Accion seeks a Senior Associate for its Communications Department. S/he will play an important role in advancing the nonprofit’s mission of financial inclusion through the writing and editing of multiple internal and external communication vehicles.

Reporting to the Public Relations Manager, this individual will work closely and interface regularly with the Senior Vice President, Communications and the President and CEO to ensure that the CEO’s voice is consistent and compelling and communicated frequently to a broad group of internal and external stakeholders.

Accion is a fast-paced, deadline-driven organization with a global mission to help give people the financial tools they need to improve their lives; this individual’s international perspective, critical-thinking abilities, can-do approach and commitment to the public good will all be critical components for success.

Responsibilities:

Write a variety of external communication pieces, including speeches for Accion’s executive office; opinion pieces; press releases; presentations.

Research potential events for Accion participation; manage briefing and relevant speaker preparation, including speeches, presentations and talking points.

Write a variety of internal emails and memos, CEO communiqués to staff, development-office communications, and more.

Contribute to strategic messaging and overall communications strategy, shaping key messages for targeted audiences.

Build your own personal brand and business within the Financial Services industry!

IIR USA, part of the largest publicly owned events business in the world, INFORMA, is in growth mode! We are expanding upon our portfolio of events and emerging areas of expertise and we want you to be a part of our success.

Timing couldn’t be better to join our team!

IIR USA is looking for a Conference Producer to create and develop commercially focused, issue-oriented conferences to meet the demands of the industry. You’ll be responsible driving the vision, generating topics, recruiting speakers, developing content and, as the project manager, bringing an exciting portfolio of events to life.

IIR strives to be different and we provide for a competitive, creative, fast-paced, dynamic and open environment with opportunities to excel professionally, financially and personally. Our exciting event business is thriving and we are in need of innovative and commercially oriented professionals who will help us exceed our ambitious growth plans.

Join our dynamic team of innovative, forward-thinking intellectually curious professionals who create and deliver superior quality, expert-led conferences that bring together industry thought leaders and key decision makers from all over the world.

If you enjoy using market research tools to uncover the hottest trends and topics in an industry and can successfully build relationships with C-level executives…

Apply now and help bring cutting edge, industry relevant topics to life!

Desired Skills & Experience

· Four year college degree

· Business savvy

· Excellent qualitative research skills

Knowledge of the Financial Services/Alternative Investment space is preferred

· Minimum of 3 years work experience in a corporate environment

· Superior communication skills

· Public Speaking ability

· Ability to travel

· Journalism background is a plus

The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) is seeking candidates to fill the newly-created position of Media Affairs Director.

The organization is headquartered in Cleveland, but key personnel are also located in several other cities, including New York, Boston, Charleston, WV, and Sydney, Australia. We prefer that the media affairs director be located in New York City, though we would consider outstanding applicants from other locations.
Role and responsibilities of a media affairs director

We are seeking to hire an experienced, in-house, media affairs director, who can identify new opportunities for media coverage, respond to and manage demand for the Institute’s expertise, and build relationships with media outlets.

The major responsibilities for the media affairs director will include:

- Serve as an integral part of the Institute team, helping to develop ideas and themes for research and reports;
- Develop specific release strategies for all major reports – work with reporters before release, decide on press conference or not, decide on who the local sponsors should be if any;
- After a report is released (or a major development on occurs on one of our issues) – follow up for editorials, placement of op ed pieces, continue to keep key reporters in the loop on new developments, work on planting follow up stories;
-Work with Institute staff to make maximum use of the ieefa.org website for journalists and other audiences;
- Maintain a working knowledge of coverage of our work and related areas and use it to increase our outreach and leverage;
- Develop and maintain relationships among trade press, including publications that focus on finance, municipal bonds, coal, energy, electricity and other relevant fields;
- Develop weekly or periodic news briefs (or blog) that “connect the dots” and distribute comments and observations from key Institute personnel; work with Institute staff and board to develop a list for circulation, including:

a. Major news outlets;
b. Institutional investors or other interested investors and individual financial analysts;
c. Policy makers at any level who are interested in these issues (e.g. key Congressmembers and staff);
d. Advocacy organizations;
e. Institute funders and supporters;
f. Industry professionals (e.g. academics who follow utility regulation).

Qualifications for a media affairs director

We are seeking a professional who has good judgment, a strong understanding of financial issues, knowledge of how to translate these issues to broader audiences, and some existing set of media relationships in relevant areas. Of course, the person will need excellent writing skills, a command of information technology, a sharp political sense, the ability to fit in well with our team, and a strong commitment to our work. Minorities and women are especially encouraged to apply.

The media affairs director will report to the executive director (located in Cleveland) and work closely with all Institute personnel.


Industry: Online Media, Non-Profit

Position: Staff Writer
Location: Madison, Connecticut

Job Status: Full-time 


National non-profit consumer news and advocacy website based in Connecticut seeks an energetic and motivated staff writer to cover daily stories, work on in-depth investigations, respond to reader inquiries and tips and write blog posts for this growing organization that is capturing increasing national attention.

Candidates must have English or journalism degree or related field, demonstrated ability in WordPress and Basic HTML, as well as database skills such as LexisNexis, Excel, and Microsoft Office Suite. Video skills are a plus.
Candidate has to think creatively about compelling ways to present news online for consumers. Ideal candidates will also have a strong interest in consumer advocacy issues, experience in covering business news, and the interview skills necessary to ask tough questions of regulators, businesses and companies to get at the truth.
Preferred candidates will also have these qualifications:
· A demonstrated ability to work in a collaborative startup environment
· Attention to detail and fact checking
· Organization and time management skills
· Initiative, flexibility and a willingness to learn and take direction

Salary: Commensurate with experience.
Must be willing to relocate to CT.
Interested candidates should send cover letter, resume, and three writing samples to jobs@truthinadvertising.org
TINA.org is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes a diverse candidate pool.

