Staff Writer

New York Civil Liberties Union • New York, NY

290d • $65,000 - $79,000

About The Position

The New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) is seeking a Staff Writer, an engaging, thoughtful, and deadline-oriented storyteller to join our communications team. The ideal candidate will be a team player with experience writing a broad range of communications materials. Under the supervision of the editorial manager, the communications writer will draft, edit, and identify opportunities for editorial content. The job requires the ability to work quickly while juggling multiple priorities. The work of the communications team is highly collaborative both within the communications team and across other NYCLU departments. The Communications Department is responsible for the NYCLU's external communications strategy to advance NYCLU's civil liberties and civil rights priorities. This includes criminal legal and policing issues, immigrants' rights, racial justice, education, voting rights, privacy and technology, LGBTQ rights, reproductive rights, and economic justice. We accomplish this by working with high-impact media, launching multimedia advocacy campaigns, releasing reports and research, and running the organization's website and digital channels.

Requirements

• 1-2 years of experience doing written communications work or writing in a related field like journalism.
• Strong, clear writer who knows how to tell a compelling story while paying attention to detail and getting facts straight.
• Ability to work quickly and on deadline.
• Strong multitasker who can triage and rapidly move from one project to the next.
• Responds well to constructive feedback.
• Collaborative team player who can work with communications team members and staff in other departments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working for a non-profit, especially one focused on civil rights and/or social justice.

Responsibilities

• Determine how the NYCLU's blog can be a strategic tool for our work, identify opportunities and news hooks for blog posts.
• Conceptualize, edit, draft, and finalize blog posts, work with co-authors across departments.
• Identify opportunities for reports, respond to report suggestions for colleagues, identify strategic need and value for reports.
• Conceptualize, draft, edit, finalize, and pitch op-eds.
• Draft, edit, and finalize one-pagers and other advocacy materials.
• Draft, edit, and finalize web and social copy as needed.
• Draft speeches, remarks, and talking points as needed.
• Identify opportunities for our e-activists.
• Conceptualize, edit, draft, and finalize email content and digital actions.
• Coordinate with digital colleagues to schedule emails and finalize email production.
• A/B test subject lines and other email content and apply what we learn.
• Review email analytics and help identify trends, and conduct performance analysis to determine potential shifts in strategy and content.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Insurance Carriers and Related Activities