communications manager
Location: Chicago, IL
Impact for Equity, a highly regarded and impactful public interest law and policy center, seeks a dynamic and experienced communications professional, passionate about racial, economic, and social justice, to communicate Impact for Equity’s mission, vision, and accomplishments to diverse audiences.
Description
Impact for Equity is a public interest law and policy center that has been at the front lines of the fight for social justice in the Chicago region for over 50 years. Known for its innovative and effective advocacy for racial and economic equity, today Impact for Equity is deeply engaged in advancing systemic change in policing, the criminal legal system, housing, and early learning.
With collaboration as a core value, Impact for Equity partners with people directly impacted by racial and economic injustice and the community-based organizations that serve them. The organization’s tenacious lawyers and policy staff employ a combination of legal tools, policy research, organizing, advocacy, and convening to achieve transformational change. Impact for Equity works to develop nuanced policies and programs, advance effective strategies, catalyze strong coalitions, and advance progress toward its overarching vision of a state where every person has the right and opportunity to live their fullest life in a thriving community and free of systemic barriers. A collaborative and stimulating workplace, Impact for Equity is committed to offering opportunities to learn, grow, and contribute meaningfully to work that advances racial, economic, and social justice.
The Position
Impact for Equity seeks a dynamic and experienced professional with a demonstrated commitment to racial and social justice to join our team as Communications Manager. The Communications Manager manages and executes communications and marketing activities at Impact for Equity and will play an intrinsic role in the external relations work of the organization. They manage and implement organizational efforts to communicate Impact for Equity’s vision, values, and accomplishments to its diverse constituents, including support of Impact for Equity’s advocacy agenda and support of fundraising campaigns and events.
Responsibilities
The responsibilities of Communications Manager include:
- Implement communications strategy as developed in collaboration with the Managing Director of Development and External Relations, managing and executing all marketing and communications efforts organization-wide in furtherance of Impact for Equity’s mission, vision, and values
- Partner with Impact for Equity program staff to advise them on how to leverage the power of communications to advance Impact for Equity’s work and identify opportunities to do so
- Ensure that Impact for Equity has the communications strategies, content, workflows, and systems in place to effectively advance the organization’s fundraising goals and programmatic work
- Manage, maintain, and create content for Impact for Equity’s website, e-newsletters, and social media channels
- Serve as Impact for Equity’s photographer, videographer, and “designer in chief” for basic web graphics and print collateral
- Play a key role in execution of special events and activities related to fundraising
- Plan, research, write, and manage the production of Impact for Equity’s Annual Report and other print and digital publications as assigned
- Implement a robust media outreach strategy including producing press releases, media advisories, and other relevant communications in consultation with Impact for Equity leadership and staff
- In conjunction with the Managing Director of Development and External Relations, sustain media relations; reach out to key members of the media and other influencers to generate coverage, pitch op-eds, letters to the editor and bylined articles, and create interview opportunities
- Establish, track, and report on key metrics to effectively measure the progress and performance of all communications and public relations initiatives and efforts
- Consistently integrate equity concepts into projects and interactions by addressing structural implications and disproportionate impacts of policies, activities, and decisions based on race, socioeconomic status, and other historically marginalized group identities
- Exemplify Impact for Equity’s core values and advance Impact for Equity’s mission and vision in all aspects of the work; and
- Travel in Chicagoland, Illinois, and to national conferences and meetings as needed.