Associate Director, Internal Communications

Braven • Atlanta, GA

2d • $79,200 - $114,900 • Hybrid

About The Position

In order to achieve its ambition of serving 80,000-100,000 Fellows over the next decade, Braven is hiring an Associate Director, Internal Communications who will develop, lead, and implement our internal communications strategies that are a critical input to fostering strong organization-wide clarity and culture as Braven scales.
This role is on the Communications and Marketing team and reports directly to the Senior Director of Communications and Marketing.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• 5-7 years of relevant experience, with a preference for communications experience in the education, government, or nonprofit sector
• Ability to work in-person in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL), Newark (NJ), or New York City (NYC) at least 3 days per week
• Ability to travel to annual all-team retreat, quarterly retreats with the External Affairs team, and potentially other regional events several times a year
• Ability to support the team during high-volume seasons
• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Braven doesn’t offer employment visa sponsorship

Nice To Haves

• Expert-level written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adjust style and content across audiences (executives, Braven staff, external partners)
• Experience drafting and turning complex information into relevant, engaging, timely and valuable content.
• You are excellent at project management and influencing others to achieve outcomes and have a proven ability to create and execute project plans with strong attention to detail and multiple stakeholders, meeting deadlines.
• Demonstrated presentation building skills-specifically with Google Slides or Powerpoint.
• Ability to motivate teams through compelling messaging and robust campaigns.
• Ability to align systems, programs and people with company strategy and culture.
• You exercise discretion and independent judgment in conversations with high-stakes audiences
• You are highly motivated, self-directed, results-oriented, data-driven, and curious
• You are self-aware and able to work across many lines of difference
• Exemplification of Braven’s core values.
• Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and have prepared you to work with, or for, Braven’s student Fellow population.

Responsibilities

• Create and implement annual internal communications plan and strategies, including support for general org-wide initiatives, with a lens toward diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice, alongside the People & Operations team and Braven’s Alignment team. This is inclusive of but not limited to the following responsibilities:
• Create, distribute, and maintain an org-wide calendar
• Creating the strategy and supporting content creation for national campaigns, like Black History Month, spotlights honoring the work & lived experiences of our extraordinary staff, open enrollment announcements, etc.
• Assess and set guidance for communications norms and platforms (e.g. Slack, email, Google Hub) for communicating internally that is aligned to Braven culture as the org continues to scale
• Lead trainings on relevant tools, processes, and etiquette (e.g. office hours)
• Use quantitative and qualitative insights to assess efficacy of strategies and adjust tactics as needed
• Experiment with new, creative ways to reach staff with news and information, and drive their engagement in prioritized company initiatives and information.
• Develop and drive communications around updates, campaigns, and change management that engage, inspire and align employees);
• Write, manage and implement strategic employee communications around various topics, including company strategy, campaigns, priorities and announcements, to ensure high-quality, effective and consistent delivery of key messages and information with a consistent tone (e.g. newsletter, Slack updates, memos, All-team call)
• Manage applicable programming for remote and in-person company-wide meetings (including biweekly All Team Calls), which includes scheduling, creating agendas and decks, developing messaging, preparing facilitators and overseeing meeting logistics
• Project manage internal newsletter content and governance, which includes proactively working with content owners, collecting and distributing updates, moderating posts, and managing processes
• Develop and manage email signatures for staff to mark certain events
• Keep a pulse on the latest best practices in communications and implement learnings into their work
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
• Braven supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
• Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
• Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level