As a writer at PrepScholar, you’ll create the world's leading guides in your domain. You’ll research unfamiliar and complex topics and distill them into clear, actionable guides for your readers to make better decisions. You’ll have an impact on millions of readers worldwide, using our growing national brand to expand your influence.

Your Responsibilities:
+ Write helpful, detailed articles with the goal of educating and empowering readers. Example topics include, "What's a Good LSAT Score?", "GMAT Math Tips: 9 Top Strategies," and "How to Apply to Medical School: Step-by-Step Guide."

+ Given a topic, conduct thorough research to produce a helpful resource containing novel information. You will need to produce content that is above and beyond what is already currently available - this is where your personal experience and research expertise can be uniquely useful.

+ Prepare and edit content to a publication-ready state in the CMS, including formatting text and sourcing images.

+ Research promising topics and propose articles that would help readers.

Qualifications:
+ Bachelor’s degree

+ Experience writing for a wide audience and working with an editor to hone ideas

+ Communicates clearly with colleagues and takes feedback well

+ Self-motivated and enjoys working independently

+ Stellar writing and editing skills, able to produce clean copy quickly

+ Clear, engaging writing style

+ Excellent research skills and excitement for learning about a wide range of topics

+ Knowledge of graduate school admissions or grad exams (GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT) preferred

+ Experience with SEO, WordPress, HTML, editing, or fact-checking a plus

About the Position:
+ The position is designed as full-time freelance, but could be part-time for the right candidate.

+ You'll have a great level of independence to direct your own work.

+ Expected compensation is $45-55k/year, depending on skill and expertise. Benefits include flexible schedule and paid vacation.

+ Our office is in Boston, and you will work remotely with video chat meetings.

Manager, Development Communications
at Families for Excellent Schools (View all jobs)
New York, NY
ABOUT US

At Families for Excellent Schools, our employees are passionate about their belief that all children should have access to great schools and education. We have diverse professional and personal backgrounds, and we don’t simply accept them - we celebrate them, we support them, and we thrive on them for the benefit of our employees, organization and the communities with which we work. We are an active and energetic group, who like to roll up our sleeves and get things done, which reinforces our culture and organization's core values of Collaboration, Results, Grit, and Respect.

THE ROLE

Families for Excellent Schools seeks a Manager, Development Communications, responsible for creating content, mostly written, to communicate to the funder community about FES. The ideal candidate has a passion for writing, research, interviewing, and marketing. Success requires a journalistic mindset for seeking out information and asking questions, so that the strategy and impact of FES’s work can be conveyed to specific audiences in the most relevant and compelling way. Adaptability in writing for difference audiences is critical, as is writing that is concise, structured, and tailored to specific goals. Primary activities include preparing and managing funding proposals, creating reports and updates for specific audiences, researching new funding opportunities, and interacting with program teams to stay updated on news at FES. This role reports to the Managing Director, Development and works in collaboration with the Chief Growth Officer.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsibilities of the Manager of Development Communications include but are not limited to:

Developing strategic narratives for grant proposals, reports, informal funding requests, donor correspondence and related supplementary materials (e.g., informational one-pagers, financial addenda, etc.)
Managing grants and engagement calendar for foundation and individual partners (e.g., reporting requirements, tax acknowledgements, regular updates, etc.) and creating the content needed to follow this calendar.
Supporting the execution of donor cultivation and stewardship strategies by compiling data for specialized pitches; drafting outreach/follow-up correspondence to donors, assisting with planning/executing development events; crafting language for stewardship communications.
Conducting ongoing research on foundation and individual giving landscape, nationally and in FES regions, to inform strategies for growing and diversifying the donor base.
Monitoring progress towards goals in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
Performing monthly and quarterly analysis of gap to benchmarks and year-end goals to inform priorities and strategies.
Assisting with other special projects as needed.
REQUIREMENTS

Candidates should enjoy working in a dynamic, results-oriented environment in which expectations are high for both the quality and speed of work and for living our core values. In addition, they should have the following:

