Communications Manager
About The Position
The Communications Manager shapes how The Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights communicates its mission, impact, and values to internal and external audiences. The role leads brand storytelling, content development, and internal communications while supporting fundraising campaigns and organization-wide initiatives. Working across departments, the manager ensures the organization’s voice is consistent, mission-centered, accessible, and grounded in ethical storytelling practices. The position partners closely with the Development Team, Policy Team, program staff, and designers or external agency partners to turn organizational priorities into compelling narratives. The role includes creating and maintaining communications plans and content, supporting internal channels, developing fundraising and event communications, measuring audience engagement, and coordinating cross-functional projects and workflows. The position is full-time and may be based at any Young Center site.
Requirements
- At least 3 years of experience in communications, marketing, content strategy, or a related field.
- Exceptional writing, editing, and storytelling skills, including experience creating content for diverse platforms and audiences.
- Demonstrated experience managing communications workflows, calendars, or multi-step projects.
- Ability to translate complex topics into accessible, compelling messages.
- Strong collaboration, planning, and communication skills.
- Experience with project management, analytics, and reporting tools, such as project management software, email platforms, and website metrics.
- Commitment to The Young Center’s mission, values, and principles of diversity, equity, inclusion, justice, and ethical storytelling.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with donor-facing or fundraising communications.
- Lived, volunteer, or professional experience with immigration matters.
Responsibilities
- Partner with the communications team to turn organizational objectives into storytelling opportunities across Young Center platforms.
- Co-create and maintain the annual Strategic Marketing & Communications editorial calendar.
- Ensure storytelling reflects the organization’s mission, values, and ethical storytelling practices.
- Write, edit, and develop content for the blog, website, email campaigns, printed and digital collateral, and social media as needed.
- Coordinate with in-house designers or external agency resources to produce collateral materials.
- Ensure content aligns with brand guidelines and messaging.
- Support internal communications channels and workflows; maintain and update the Communications Team intranet site.
- Work with teams across the organization to ensure internal updates are clear, timely, and consistent.
- Partner with the Development Team to plan and execute communications and marketing strategies for fundraising campaigns.
- Manage and segment email databases and donor-facing audiences.
- Draft newsletters, event outreach, and campaign communications.
- Support messaging and promotion for in-person and virtual events.
- Track, measure, and analyze the impact of communications strategies, campaigns, and donor-focused initiatives.
- Report on audience engagement trends and recommend improvements.
- Integrate external, media, digital, and internal communications strategies with Communications Team members.
- Lead project intake, develop project briefs, and manage work plans and deadlines.
- Coordinate cross-functional communications needs to ensure alignment and timely execution.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents at no cost to the employee.
- Paid vacation and sick time.
- 401(k) plan with employer match.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
