Marketing and Communications Manager

Stupid Cancer; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 62,000 - 67,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work in NYC

Job summary

Stupid Cancer, Inc. is seeking a Marketing & Communications Manager to elevate our bold voice and expand engagement with young adults affected by cancer.

You’ll own a strategic communications plan and manage email, social, digital, and web content to drive engagement and revenue. You will lead multimedia content creation, oversee event communications for CancerCon, and grow our multi-channel footprint while partnering with the development team on fundraising initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, or related field or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of experience in communications, marketing, or nonprofit work.
• Experience leveraging social media platforms for engagement, conversions, and activations.
• Experience creating video and graphic content for storytelling and engagement.
• Proficiency with analytics platforms and SEO basics.

Responsibilities

• Brand stewardship across all channels and touchpoints.
• Lead a comprehensive communications strategy and master calendar to drive engagement and revenue.
• Oversee multichannel content production including email, newsletters, and website updates.
• Manage multimedia content creation and collaborate with internal teams.
• Lead promotional campaigns for CancerCon and other initiatives.
• Monitor trends and expand audience through influencer collaborations.

Skills

Brand voice

Strategic communications

Social media strategy

Content creation

SEO & analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in communications/marketing or related field

Tools

Adobe Creative Suite

Canva

Google Analytics

Facebook Insights

Job description

Want to make cancer suck less – and actually enjoy doing it? Stupid Cancer is on the hunt for a bold, results-driven Marketing & Communications Manager to help us level up our impact. If you're passionate about making a real difference in the lives of millions of young adults affected by cancer, and you thrive in a fast-moving, no-drama environment, read on.

Reporting to the Managing Director of Mission & Strategy, the Marketing & Communications Manager will manage a wide variety of responsibilities across the Stupid Cancer. You will be responsible for executing a bold and strategic communications plan that sets us apart from other nonprofits. Your job? Hone and cultivate Stupid Cancer’s unique voice—fun, edgy, and impactful—while ensuring our messaging resonates with our core audience of 15-39 year olds. You’ll drive engagement, grow our community, and work with the development team to bring in those crucial fundraising dollars.

You will focus on creating campaigns that make people laugh, cry, and, most importantly, take action.

You’ll be part of a small but mighty team that depends on you to manage everything from social media strategy to email marketing and special projects.

The Stupid Cancer team reports to our New York City headquarters at least two days a week. Only candidates in the NYC area will be considered.

Organization Profile:

Founded in 2007, Stupid Cancer is the leader in building the adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer community, ending isolation, and making cancer suck less. We help the nearly 90,000 AYAs diagnosed each year and the 2million+ living in survivorship fight isolation and advocate for a better quality of life.

Our cornerstone event, CancerCon®, brings AYAs together at the largest gathering of this community for a life-changing weekend. We are not afraid to talk about all the good and the bad that comes along with AYA cancer, from finances and work, to sex and relationships. Want to see us in action? Check out our impact video gallery.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Communications & Brand Voice

• Brand Stewardship: Own and safeguard Stupid Cancer’s signature bold, irreverent voice across all channels and touchpoints.
• Integrated Strategy: Lead the execution of a comprehensive communications strategy an master calendar—spanning email, social, digital, and our website —to drive program engagement, public awareness, and revenue.

Content Creation & Campaign Execution

• Multi-Channel Content: Lead end-to-end content production for email marketing, monthly newsletters, print/digital program materials, direct mail, and website updates (ensuring strong SEO and brand alignment) with support from the development and program teams.
• Multimedia Production: Oversee the creation of visually compelling graphics and video content, partnering with internal teams and constituents to elevate community stories.
• Event Communications: Serve as the communications lead for flagship initiatives, driving all promotional campaigns, community outreach, and on-site coverage for CancerCon.
• Channel Management: Direct and scale Stupid Cancer’s multi-channel social footprint across Facebook (300K+), Instagram (60K+), TikTok (3K+), and LinkedIn (6K+).
• Audience Expansion: Monitor social trends and lead strategic brand and influencer collaborations to extend outreach beyond the traditional oncology space.
• Community Engagement: Implement creative digital strategies to deepen constituent engagement, foster organic conversation, and convert followers into program participants and donors.

Analytics & Operations

• Data-Driven Optimization: Regularly monitor, analyze, and report on performance metrics across all digital platforms, using data insights to continuously refine content and engagement strategies.
• Cross-Departmental & Tech Oversight: Partner closely with development and program teams on priority campaigns; manage the communications tech stack (email marketing platforms, social scheduling tools, CRM integrations, and analytics dashboards)

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in communications, marketing, or related field or equivalent work experience
• 5+ years of experience in communications, marketing, or nonprofit work, with a proven ability to develop successful campaigns.
• Experience leveraging social media platforms for engagement, conversions, and activations.
• Experience working with influencers and brands is a plus.
• Experience creating or ideating compelling video and graphic content for social media and websites for storytelling, education and/or engagement.
• Proficiency in graphic design software (Adobe Creative Suite, Canva), social media tools, and analytics platforms (Google Analytics, Facebook Insights).
• Strong writing, editing, and content development skills with a creative, edgy flair.
• Familiarity with SEO, email marketing, CRM platforms, and paid advertising (Google AdWords, social media ads).

Who We’re Looking For:

• You are excited about the opportunity to take an established brand into the stratosphere.
• You understand the challenges of working at a small non-profit with a nationwide footprint and welcome ways to overcome them.
• You are collaborative. You will be the center of the work of Stupid Cancer, working closely with the CEO, programs, and development teams to get our message out to as many people - and with the biggest impact - possible.
• You love to create content that is compelling, captivating and will lead people to take action - whether it’s smashing that share or like button, signing up for a program or raising money.
• You set goals and you meet them.
• You have a good sense of humor and can leverage that into compelling content.
• You have a passion for helping organizations doing good work reach more people.

How We Work:

• Report to Managing Director of Mission & Strategy
• Hybrid work: In-office Tuesdays and Wednesdays (Tribeca).
• Occasional evening and weekend work for events and campaigns, as well as occasional travel.
• Generous paid time off
• This is an exempt 40 hours / week position

Salary and Benefits

The salary range for this full time, exempt position is $62,000 – 67,000. Must be legally eligible to work in the United States; no sponsorship provided

Eligible to participate in our comprehensive benefits program including Medical, Dental, Life and Disability Insurance, a 401K Plan, and more.

We recognize individuals assess their skills and qualifications differently, and you may not meet every requirement listed. If you believe you could be successful in this role, we welcome your application.

Americans with Disability Specifications: Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; taste or smell.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 20 pounds

Stupid Cancer believes in providing equal employment opportunity and does not discriminate against its employees or applicants because of race (including traits historically associated with race), color, religion, sex, disability, genetic information, reproductive health decision making, predisposition or carrier status, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, domestic violence victim status, or any other class or status protected by applicable law. Equal employment opportunities will be extended to all persons in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including, but not limited to, recruitment, testing/selection, hiring, orientation, training, placement, promotion, transfer, compensation, benefits, educational assistance, layoff and recall, social and recreational programs, employee facilities, termination, and retirement. Applicants for employment will be evaluated, and employees will be promoted on the basis of qualifi cations to meet the requirements of the position and ability to perform in a satisfactory manner.