Bachelor’s degree and at least 1-3 years of work experience; experience in grant writing or other professional writing; experience working at a nonprofit and/or a start-up organization is a plus;
Strong commitment to, and belief in, Families for Excellent Schools’ mission, vision and core values;
Excellent writing and communication skills;
Excellent computer skills including Microsoft Office; PowerPoint, Word and Excel;
Detail-orientation and strong organization; demonstrated success in keeping track of many moving parts and following them through to completion in a demanding, strategic, fast-paced environment;
Experience in an education policy or other advocacy environment is a plus;
In keeping with the work, candidates must be able to travel and work offsite, and work moderately irregular hours when needed.
PAY & PERKS

We provide competitive salaries and a full slate of benefits including health coverage, an FSA, a 401K plan with 5% matching and pre-tax commuter benefits. We have a generous vacation policy, and our office is shut down for a week at the end of the calendar year. Perks include a shiny new MacBook on your first day and open and collaborative office space at our offices in NYC, Boston, and New Haven.

Job Summary: To develop a monthly school newsletter for middle and high school students. To spotlight school happenings, inform parents about anything and everything school related: school activities, policies, news, schedule changes, updates, events, performances, student awards. The newsletter will feature celebrity interviews, fashion, latest trends, current events and an advice column.

Reports To: I WILL GRADUATE Youth Development Program designated school

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
1. Minimum of two years of work/internship-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required.
2. Professional media experience and interest in and aptitude for working with K-12 students
3. Must be responsible, reliable and punctual!
4. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required.
5. Proficiency with desktop publishing software, HTML and content management systems required.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Must be a strong writer and be able to help students write and edit newsletters.
2. Mustbe proficient with Microsoft Office and Publisher
3. Must have great English language skills
4. Must have experience in Youth Development
5. Must be organized and structured
6. Must be energetic, engaging
7. Attend a range of school events such as council meetings, basketball matches, talent contests
8. Develop a student news team to capture photos
9. Produce concise and accurate newsletter to strict deadlines
10. Keep records of grades, grade papers and perform other administrative duties as needed.

WORKING CONDITIONS:
1. Ability to stand and circulate for extended periods of time and is performed in a typical school environment.
2. Ability to hear and understand speech at normal levels.

RATE:

Up to $25 an hour

Are you passionate about journalism in the digital age? if so, you would probably be excited to get a chance to work with and affect the daily content strategy of the most important publishers out there. Apester, the world's largest interactive content platform, is based in Manhattan, New York. Its global Editorial Relations and Content Analysis team are working closely with the newsrooms and editorial teams of publishers such as The Telegraph, Huffington Post, Die Welt, Independent, Entertainment Weekly, CNET and more - and the intern will provide them with editorial support, revolved around content curation and ideation.

Well-established investment company is looking for a research associate to produce "deep dive" reports on specific topics and industries. This position can be full or part-time. Our offices are in midtown Manhattan.

We are interested in individuals who can in a team -oriented environment. The research associate will report directly to the Chief Investment Officer of Hawkeye.

Guardian News & Media, supported by $2.6 million in funding from the John S. & James L. Knight Foundation, has launched a mobile innovation lab in the US newsroom. The goal of this project is to further both the Guardian’s and the news industry’s understanding of, and success on, small screens. To contribute to this effort, we’re seeking out developers, designers, data specialists and journalists. This project is a unique opportunity to work at the heart of the closest of editorial and technical collaborations, with a broad creative mandate.

As a part of the mobile innovation lab, you’ll be embedded in a working newsroom with access to the content, scale and resources necessary to experiment with new products in a real-world environment. You’ll be helping to develop new methods, tools, products and experiences that provide insight and enable the creation of mobile-first journalism.

The mobile innovation lab is now looking for a Digital Data Analyst to drive problem solving for the mobile innovation lab and the organization as a whole by providing digital data analysis, insights and curiosity-led thinking. As a full stack analyst you will maintain the integrity of the data architecture. You will also manipulate large data sets to understand user behavior, make product recommendations and deliver business value.

This position will be appointed on an 18 month staff contract.

All candidates interested in applying should upload a resume and cover letter as one document. All candidates must have the right to work and live in the United States and be located, or prepared to relocate to the Greater New York City Area.

The deadline for receipt of applications is Wednesday, August 31, 2016.

