Marketing and Communications Lead

ALK Positive Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Flexible remote work environment

Professional development support

Job summary

ALK Positive is seeking a Marketing and Communications Lead to collaborate with leadership and the marketing team to develop campaigns that advance organizational and fundraising priorities. You will maintain the content calendar, ensure brand consistency, and manage assets across channels.

The role requires 3–5 years in marketing/communications, strong writing, and proficiency with Canva or Adobe Creative Suite.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years in marketing, communications, social media, and website content management.
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading.
• Proficiency with Canva or Adobe Creative Suite.
• Strong organization and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Compassion, discretion, and sensitivity with patients and carepartners.
• Lung-cancer and patient-advocacy experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leadership and marketing to develop campaign content and coordinate execution.
• Maintain content calendar and posting schedules across channels.
• Ensure content aligns with brand voice and patient-centered mission.
• Maintain brand guidelines, templates, and photo/video assets.
• Execute marketing concepts across platforms.
• Write and edit social media posts, website content, email communications, press releases, and announcements.
• Design graphics, digital assets, and print materials.
• Create short-form videos.
• Build and send newsletters and email campaigns.
• Assist with website edits and WordPress updates.
• Promote fundraising campaigns, events, webinars, awareness months, and research updates.
• Assist with media relations and press inquiries.
• Track audience growth and engagement and prepare reports with recommendations.
• Design and produce fundraising materials and sponsorship packages in collaboration with Philanthropy.
• Coordinate sponsor recognition and communications with Philanthropy.

Skills

Marketing experience

Content management

Excellent writing

Organizational skills

Empathy

Patient advocacy

Education

Bachelor's degree

Marketing/PR degree

Tools

Canva

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Job Description: Marketing and Communications Lead

Organization:

ALK Positive

Location:

Remote (U.S.-based)

Reports to:

Executive Director / Medical Director

Position Type:

Full-Time

About ALK Positive

ALK Positive is a patient-driven, volunteer-led nonprofit dedicated to dramatically improving the lives and outcomes of people with ALK-positive cancer. Through research collaboration and funding, clinical trial support, patient education, and global community-building, ALK Positive accelerates scientific innovation and empowers patients, care partners, and clinicians. The organization has funded more than $10 million in ALK-positive research, positioning it as a catalyst for breakthroughs aimed at eradicating minimal residual disease (MRD), preventing resistance, and ultimately achieving cures.

Core Responsibilities

• Collaborate with leadership, Philanthropy, and the marketing team to develop campaign content and coordinate execution in support of established organizational and fundraising priorities
• Maintain the content calendar and coordinate posting schedules across channels
• Ensure content aligns with ALK Positive’s brand voice, visual identity, and patient-centered mission
• Maintain brand guidelines, templates, and photo/video assets
• Execute approved marketing concepts across platforms
• Write and edit social media posts, website content, email communications, press releases, and announcements
• Design graphics, digital assets, and print materials.
• Create short-form videos
• Build and send newsletters and email campaigns
• Assist with website edits and manage WordPress page updates
• Promote fundraising campaigns, events, webinars, awareness months, and research updates
• Assist with media relations, media lists, and press inquiries
• Track audience growth and engagement, along with social media, email, website, and campaign performance and prepare reports with recommendations
• Design and produce fundraising and stewardship materials in collaboration with Philanthropy, including impact reports, sponsorship packages, donor communications, and Summit materials
• Coordinate sponsor recognition and communications deliverables with Philanthropy to fulfill partnership commitments.

Education:

Bachelor’s degree or higher in marketing, communications, public relations, digital media, or a related field.

Experience and skills:

• 3-5 years in marketing, communications, social media, and website content management
• Excellent writing, editing, and proofreading
• Proficiency with Canva or Adobe Creative Suite
• Strong organization and ability to manage multiple priorities
• Compassion, discretion, and sensitivity with patients and carepartners
• Lung-cancer and patient-advocacy experience preferred

Preferred:

Cancer research, rare disease, or health-science nonprofit experience

Personal Attributes

• Deep commitment to ALK Positive’s mission and the urgency of improving patient outcomes.
• High emotional intelligence and empathy; able to work effectively within a patient-centered community.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to innovate, build systems, and operate with agility.
• Integrity, discretion, and adherence to ethical practices.
• Collaborative team member who thrives in a virtual, fast-paced environment.

Competitive salary commensurate with experience. Comprehensive benefits to include retirement plan, paid time off, flexible remote work environment, and professional development support.