W.W. Norton & Company is seeking an Editorial Assistant to work in the College Department. The position involves supporting the two editors of our college political science list.

Essential Job Responsibilities:
• Management of manuscripts in all stages of production- Sending manuscript to be reviewed by college instructors. Setting and adhering to schedules. Preparing manuscript for copyediting and production. Checking art manuscript and creating photo logs for manuscript.
• Telephone and message management – Professionally interacting with authors, college faculty, marketing, and sales staff to relay messages, follow-up on requests/information and in general, anticipating when to proactively act on messages (including relaying messages with a sense of urgency).
• Document management – Faxing, copying, printing, emailing. Organizing and maintaining files.
• Creating and editing Excel and Word documents to support projects and/or office responsibilities.
• Auditing – Applying for book ISBN numbers and copyright. Checking textbook and ebook prices across sources.
• Data Management – Extracting data from internal web based information portals. Aggregating data from various sources. Information gathering and following up.
• Coordinating text and illustrations programs.
• Corresponding with authors, college faculty, marketing, and sales staff.

Required Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree.
• Employment eligibility to work with W.W. Norton & Company in the US is required.
• Must be able to work full business hours.
• Excellent organizational, verbal and written communications skills.
• Must be able to anticipate needs and deliver timely, relevant solutions and actions.
• Must be able to develop rapport and relationships with all levels of employees. Must be seen as knowledgeable and capable of handling sensitive, critical information.
• Must be proactive, flexible and adaptive in a rapidly changing environment and adjust with a “can-do” attitude.
• Must be self-directed and independent.
• Must have good time management skills, be organized, and be capable of multi-tasking across departments, activities, and projects.
• Must be detail-oriented, making sure that all aspects of their daily activities are handled with accuracy, with minimal mistakes.
• A social science background and/or passion for social science and social science education strongly preferred.
• Mastery of email and calendar management tools, specifically Outlook.
• Proficiency in Word, PowerPoint and Excel.

CultureIQ is creating an online platform to help strengthen company culture. The Research & Writing assistant will help research and write original content related to company culture initiatives for our online platform. This is a part-time position until the spring semester ends and potentially a full-time summer position.

Elland Road Partners, a boutique NYC-based consultancy specializing in editorial and content execution, including journalism, is looking for one or two paid (!) summer interns to help with research, reporting, and possibly some short writing projects for our clients.

Applicants should be self-starters who are excellent at idea generation, interested in marketing, communications, advertising, or a similar field and, frankly, not boring (we are happily distracted here).

Start and end dates are flexible, but ideally we're looking for someone to start May 1, and work 10-15 hours per week through August 31. Pay is $10/hour.

The Communication for Education and Gender Equality (CEGE) group is a team within the Public Advocacy section of UNICEF’s Division of Communication (DOC) dedicated to supporting UNICEF’s priorities in Basic Education and Gender Equality.

Under the direct supervision of the Communication Specialist for Education and Gender Equality, and working closely with the other team and section members, the consultant will provide project assistance to various education priorities as well as administrative support to the CEGE group.
• Completion of tertiary education, preferably in a field related to the work of the organization, e.g. Social Sciences, Education, Communication
• At least two years of progressively responsible working experience, preferably in support of communication activities
• Interest in education and gender equality essential, experience a plus
• Strong organizational skills and drafting ability
• Demonstrated success in networking and working in a team
• Strong web skills. Experience with web content management systems such as WordPress and RedDot a plus
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Fluent English both written and oral
• Knowledge of French language considered an asset
• Knowledge of UNICEF and the UN System desirable
• Tact, discretion, initiative, good judgment and ability to work independently
• Ability to work effectively in a multi-cultural environment
• Ability to handle multiple tasks under tight deadlines

Etsy is seeking an Editorial Director who is creatively-gifted and business-minded to lead a team of writers, editors and producers. Your voice and editorial vision is authentic, fun, moving and relevant to our time. You are also strategic, building an operation and story platform that can scale globally to help drive a growing business. This full-time position is based in Brooklyn, NY and reports to the Communications Director.

We're looking for a star Social Media & Community Manager for W&P Design, the makers of The Mason Shaker (www.masonshaker.com). This individual will work directly with the founders at our Brooklyn offices, focusing on creating content for our website, blog, Instagram, and Facebook and also handling the day-to-day marketing efforts for the Mason Shaker and our other products. Our dream candidate is passionate and knowledgable about the food and drink industry; has a good eye for design, a strong voice, and excellent writing skills; and wants to learn about starting a company and building a lifestyle brand, while having a lot of fun doing it all.

Our Social Media & Community Manager will:

- Create engaging and creative content around our cocktails, products, and daily office life

- Develop and execute marketing campaigns over all our social media platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter)

- Assist with cocktail events and photo shoots

- Participate in strategic planning for the long-term brand-building efforts of W&P Design and The Mason Shaker

Ideal candidates will have:

- A creative passion for the lifestyle consumer/retail industry, specifically food and drink

- Proven experience with all major social media platforms, particularly Instagram

- Excellent writing skills

- Proficiency in the Microsoft Office product suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

- Self-starting work style and eagerness to succeed at every task at hand