Senior Digital Writer/Editor

NYU Langone Medical Center, a world-class, patient-centered, integrated, academic medical center, is one of the nation's premier centers for excellence in clinical care, biomedical research and medical education. Located in the heart of Manhattan, NYU Langone is composed of four hospitals - Tisch Hospital, its flagship acute care facility; Rusk Rehabilitation; the Hospital for Joint Diseases, one of only five hospitals in the nation dedicated to orthopaedics and rheumatology; and Hassenfeld Children's Hospital, a comprehensive pediatric hospital supporting a full array of children's health services across the medical center - plus the NYU School of Medicine, which since 1841 has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history. The medical center's tri-fold mission to serve, teach and discover is achieved 365 days a year through the seamless integration of a culture devoted to excellence in patient care, education and research. For more information, go to www.NYULMC.org.

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Senior Digital Writer/Editor.

Position Summary:

Write, edit, and manage content through the expert review process for NYU Langone Medical Center's website. Collaborate and strategize with digital editorial, marketing, media, and departmental staff throughout NYU Langone to create, refresh, and evolve digital content and the medical center's online presence. Work with key stakeholders of the institution to develop clear and effective content for a variety of audiences and channels, including the website, a blog, and social media. Contribute to the social media presence of the medical center. Work closely with the web production staff. May contribute to marketing writing and editing as needed.

Job Responsibilities:

Serve as Senior Writer and Editor for NYU Langone website and its many audiences, including patients, physicians, researchers, students, donors, staff, etc. Evaluate existing content for quality and accuracy, and work with key stakeholders to update and generate new content. Recommend new content to be created, as well as appropriate placement of content on website. Work closely with the web production staff to ensure that content is accurate and meets guidelines when produced. May contribute to marketing writing and editing as needed.
Contribute to day-to-day management of social media feeds, including writing, editing, and posting on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, and YouTube. Contribute to daily editorial calendar of posts regarding beats being covered through digital writing and editing. Moderate comments, and exercise judgment in addressing positive and negative commentary when appropriate. Stay current in social media trends, and recommend new areas of social media outreach.

To qualify you must have a Bachelor's Degree in Communications or Sciences required. At least 3-5 years’ experience at a hospital, academic medical center, healthcare organization, or digital agency required.

Master's Degree in Communications or Science Writing preferred.

NYU Langone Medical Center provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you'll feel good about devoting your time and your talents. And just as our employees invest so much in us, we invest in our employees. We're pleased to have one of the most competitive compensation packages not only among New York's hospitals and healthcare institutions, but within the corporate sector as well.

We begin with exceptional medical, dental, and drug coverage. We enhance this basic coverage with comprehensive wellness programs, and supplement those with retirement investment and benefits plans, and generous paid time off allowances. Add to that a very attractive tuition program, and you'll see just some of the ways that NYU Langone Medical Center demonstrates our commitment to our employees.

NYU Langone Medical Center is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, military and veteran status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision.

We require applications to be completed online.

If you wish to view NYU Langone Medical Center's EEO policies, please click here . Please click here to view the Federal "EEO is the law" poster or visit http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/poster.cfm for more information.

Creative Developer/Designer/Data Journalist

Do you want to change how the world sees human rights….?

SITU Research in Brooklyn, NY, is seeking a creative developer/designer/data journalist interested in joining a team engaged in projects that explore the boundaries of architecture, spatial practice and human rights. Work will be experimental in nature and an enthusiasm for technological innovation, creative problem solving and applied interdisciplinary work is essential.

This position is part of SITU Research's Spatial Practice as Evidence and Advocacy Project (SPEA). For more information on SPEA please see this press release.

Experience or ability to the learn the following is desired:
- Javascript and python
- Linux command line
- node.js
-Postgres and/or SQL
- An understanding of HTML, CSS, and JSON
- Using Git for version control

Preferred but not essential:
- After Effects
- ArcGIS, ArcMap

Communications Director

Communications Director Position. We're looking for a creative thinker, excellent manager and brilliant strategist who can lead our growing communications team and help our organization achieve major impact on key challenges facing our nation. This position will report to the Vice President, External Affairs and will work closely with our issue experts, thought leaders and advocates.

