Communications Assistant

The Communications Assistant supports the Leeway Foundation’s communications, engagement, and visibility strategies, including writing and editing electronic and print communication. The Communications Assistant reports to the Communications Director and works collaboratively with other staff.

WHAT YOU’LL DO (CORE RESPONSIBILITIES):
• Coordinate communications administration
o Weekly communications calendar, project deadlines and templates, pulling
and tracking digital and social analytics
• Manage Social Media and Web content
o Designing, scheduling, and publishing content, coordinating approval by
Communications Director, moderate comments, messages and more
• Develop and design content for print and electronic media
o Annual programmatic poster, post cards, monthly e-news, programmatic e-news
as needed, design administration including coordination with printers and
more as determined by Communications Director
• Build and develop supportive relationships with the Leeway grantee and
artist community
• Serve as a thought partner with Communications Director
• Support the implementation of activities related to building and
cultivating community relationships, working with the Program Director and
Program Assistant to identify communities where Leeway would like to increase
the Foundation’s visibility.

WHO YOU ARE & KEYS TO SUCCESS (REQUIRED SKILLS & EXPERIENCE)
The successful candidate has a minimum of two years’ work experience in
similar positions, excellent writing and editing skills and is comfortable
working on deadline. The position requires an organized, dependable
self-starter who can successfully administer a number of tasks and projects,
and effectively communicate internally and externally to the Leeway
community.

To be successful in this job, you will excel in the following areas:
• Project management: stays on top of multiple projects, plans backwards,
anticipates obstacles, identifies, and involves stakeholders appropriately,
uses resources wisely
• Writing: ability to draft e-mail, social, and website content & copy;
will work with Communications Director on reports and media/outreach
products, and finalizing copy
• Digital/graphic design: familiarity and comfort with basics of graphic
design and platforms such as Photoshop, Canva, Adobe Cloud and more
• Web back-end familiarity: comfort and familiarity with updating, writing,
and developing content for websites including experience with maintaining a
blog and other like
platforms willingness to learn SEO analytics and more
• Relationship-building: able to connect with individuals and build
alliances. Works well with diverse and expansive people & communities with
compassion
• Social justice & racial equity lens: recognizes role of race, gender, and
other identities in shaping access disparities, is driven proactively learn
and acknowledge issues and impact re: race, equity, and identity with
compassion
• Public Speaking: should be comfortable discussing organization’s
mission, programs values and information to groups and individuals, should be
comfortable supporting grantee application and information sessions

If you were here right now you would be:
• Supporting the post-panel communications tasks such as drafting press
releases, identifying media outlets and community partners for outreach, and
preparing social media announcements
• Managing Leeway’s digital content calendar and support production
including social media, monthly e-newsletter, website content & landing
pages, and other digitally focused communications

COVID PROTOCOL
Leeway requires employees to be up to date with their COVID-19 vaccinations,
meaning that they have received booster vaccinations, if eligible.

HOURS
This is a full-time position that will work approximately 40 hours a week.
Additional hours may be needed from time to time – especially around application deadlines and
panel meetings, which may require occasional weeknight or weekend
availability. Any additional time will be mutually discussed and approved.

LOCATION
The position is based at Leeway’s office in Philadelphia with occasional
travel throughout our six county funding region; however, due to the demands
of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have been working remotely. We hope to shift to
a hybrid work schedule in office/remote, pending health and safety measures
related to the pandemic.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Salary range: $45,000-50,000. Starting salary will be commensurate with
experience. Comprehensive benefits package includes employer-sponsored
medical, dental, and vision coverage – as well as generous paid time off,
plus holidays, and two organizational breaks each year (summer and winter).