Guardian News & Media is an equal employment opportunity employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, age, disability, national origin or citizenship.

Children’s Rights is a leading national children’s advocacy organization dedicated to improving the lives of vulnerable children in government systems. Children’s Rights uses civil rights litigation, policy expertise, and public education to create positive systems change, with a 20-year track record in the area of child welfare reform of raising accountability, protecting rights and improving outcomes for children. The organization seeks a Media Strategist to drive consistent and effective press coverage that positively impacts our campaigns, generates stories about critical child welfare issues and helps build name recognition for Children’s Rights.

Reporting to the Director of Communications and Marketing, the Media Strategist will play a leading role in shaping and executing Children’s Rights’ media strategies and securing press placements in all manners of print, online and electronic outlets. The Media Strategist will also be key in developing fresh, smart, concise and powerful messages and talking points, providing media training for staff, assisting with effective social media strategy and generating copy for development and marketing materials.

The ideal candidate must have a comprehensive understanding of the current media landscape, strong national media contacts that can be leveraged to amplify our work and the ability to develop creative approaches to pitching our campaigns. S/he must be a sharp, concise writer with impeccable grammar and proofreading skills, capable of distilling complex issues into vivid language understandable to stakeholders and general audiences alike. S/he must be confident, proactive, extremely organized, efficient and able to manage multiple projects under deadline pressure with great accuracy. Strong interpersonal skills are necessary. Experience in child welfare and/or legal advocacy a plus.

Responsibilities
•Craft and implement media strategies to increase Children’s Rights’ press coverage and make the organization’s mission known to the widest possible audience.
•Develop pitches for the organization’s specific legal campaigns and overarching work; respond rapidly to breaking news on our cases; quickly handle press inquiries.
•Produce all types of press writing, including press releases, media statements, media advisories, op-eds, letters to the editor and social media copy.
•Create hard-hitting main messages and supporting points that underscore the necessity of our work.
•Help prepare staff for interviews and public appearances through formal media-training exercises and individual prep sessions.
•Draft speeches and talking points for Children’s Rights staff appearing at public events.
•Contribute to the organization’s annual Fostering the Future campaign: procuring/editing first-person accounts from those who have experienced state care and shaping/implementing media and social media strategy for the campaign.
•Manage or assist with events such as press conferences and annual benefit.
•Write and edit copy for printed marketing materials, including newsletters, brochures and annual reports.
•Review and write copy for the Children’s Rights website.
•As needed, contribute to concepts and copy for advertising and marketing collateral in print and online.
•Monitor media coverage daily, help maintain database of media contacts and archives of media clips, and distribute relevant clips to members of the CR staff and board.

Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree and minimum of five years of experience in communications, media relations or journalism. Demonstrated success in developing communications strategies and pitching stories to high-profile media outlets. Must have an impressive portfolio of writing samples illustrating facility with copy for a variety of audiences and formats. Experience with Microsoft Publisher and maintaining a WordPress-based website preferred; knowledge of Photoshop a plus.

Salary:
Commensurate with experience. Children’s Rights offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Children’s rights is an equal employment opportunity employer, and women, people of color, LGBTQ and gender non-conforming people and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply

PRIMARY FUNCTION/PURPOSE:

The Program Manager is responsible for leading WITNESS’ efforts around identification, verification, contextualization, and presentation (“curation”) of eyewitness video for human rights documentation and advocacy. They manage a range of activities that collectively develop WITNESS’ position as an innovator, resource-creator, and thought leader. This includes leading curation projects, providing thought leadership, developing WITNESS’ institutional knowledge and understanding of eyewitness video curation, and directing the priorities, projects, and budget of the WITNESS Media Lab to support the above objectives.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

The WITNESS Media Lab Program Manager will engage with internal and external peers to identify challenges and develop and promote solutions to address the curation and presentation of citizen video as a tool for human rights documentation and advocacy.