Objectives and Responsibilities:
• Lead the strategic development of communications priorities and opportunities to best amplify our work and impact the public narrative;
• Bring sophisticated framing and messaging skills and tools to our core areas of work, including racial equity;
• Lead and manage Communications Department of five to seven staff, as well as manage and monitor the annual department budget and maintain ongoing evaluation and reporting on key benchmarks;
• Identify new strategies and innovative products for injecting our ideas in the public debate to help sustain and grow a progressive narrative;
• Elevate Demos' influence online and bring an inspiring and fresh perspective to digital and social media across all channels;
• Oversee the redesign of the Demos.org website;
• Expand Demos’ television and radio presence by cultivating relationships with key producers at cable and network news;
• Work with the Development Department on branding language and strategies, and on key organizational promotional materials, such as the annual report, brochure and website;
• Work with organizational allies to strategically align our goals and create an echo chamber for key messages and ideas;
• Serve as part of organization’s Senior Leadership Council charged with aligning our work for maximum impact.

Requirements:
• Dynamic leader. You know how to build a team, manage tough situations, encourage innovation, and work within an organization to set a vision and execute it effectively. You know how to achieve your goals without stepping on other people and are particularly skilled at nurturing talent and supervising staff. Approachability and a sense of humor are a plus.
• Excellent strategic thinker. You follow the daily news cycle and can lead the strategic development of our communications work for maximum impact. You can navigate the terrain of being a non-partisan and credible think-tank while advancing strong progressive values and policies.
• A Demonstrated Commitment to Racial Equity: You have a sophisticated understanding of how race dynamics impact supervisory relationships, organizational culture, partnerships, campaigns and coalition work, and can demonstrate a history of successfully intervening in problematic dynamics and deepening a racial justice approach within an organization or campaign.
• Deep knowledge of framing and messaging research. You are familiar with the leading research in the field drawing on cognitive and social science and have a real understanding about how people process and perceive information as a result.
• Exceptional detail-oriented project management. You can delegate effectively, manage multiple priorities, organize a large volume of work and keep it flowing through the pipeline. You come to the table with ideas and a plan, and can make it happen with support and good direction.
• Solid experience in the field. You’ve worked in communications for at least 7 years, either at a think-tank, advocacy organization or political campaign and are very familiar with the progressive field.

Salary and Benefits:
The salary range for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience. We have a generous benefits package, including health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 20 vacation days per year, and the opportunity to contribute to a 403b plan.

 

Asst Account Executive

Serve as core team member for program implementation, self-direct own responsibilities, seek guidance from senior managers and keep everyone informed, play active role in team dynamics.
Manage small scale projects from start to finish, including basic research assignments and various program activities.

Develop initial drafts of a range of audience-appropriate written materials.

Maintain team reporting mechanisms including results reporting, budget tracking, etc

Freelance Video Producers

NYU Media Production is seeking talented video editors, camera people, animators and all-around video producers interested in collaborating with our producing team to create videos for NYU.
This is not a work study or on campus student employment position; this is for freelance, professional work with your own or rented equipment.
We're looking for those with experience editing, filming and/or producing short documentaries or news pieces.

If your skills are more in one area or the other, like editing or cinematography, please feel free to reach out in you're interested; you don't have to have all the skills listed.

We also welcome teams who are interested in working together.

Desired Experience:
Editors: Experience editing documentary content to help shape a story. Experience editing interviews.
Camera People: Experience filming seated, formal interviews. Knowledge of professional video interview lighting. Creativity and flexibility.
Producers: Experience conducting formal documentary or news interviews on video. Experience collaborating with production teams to tell a story on video.

Publicity/Marketing Intern

Publicity and marketing interns will support our team of 11 publicists and marketers and assist with the promotion of new and backlist titles. Ideal candidates will be enthusiastic about publicity and marketing, have an interest in the subject matter that Workman publishes around (cooking, crafts, self-help, pop culture, children’s books, etc.), and will be creative thinkers eager to share and brainstorm ideas about how to promote our diverse list. Interns will gain hands-on experience in all aspects of book publicity and marketing while assisting with a wide range of projects.

Responsibilities Include:
A commitment to work 15-20 hours per week.
Assisting the publicity and marketing team with research projects.
Mailings to media, marketing partners, and booksellers.
Assisting with social media including development of the social media calendar and generation of original content.
Maintaining physical and digital media archives.
Attendance of some trade shows dependent on availability (BookCon, Comic-Con, etc.).

Necessary Skills and Requirements:
Strong writing and verbal skills.
Must possess proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
Can-do attitude where no task is too small.
High level of organization and attention to detail.
Ability to work independently but ask questions as they arise.
Prior office experience preferred.
Familiarity with social media platforms preferred.

