Advocacy Communications Manager
About The Position
The American Heart Association has an excellent opportunity for an Advocacy Communications Manager. This position can be remote/home-based. The Association offers many resources to help you maintain work-life harmonization through your changing needs and life situations. To help you be successful, you will have access to Heart U, our award-winning corporate university, as well as additional training and support, locally. #TheAHALife is more than a company culture; it is our way of life. It embodies our commitment to work-life harmonization and is guided by our core values where our employees can thrive both personally and professionally. Discover why you will Be Seen. Be Heard. Be Valued at the American Heart Association by following us on LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, X, and at heart.jobs.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
- Three (3) years of the following experience:
- Deep knowledge of social and digital media, as well as familiarity with traditional media.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Experience with digital content management systems such as Sprinklr.
- Experience serving on integrated staff teams.
Nice To Haves
- Knowledge of health policy issues.
- Familiarity with federal and state legislative processes.
- Prior experience working with or in a non-profit organization.
Responsibilities
- Developing and implementing strategies to promote the Association’s federal, state, and community advocacy agenda on the national Advocacy X account @AmHeartAdvocacy.
- Leveraging Heart Association accounts on X and other social media channels to communicate advocacy priorities in new and creative ways.
- Contributing to the drafting, design, and/or distribution of various Advocacy Communications products, including social media graphics, videos, newsletters, fact sheets, and media materials.
- Tracking, distributing, and reporting daily media coverage of the Heart Association’s advocacy agenda; leading media release distribution and building lists of policy and politics reporters via Meltwater; and posting Advocacy Communications materials in the Heart Association’s online newsroom.
- Collecting and distributing daily reports of media coverage of advocacy issues on the Meltwater platform; tracking the volume of media coverage and trends; and distributing advocacy news releases.
- Serving as the Advocacy Communications team’s lead contact with the Office of the CEO for advocacy content in the weekly News from the Heart newsletter; drafting content for the Communications Weekly staff newsletter and other organizational communications.
- Assisting with the planning and execution of monthly Advocacy all-staff calls.
- Assisting with content management for advocacy pages on heart.org and internal document management platforms, including SharePoint and other advocacy content sources.
- Leading social media and digital marketing efforts for federal grassroots fly-ins; assisting with planning and logistics for press events, volunteer congressional visits, congressional briefings, and special Capitol Hill events, as needed.
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance
- a robust retirement program that includes an employer match and automatic contribution
- an employee assistance program, employee wellness program and telemedicine, and medical consultation
- Paid Time Off (PTO) at a minimum of 16 days per year for new employees.
- 12 paid holidays off each year, which includes several days off at the end of the year.
- Tuition Assistance
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
Associate degree