Video Curation and Analysis

Monitor and research eyewitness video to identify emerging trends, challenges, and innovations in the use of citizen video for human rights
Develop an editorial calendar around 3-5 projects over the remaining 9 month period in the current grant, representing a diversity of issues, regions, and strategies for the use of citizen video for human rights. Identify those projects and develop strategies to support affected communities through the development and amplification of citizen video curation, as well as ways to share learnings, strategies, and analysis with WITNESS’ networks in human rights advocacy, journalism, and technology
Collaborate with WITNESS colleagues to leverage networks, advance programmatic priorities, and develop editorial projects in coordination with WITNESS partners or trainees
Collaborate with internal and external peers to develop and support innovative ways to curate citizen videos for human rights advocacy and reporting
Together with the Engagement team, strategize and implement the presentation of editorial projects in the most effective ways to reach target audiences
Provide thought leadership on challenges and innovations in the curation of citizen video for human rights, through written publications, presentations, and engagement with peers in the fields of human rights and journalism
Work with internal and external peers to develop resources to advance the safe, ethical, and effective curation of citizen video for human rights documentation and advocacy
Identify and manage opportunities for the amplification of video curation projects through media and advocacy partnerships
Maintain relationships with key partners at Google News Lab to ensure coordination and engagement
Strategy and Vision

Determine (in consultation with colleagues) and maintain focus and editorial voice of the WITNESS Media Lab
Identify ways citizen video can inform advocacy, investigations, and tech development surrounding human rights uses, values, risks, and implications
Constantly assess the landscape of citizen video and its use in human rights research and reporting and, in consultation with colleagues, revise priorities accordingly
Community Engagement and Outreach

Cultivate relationships with human rights and news organizations to engage in discussions on the role of citizen video in human rights research, reporting, and advocacy
Identify opportunities to share insight, skills, and best practices of citizen video curation with others in the field of human rights and journalism
Ensure that new uses of video advocacy and emergent human rights issues documented through citizen video are shared with programmatic staff to create a feedback loop that informs WITNESS trainings and resource development
Contribute to internal policy discussions on issues relevant to citizen video
Represent WITNESS as a speaker, panelist, or participant to discuss video and human rights at relevant domestic or international convenings
Through blogs, articles, presentations, and materials development, share examples, stories, and tips to advocate for safe, ethical, and effective curation of human rights video
Collaborate with colleagues to engage with international justice and tech communities surrounding the potential evidentiary uses of citizen video, tools, and platforms to improve the safe and effective use of citizen video
Collaborate with WITNESS program leads on the development and dissemination of WITNESS resources relevant to citizen video and to video curation
Management

As relevant, support Media Lab fellowship program, and recruit, hire, and train a fellow
Select, train, and mentor interns to assist in online video monitoring and research
Work with colleagues to integrate the work of the Media Lab into broader programmatic goals
Fundraising

Contribute to fundraising efforts around the project as lead by External Relations team at WITNESS
POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

Relevant BA and 5 – 7 years minimum experience in fields below
Broad-based human rights understanding at a professional level and a breadth of understanding of international human rights issues
Journalistic background with experience making swift and confident editorial decisions
Strong awareness of the evolving social media landscape and experience leveraging and building communities across multiple platforms.
Ability to research and analyze complex human rights issues in a nuanced and efficient manner
Strong written communication and public speaking skills
Ability to watch and analyze a wide range of footage documenting human rights abuse
Independence, work ethic, and ability to manage short-term and long-term projects
Ability to manage interns and fellows
Adaptability to fast-moving and rapidly changing circumstances
Preferred Skills/Abilities:

MA/MPA/JD or other graduate qualification in relevant areas
Experience with multimedia storytelling and citizen journalism
Experience training and/or creating training material
Additional language skills
Principal Relationships:

Program Director (supervisor)
Digital Engagement, Regional Coordinators, Video as Evidence, Tech Advocacy, and Critical Response teams
Fellows, interns, and additional hired contractors
Google News Lab partners
START DATE: As soon as possible

LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY

TITLE: WITNESS Media Lab Program Manager

SALARY: WITNESS offers a competitive salary and excellent benefits that include employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life, accident, and disability insurance, FSA, 401k, transit, and a generous vacation package.

Avaaz’s Campaign Directors direct the core work of the organisation, and together with the Executive Director form the senior team that engages with all strategic and organisational questions.

This is an exciting leadership position at the heart of one of the most innovative and promising public organisations in the world today. It offers a unique platform from which to develop and pursue large-scale social change efforts.

