Brand Communications Coordinator

The Barnes Foundation•Philadelphia, PA

1h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Brand Communications Coordinator supports the Barnes Foundation and Calder Gardens through a combination of communications, social media, project coordination, and administrative responsibilities. Reporting to the Lead Director of Communications, the coordinator plays a central role in executing public relations and earned media initiatives, including developing press materials, supporting media outreach, coordinating press activity, and tracking coverage. The coordinator also creates and executes social media content in collaboration with the Senior Manager of Brand and Creative Strategy and provides operational support across the Brand Department. This role coordinates departmental administrative needs and proactively traffics marketing and communications design projects, and ensures public-facing work is accurate, organized, and delivered on schedule.

Requirements

2-3 years of relevant professional experience in communications, public relations, marketing, social media, or a related area.
Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, journalism, marketing, English, art history, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Strong writing, editing, research, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt content for media, social platforms, and audiences.
Excellent organizational skills, close attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Sound judgment, professionalism, initiative, and the ability to work both independently and cooperatively with colleagues and external partners.
Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and collaborative project-management tools.
Criminal Background-National clearance required.

Nice To Haves

Basic photography or short-form video experience.
Demonstrated knowledge of Philadelphia and arts & culture media landscape.
Experience in a museum, cultural, educational, or nonprofit organization, or demonstrated interest in art and culture.
Experience with media databases or monitoring platforms such as Cision and social media management platforms such as Sprout Social is a plus.

Responsibilities

Supports the Barnes Foundation and Calder Gardens through communications, social media, project coordination, and administrative responsibilities.
Executes public relations and earned media initiatives, including developing press materials, supporting media outreach, coordinating press activity, and tracking coverage.
Creates and executes social media content in collaboration with the Senior Manager of Brand and Creative Strategy.
Provides operational support across the Brand Department.
Coordinates departmental administrative needs.
Proactively traffics marketing and communications design projects.
Ensures public-facing work is accurate, organized, and delivered on schedule.
Accountability: Prepares for work assignments and meetings, conducts thorough fact-finding, decision-making and/or follow through, admits mistakes and errors and informs others when one is not able to meet a commitment.
Job Quality: Dependably demonstrates job knowledge necessary for the position, produces timely, accurate, high quality work output, prioritizes work responsibilities effectively and produces work quantity expected for the role.
Service: Identifies problems and collaborate with others to devise and create effective solutions, interacts and communicates with fellow employees in a manner that promotes a harmonious and cooperative working environment in accordance with our Core Values, facilitates open communication and keeps an open mind about new ideas.
Leadership: Sets a good example for others, demonstrates ethical decision-making and communication, makes decisions. Uses a solution-oriented, collaborative approach.
Collaboration: Seeks win-win outcomes in decision-making, shows a proactive, inclusive, helpful, and respectful attitude to colleagues, guests and others, takes initiative to contribute to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives.