Brand Communications Coordinator

Barnes Foundation; Philadelphia, Northern (Philadelphia County, KY); Hybrid; USD 68,880,000 - 74,390,000; Full time

Job summary

The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia, PA is seeking a Brand Communications Coordinator to support public relations, media outreach, and social content creation. You will coordinate press materials and track coverage, reporting to the Lead Director of Communications.

In this hybrid role, you will collaborate with the Brand team and external partners, manage multiple deadlines, and help ensure accurate, on-brand communications across channels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in communications, PR, journalism, marketing, English, art history, or related field.
• 2–3 years of relevant experience in communications, PR, marketing, social media, or related area.
• Strong writing, editing, research, and verbal communication skills with ability to adapt content for media and audiences.
• Ability to work independently and with colleagues/external partners in a fast-paced environment.
• Familiarity with social media publishing and basic photography or short-form video is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Prepares for work assignments and meetings with thorough fact-finding and decision-making.
• Maintains high-quality, accurate output and prioritizes deadlines.
• Identifies problems and collaborates to devise effective solutions and improve communications.
• Interacts with colleagues in a respectful, collaborative manner and upholds core values.
• Supports media outreach and monitoring using tools like Cision or Sprout Social.

Skills

Writing skills

Editing

Verbal communication

Organizational skills

Project coordination

Media relations

Education

Bachelor's degree in communications or related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Project-management tools

Cision

Sprout Social

Job description

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Brand Communications Coordinator

Philadelphia, PA, US

Salary Range: $24.04 To $24.04 Hourly

Primary Function: 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.

Job Qualifications

• 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.
• Familiarity with social media publishing and content creation; basic photography or short-form video experience is a plus.
• 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, preferred.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and collaborative project-management tools. Experience with media databases or monitoring platforms such as Cision and social media management platforms such as Sprout Social is a plus.
• Ability to work occasional evenings and weekends for media events, programs, and social content coverage.

Clearances:Criminal Background-National

PhysicalActivities to Perform Essential Functions:To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job duty satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions.

Moving:

• Approximately 80%+ of time is spent seated while working at a desk.
• Ability to occasionally transport up to 25 lbs. of files, equipment or supplies. Ability to move to access files, equipment or supplies.

Vision Requirements:

• This position requires extended time on the computer.

Communication Requirements:

• Clearly communicate in person, by phone, and by video conference.
• Communicate with others in conversational and written English.

Working Conditions:

• Position operates in hybrid work setting comprised of the Barnes’ Philadelphia campus and remote work setting indicated by the employee at their documented home address.
• Position requires extended time on the computer.

Job Responsibilities:

1. Accountability:

a. Prepares for work assignments and meetings,

b. Conducts thorough fact-finding, decision-making and/or follow through,

c. Admits mistakes and errors and informs others when one is not able to meet a commitment.

2. Job Quality:

a. Dependably demonstrates job knowledge necessary for the position,

b. Produces timely, accurate, high quality work output,

c. Prioritizes work responsibilities effectively and produces work quantity expected for the role.

3. Service:

a. Identifies problems and collaborate with others to devise and create effective solutions.

b. Interacts and communicate with fellow employees in a manner that promotes a harmonious and

cooperative working environment in accordance with our Core Values.

c. Facilitates open communication and keeps an open mind about new ideas.

a. Sets a good example for others,

b. Demonstrates ethical decision-making and communication,

b. Shows a proactive, inclusive, helpful, and respectful attitude to colleagues, guests and others,

c. Takes initiative to contribute to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility initiatives.