As a Campaign Director with a spike in Media, you will be responsible for conceiving, developing, and executing innovative communication strategies to win campaigns and make Avaaz a household name. This role will report to another Campaign Director.

Responsibilities

Developing and delivering extraordinary media strategies to win campaigns and build the brand through charismatic actions.
Generating high profile and highly targeted press coverage on key campaigns and for profile pieces.
Writing excellent releases, op-eds and talking points with memey language that travels
Excellent project leadership and management capability, including ability to manage multiple fast paced workstreams, staff and freelancers.
Monitoring world events to identify opportunities for strong campaigns, and consulting with experts and rapidly developing a strong strategy, policy, and message.
Developing excellent media relationships with editors, senior journalists who will cover and report on Avaaz work in key territories.
Public speaking and media work, and ability to prepare others to execute both excellently.
Spotting brand risk and responding to it efficiently and effectively.
Helping to shape the overall strategic direction of the organisation, and at times taking responsibility for recruitment, team building and management, and special projects.

Qualifications

This is a demanding role that requires remarkable talent in a wide range of areas. The skills you'll use every day are:

Strong strategic, creative, and innovative thinking.

Outstanding written and oral communication skills.

Demonstrated ability to develop and implement strong media strategies for campaign impact and brand growth.

Passion and commitment to global justice, citizen empowerment and social change.

High professionalism, self-motivation, efficiency and results-oriented delivery on short timelines.

Strong teamwork skills, comfortable in a highly collaborative team culture and a hierarchical team structure.

Strong project and staff management skills.

Strong network in and knowledge of media landscape in one of these locations: London, Brussels, New York, Washington D.C.

Fluency in English is a requirement. Fluency in other languages is desirable, especially Portuguese, German, French, Spanish and Arabic.

Location

Avaaz is a virtual organisation, with most of our work done over email, telephone and Skype. Our staff are based in cities all over the world and meet at team retreats twice per year. There's a strong preference for this position to be based in the Avaaz offices in London or New York, or in either Brussels or Washington D.C.. Avaaz covers office costs, either to establish a home office or to rent one, and we support staff to house themselves in local similar organisations when preferred.

Compensation and Benefits

Salary varies with location and experience, but is highly competitive with leading nongovernmental organisations. Benefits also range with location, but include 5 weeks paid vacation per year

•Managing newsletter e-mails, monthly e-mail products (for example, Editor’s Highlights, both on- and off-month), and weekly e-mail products (for example, Harvard in the Headlines, This Week, Basketball/Football, Breaking News);
•Exploring and developing new ways to increase reader engagement, including but not limited to implementing other topic-driven offerings, such as a science- or arts-based e-mail newsletter, archival-content e-mails, etc.;
•Overseeing Harvard Magazine's social-media channels and generating effective social-media posts—including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, etc.—with the overall goal of attracting a greater readership to both print and online content, as well as promoting coverage of major University events or initiatives (HM fundraising, Commencement, The Harvard Campaign, etc.);
•Producing and disseminating reports on standard metrics (such as Google Analytics and the results of A/B testing), and—with the digital strategy committee and editorial and business colleagues—developing improved practices based on these data;
•Keeping current on best practices and developing opportunities by attending industry-related conferences, courses, and seminars; and
•Promoting both print and online content to outside sources (websites, article subjects, Twitter users, Reddit/Sub-reddits, Harvard Alumni Gazette); build solid relationships with strong outside referral sources such as Arts & Letters Daily, Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, etc.

•Working with the marketing manager to promote business and fundraising initiatives such as special sections, new premiums, end-of-year campaigns; meet regularly with business staff to strategize (potentially attend monthly business meetings);

•Working with editors and Web developer on best practices for SEO, staying up to date with latest SEO trends; becoming an expert on Google’s new guidelines (Penguin & Panda), Google’s best practices for updating blogs, researching Google keywords and how they could potentially benefit the magazine. Training and educating editorial staff on best practices.
Routine operating responsibilities include monitoring Harvard University news, maintaining the “Harvard in the Headlines” Web feature, and moderating website reader comments.
Editorial duties include regular posting of reported articles and news content, as coordinated with the associate editor online.