Content Marketing Manager

We are looking to hire journalists who are uniquely capable of helping make esoteric subjects understandable to a wide audience in a compelling way. Some of their specific duties will include:

1. Working closely with the Head of Marketing to develop the content strategy that attracts users and creates differentiation in the market

2. Defining the messaging and key channels for individual customer segments

3. Generating and promoting compelling content across a variety of digital marketing tactics including emails, blog posts, videos, customer case studies and user guides

Technical Writer

HelpMeSee is looking to hire a technical writer to create documentation and other background support for our various technology-based assets, programs and activities. This position may require meetings at the HelpMeSee NY office from time to time and conference calls with global team members for information and research.

Job Responsibilities
- We are looking for a technical writer who can work with HelpMeSee to create / draft documentation including user/operations manuals, etc. for various medical/technological applications and assets of HelpMeSee.
- The writer would also be documenting various procedures and processes for HelpMeSee regarding IT, management systems, quality assurance monitoring, etc. as well as the historical development.
- The writer would also be creating documents to help orient our new surgical partners.
- The writer would also help to create other HelpMeSee documentation, as needed.

Qualifications
- Commitment to HelpMeSee’s mission
- Education requirement: M.P.H., M.A., or Bachelor’s Degree in Technical Writing, English, Journalism, Communications, Technical Communications, Computer Science, medical or related field
- Practical experience in technical writing preferred
- Highly organized and attentive to detail
- Excellent writing skills
- Excellent research skills
- Strong ability to create, assimilate, and convey technical material in a concise and effective manner
- Ability to interview subject matter experts efficiently and conduct research necessary to produce accurate, comprehensive documents
- Sensitivity to working with an ethnically, linguistically, culturally, and economically diverse population.
- Excellent oral communication skills
- Ability to prioritize, multi-task and meet deadlines
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Strong computer skills and ability to use existing technology to achieve desired results
- Be self-disciplined and efficient in time management
- Frequent proofreading and checking documents for accuracy

Language Requirements
Fluent in English; excellent English communications skills verbal and written
Other languages may be helpful

Details
Start date: Immediate
Employment type: Part time / hourly
Compensation: Commensurate with experience; kindly provide minimum hourly rate requirements
Job function: Technical Writing / Medical & Technology familiarity
Reporting to: President & CEO (NY Office), or as otherwise determined by HelpMeSee
Application deadline: Open until filled

HelpMeSee, Inc. is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, disability, age, veteran status or any other status protected by law. HelpMeSee, Inc. will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

Communications Director

Communications Director Position. We're looking for a creative thinker, excellent manager and brilliant strategist who can lead our growing communications team and help our organization achieve major impact on key challenges facing our nation. This position will report to the Vice President, External Affairs and will work closely with our issue experts, thought leaders and advocates.

Objectives and Responsibilities:
• Lead the strategic development of communications priorities and opportunities to best amplify our work and impact the public narrative;
• Bring sophisticated framing and messaging skills and tools to our core areas of work, including racial equity;
• Lead and manage Communications Department of five to seven staff, as well as manage and monitor the annual department budget and maintain ongoing evaluation and reporting on key benchmarks;
• Identify new strategies and innovative products for injecting our ideas in the public debate to help sustain and grow a progressive narrative;
• Elevate Demos' influence online and bring an inspiring and fresh perspective to digital and social media across all channels;
• Oversee the redesign of the Demos.org website;
• Expand Demos’ television and radio presence by cultivating relationships with key producers at cable and network news;
• Work with the Development Department on branding language and strategies, and on key organizational promotional materials, such as the annual report, brochure and website;
• Work with organizational allies to strategically align our goals and create an echo chamber for key messages and ideas;
• Serve as part of organization’s Senior Leadership Council charged with aligning our work for maximum impact.
Requirements:
• Dynamic leader. You know how to build a team, manage tough situations, encourage innovation, and work within an organization to set a vision and execute it effectively. You know how to achieve your goals without stepping on other people and are particularly skilled at nurturing talent and supervising staff. Approachability and a sense of humor are a plus.
• Excellent strategic thinker. You follow the daily news cycle and can lead the strategic development of our communications work for maximum impact. You can navigate the terrain of being a non-partisan and credible think-tank while advancing strong progressive values and policies.
• A Demonstrated Commitment to Racial Equity: You have a sophisticated understanding of how race dynamics impact supervisory relationships, organizational culture, partnerships, campaigns and coalition work, and can demonstrate a history of successfully intervening in problematic dynamics and deepening a racial justice approach within an organization or campaign.
• Deep knowledge of framing and messaging research. You are familiar with the leading research in the field drawing on cognitive and social science and have a real understanding about how people process and perceive information as a result.
• Exceptional detail-oriented project management. You can delegate effectively, manage multiple priorities, organize a large volume of work and keep it flowing through the pipeline. You come to the table with ideas and a plan, and can make it happen with support and good direction.
• Solid experience in the field. You’ve worked in communications for at least 7 years, either at a think-tank, advocacy organization or political campaign and are very familiar with the progressive field.

