online content and strategy for political/legislative campaigns, nonprofit advocacy organizations, or national organizing campaigns
• Experience working with underrepresented and/or diverse communities
• Excellent communication (written & interpersonal) skills

Compensation: $30.77 - $33.33 per hour (37.5 hours per week)

Benefits package includes:

• Generous Paid-Time-Off: twelve paid holidays, three weeks of vacation, one week of personal holiday, ability to accrue up to 487.5 hours of health leave time
• 80% Employer-paid Health Insurance through Harvard Pilgrim with some $0 deductible plans
• Low-cost Dental and Vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for Health and Dependent Care
• Employer-paid Life, Long- and Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Employer-paid Pension and Employee-paid 403b plan through TIAA

The Massachusetts Voter Table (MVT), a fiscal project of Third Sector New England (TSNE), builds power among the 'New American Majority' (low-income, people of color, young people, and new citizens) through grassroots organizing to achieve racial and economic justice, supporting 40+ grassroots partners to increase civic engagement through policy advocacy, movement building, voter registration, education, and turnout.