Employment

Communications Coordinator

Location: New York City

Summary: The Empire State Pride Agenda is New York’s statewide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) civil rights and advocacy organization. Our mission is to win equality and justice for LGBT New Yorkers and our families. Through our education, organizing and advocacy programs, we work toward creating a broadly diverse alliance of LGBT people and our allies in government, communities of faith, labor, all sectors of the workforce and other social justice movements to achieve equality for LGBT New Yorkers and the broader goals of social, racial and economic justice.

Position Summary: The Pride Agenda is looking for a smart, creative, new-media savvy and detail-oriented addition to the communications team. The Communications Coordinator will be primarily responsible for: maintaining and updating the Pride Agenda’s website, managing the day-to-day operation of the Pride Agenda’s new media tools, coordinating the OffSprung! young professionals outreach program, basic production and design work as needed, and generally assisting the communications team with special projects and day-to-day tasks. The position reports to the Communications Director.

Principal Duties:

Maintain the Pride Agenda’s website, www.prideagenda.org, which includes managing the process for updating programmatic content on the website and launching new website initiatives. Will require working closely with staff across disciplines
Utilize constituent management system to send periodic e-newsletters, email messages and advocacy modules to database of supporters
Have a good understanding of blogs, podcasts, social networking sites and other web-based sharing/networking systems and new media technologies
Develop and maintain relationships with bloggers and other individuals/organizations overseeing online social networks covering LGBT issues and New York State politics
Maintain the organization’s blog and social media platforms, develop a podcasting strategy and develop ways to utilize new media tools to deepen and broaden the Pride Agenda’s outreach efforts
Coordinate the OffSprung! young professionals outreach initiative, which will involve working with committee members and volunteers to create and execute programming and events aimed at engaging LGBT people and allies between the ages of 22 – 35
Use of design/publication applications (i.e. Photo Shop, Quark, Final Cut, Garage Band, etc.)
Photography and/or videography skills are helpful, but not required

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree with relevant experience in communications, media, public affairs or related field. You should have excellent writing skills; strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to multi-task and work with people. You should be detail-oriented, well-organized, self-directed, familiar with the issues that are important to the organization, computer literate and web savvy. It will be helpful to have some familiarity with HTML (or be able to learn). Knowledge of state and local politics in New York is a plus but not necessary.

Compensation: Salary is commensurate with experience and nonprofit sector. Excellent employer paid benefits package.

How to Apply: E-mail cover letter and resume to jobs@prideagenda.org or fax to 212-627-4136 or mail to Communications Coordinator Search, Empire State Pride Agenda, 16 West 22nd Street, New York, NY 10010. No phone calls please.

The Pride Agenda is an Equal Opportunity Employer; women, people of color and transgender people are encouraged to apply.