Salary and Benefits:
The salary range for this position is competitive and commensurate with experience. We have a generous benefits package, including health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 20 vacation days per year, and the opportunity to contribute to a 403b plan.

Digital Communications Specialist

The NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF) seeks an experienced, dynamic and innovative Digital Communications Specialist to help drive and support the Communications department activities internally and externally.
LDF and the Thurgood Marshall Institute at LDF:
In 2015, LDF celebrates its 75th anniversary with the launch of the Thurgood Marshall Institute. The Thurgood Marshall Institute at LDF is a collaborative hub within LDF that combines a multidisciplinary approach to advocacy with LDF’s traditional litigation strengths to advance a modern vision of racial justice. The Institute’s goal is to advance racial equity, justice and a more inclusive democracy through research and public education, targeted policy reform, advocacy and communication campaigns.
Through the Thurgood Marshall Institute, LDF will have the ability to generate and integrate innovative research, organizing, advocacy, and communications aimed at educating the public and key decision makers. This added capacity will leverage LDF’s litigation expertise, advocacy experience and unique leadership role on matters of race, law, and policy to shape the narrative on racial justice and equity. Through targeted policy reform campaigns that attack entrenched problems of racial bias, the LDF Thurgood Marshall Institute will partner with local advocates to advance holistic strategies to achieve obtainable and lasting solutions on issues of criminal justice, political participation, education and economic opportunity.
LDF seeks an experienced, dynamic and innovative person to serve as a Digital Communications Specialist and be responsible for all LDF and the Thurgood Marshall Institute’s social and digital media across all cases, matters, campaigns, departments, and events.
The Digital Communications Specialist will report to the Communications Director and to the Director of the Thurgood Marshall Institute.
The ideal candidate for this position will have a deep commitment to social and economic justice work, superior writing skills, and demonstrated experience with social media.

Responsibilities include:
Social Media
• Manage all social and digital media for LDF and the Thurgood Marshall Institute;
• Plan, manage and execute LDF and the Thurgood Marshall Institute’s social media strategy and events;
• Create, manage and grow LDF and the Thurgood Marshall Institute’s presence and content creatively across all social media channels on a day-to-day basis, including, but not limited to blogs, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, and YouTube;
• Grow usage, adoption, interaction, education, engagement and discussion regarding LDF and Thurgood Marshall Institute’s work and accomplishments and on related matters;
• Participate in social media buzz campaigns within LDF and the Thurgood Marshall Institute’s network;
• Track, report and interpret data analytics on a quarterly basis and provide solid recommendations for new strategies and tactics;
• Monitor online publications and social media for coverage of issues affecting LDF and the Thurgood Marshall Institute;
• Develop and manage messaging to key stakeholders and distribute key messages through platforms such as Twitter and Facebook;
• Monitor developments in social tools, applications, channels, design and strategy and provide recommendations to increase effective engagement;
• Assist with media relations, including drafting press releases, columns, and op-eds; and
• Other communications duties as assigned.
Qualifications
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
• 4-year degree in either communications, political science, or pre-law or policy related field (required);
• Masters’ degree in communications, public policy or related field (preferred);
• 2 to 4 years of communications or related work experience, preferably with a non-profit organization or entity or writing experience in journalism;
• Social media management; analytics experience; and ability to effectively interpret and use analytics for effective engagement;
• Experience with social media and social media legal guidelines, knowledgeable about the latest platforms with a vision for how to maximize LDF and the Thurgood Marshall Institute’s social media presence;
• Knowledge and familiarity with a range of social and economic justice issues and comfort level promoting its ideals;
• Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize tasks effectively;
• Ability to translate legal issues and concepts for public consumption;
• Familiarity with communications software;
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with diverse groups that help to drive the LDF and Thurgood Marshall Institute mission;
• Some experience with campaigns, e-mail communications, social networking, technology management, list building, content development, media relations, event planning;
• Familiarity with media databases such as Vocus, Cision, Meltwater, etc.;
• Intermediate level proficiency with HTML, CMS, e-mail best practices;
• Intermediate level proficiency with MS Office applications;
• Extremely detailed and organized;
• Ability to work quickly in a high pressure environment;
• Team player, innovative and quick learner; and
• Flexible schedule, including ability to work some evenings and weekends, if needed.