COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE
About The Position
PKS seeks a full-time Communications Associate who will play a key role in bringing the PKS story to life through a compelling mix of storytelling, visual media, and digital content creation in support of the school's institutional priorities around admissions, advancement, and community engagement. Reporting to the Director of Advancement, you will partner with faculty, staff, students, parents, and alumni to capture and share content that reflects the school's vibrant community and our distinctive approach to teaching and learning across a range of digital and print channels, including social media, the school website, email communications, and other publications. We are seeking a professional with at least two years of relevant experience. PKS offers a tight-knit, collaborative, and supportive work environment with significant opportunities for professional growth and development. This is a full-time, non-exempt position working 40 hours Monday to Friday. While there is potential for the role to have some flexibility, the expectation is that the successful candidate will be able to work in-person on our campus in San Francisco 90%+ of the time.
Requirements
- Excellent writing, editing, storytelling, and content creation skills, including photography, short-form video, and graphic design
- Strong organizational, project management, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and collaborate effectively across a school community
- Experience managing social media platforms, website content, email communications, and digital marketing tools
- Curious, proactive, and self-directed
- Eager to embrace opportunities to participate in daily school life
- Bachelor's degree and at least two years of relevant experience in communications, marketing, journalism, public relations, or a related field
- Ability to support occasional evening and weekend events
Nice To Haves
- Experience in a school or nonprofit setting is preferred
- Bilingual and biliterate in Mandarin Chinese is highly desirable, but not required
Responsibilities
- Create and distribute the school's weekly newsletter
- Develop and manage an integrated editorial calendar
- Coordinate school-wide announcements, crisis communications, and other time-sensitive messaging
- Manage PKS's social media presence across all official platforms
- Create engaging platform-specific content and leverage emerging trends and best practices in social media and digital storytelling
- Help manage and maintain the website, ensuring information is current, engaging, and aligned with school priorities and brand standards
- Monitor and analyze website, email, and social media performance metrics and provide recommendations to strengthen engagement and reach
- Update parent portal as needed
- Organize and maintain the school's digital assets
- Support the planning, design, production, and distribution of school publications and collateral materials, including admissions and fundraising materials, event programs and invitations, brochures, flyers, posters, and other promotional pieces
Benefits
- Monthly commuter benefits up to $325/month, PKS subsidizes $60
- A unique bicultural learning environment that promotes personal growth, intentional practice, and collective purpose
- 5% Employer match contribute to your 403(b)-retirement plan
- Salaries aligned with Bay Area market rates, with annual cost-of-living adjustments
- Tuition remission offered for full-time employees who have child(ren) enrolled at PKS, to 75% discount on tuition for one enrolled child, subject to admissions process and eligibility.
- 100% employer- paid medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, and life insurance for employees
- Affordable options for spouse family coverage
- Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) for healthcare and dependent care
- Wellness benefits and EAP
- Mental health benefits via Springhealth
- Paid holidays in accordance with the school calendar
- Non-exempt admin / support employee accrued 120 hours / year vacation hours
- Accrual of 10 sick days annually
- Regular staff appreciation lunches
- Monthly Birthday celebration
- Complimentary tickets to our annual Gala event
- Celebration lunch as part of our Lunar New Year Festival
- Happy hour events: past events have been Ping Pong, Bowling, Karaoke, SF Giants game, Mahjong, Holiday Party, End of School Year Celebration
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
