Communications Associate

Clinton Foundation; New York (NY); On-site; USD 52,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Clinton Foundation in New York seeks a Communications Associate to support the Communications and Marketing teams by organizing press outreach, crafting content that highlights the Foundation’s impact, and assisting with program rollout and pitching efforts.

The role requires strong organization, meticulous attention to detail, and sound judgment to protect the Foundation’s public image. You’ll work with a diverse team across media, content, and digital channels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications or relevant field required.
• 1–2 years’ experience in communications or media relations.

Responsibilities

• Support earned media outreach, build media target lists and assist pitching.
• Create content telling the Foundation’s stories and coordinate with programs and teams.
• Provide administrative support: scheduling, proofreading, and related tasks.
• Collaborate with digital team to coordinate social copy for press rollouts.
• Support long-term projects of the Communications teams.

Skills

Research & Writing

Pitching

Under pressure

Organized

Professionalism

Media & Marketing

Content creation

Health & Wellness

Civic education

Leadership development

Climate change

Women empowerment

Social media

Cision

LexisNexis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in communications or relevant field

Tools

Cision

LexisNexis

Job description

About The Opportunity

The Communications Associate will be responsible for supporting the efforts of the Foundation’s Communications and Marketing teams – organizing press outreach, creating content that tells the stories of the Foundation’s work and impact; supporting the Clinton Global Initiative and partners; supporting program rollouts and pitching efforts. In addition, the Communications Associate will perform administrative tasks as needed.

The position affects the public image and reputation of the Clinton Foundation. The Communications Associate must be highly organized, thorough, accurate, and display good judgment to ensure the best possible representation of the Foundation publicly.

The Clinton Foundation Marketing and Communications team is responsible for developing external communications, campaigns, and creative content in service of advancing the work of the Clinton Foundation and understanding of President Clinton’s lifetime of public service. This team of communicators is comprised of writers, marketers, producers, media specialists, content and digital strategists, metrics and data analysts, and creative professionals.

Core Responsibilities

• Supporting the Foundation’s earned media outreach through building target lists of media, supporting pitching efforts, and helping the Communications Team continue to build relationships with new reporters, media outlets, podcast hosts, and surrogates
• Create content to tell the stories of the Foundation’s work. This includes helping draft and running clearance on content including press releases, op-eds, briefings, clips packages, board materials; coordinating with the Communications and Marketing teams, and the Foundation’s programs
• Providing administrative support to the Communications teams, including setting meetings, coordinating schedules, proofreading documents, and other tasks as needed
• Work with the digital team to coordinate social copy on press rollouts
• Supporting other long-term projects of the Communications teams

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications or relevant field to the Clinton Foundation’s work required
• 1-2 years’ experience in communications or media relations working in the Clinton Foundation’s issue areas, for a PR agency, on a campaign, for a government agency, for a media outlet, or for a multi-national corporation required

Specialized Knowledge And Skills Needed For Performance Of Job

• Proven quick and thorough research and writing ability; ability to pitch media and manage significant announcements and events; good judgment under pressure; extremely organized and detail oriented and proven capacity to multi-task in fast-paced work environment with tight deadlines; professional demeanor
• Experience in media and marketing preferred, including pitching, writing, and other content creation in areas related to the work of the Clinton Foundation including health and wellness, civic education and leadership development, early childhood education, economic and workforce development, climate change, empowering girls and women
• Familiarity with social media channels, research and media applications such as Cision and Lexis/Nexis

Compensation & Benefits

Our best estimate of the compensation range for this opportunity is $52 - 57K annually, depending on the experience you bring. This role is eligible for overtime pay. This range is based on NYC market rates and may be adjusted if you will be working remotely. We look forward to discussing our compensation pricing strategy, and your expectations, throughout the interview process. Please also note, the Clinton Foundation prides itself on offering a generous benefits package at little to no cost to employees - take a look at our benefits page, so you can get a full picture of our total rewards offerings.

About The Clinton Foundation

Building on a lifetime of public service, President Clinton established the Clinton Foundation on the simple belief that everyone deserves a chance to succeed, everyone has a responsibility to act, and we all do better when we work together. For nearly two decades, that premise has energized the work of the Foundation in overcoming complex challenges and improving the lives of people across the United States and around the world.

As an operating foundation, we work on issues directly or with strategic partners from the business, government, and nonprofit sectors to create economic opportunity, improve public health, and inspire civic engagement and service. Our programs are designed to make a real difference today while serving as proven models for tomorrow.The goal of every effort is to use available resources to get better results faster – at the lowest possible cost.

We firmly believe that when diverse groups of people bring resources together in the spirit of true cooperation, transformative ideas will emerge to drive life-changing action.

Learn more at http://www.clintonfoundation.org, on Facebook at Facebook.com/ClintonFoundation and on Twitter @ClintonFdn.