Washington, DC with potential for remote
Organization: The Center for Education Reform (CER) on behalf of the Yass Prize.
About The Yass Prize:
The Yass Prize for Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless education celebrates the country’s education provider that best demonstrates the STOP principles. In addition to the $1 million Yass Prize, the STOP Awards Initiative provides more than $10 million in additional support to honor educators who achieve excellence. The Yass Prize is administered through the Center for Education Reform and works in tandem to ensure exceptional execution of all efforts that advance the STOP principles.
About the role:
The Senior Communications Manager is responsible for managing all public relations efforts for the organization, coordinating everything from media relations to internal, external and online communications. This role will report to the CEO and supervise the Digital Media Manager.
Responsibilities include:
- Plan and execute the production of the organization's print and digital collateral (newsletters, awardee stories, media releases, web copy, and e-communications). Interact with awardees for story development
- Manage and execute the email communications and conduct media outreach for The Yass Prize and CER. Manage all writing and editing of content for print and digital collateral.
- Develop and steward relationships with media, identify media opportunities, and conduct outreach.
- Manage daily newsclips.
- Support development of PR effort around Yass Prize events, including script
development and awardee engagement. - Support communication and promotion of national Yass Prize campaigns.
- Provide content and graphic design support for all uses and outlets.
- Manage issue advocacy work in tandem with other team members.
Key attributes of this position
- Exceptional oral and written communication and proofing skills
- Able to write and direct the creation and distribution of compelling materials
- Comfortable and confident in working with high-level media
- Proactive in bringing PR plans to life and have excellent relationships with reports
- Communicate and coordinate exceptionally with team members
- Be highly proficient in all 21st-century technologies and office applications
- Entrepreneurial, personable, and tenacious
- Passionate about education transformation
- Conscientious about deliverables and continually striving to excel
- Adaptable, flexible, innovative, and creative
- Able to work with urgency in a busy environment
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in social sciences, or English
- 3 – 5 years of experience desired in a fast-paced environment
- Strong background in writing, copy editing, and media relations
- Experience developing communications using online marketing platforms
- Strong background in project management, event organization and execution
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary Range: $100,000 - $145,000 depending on years of experience, accomplishment and performance
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Generous Retirement
- Paid Holiday, Sick, and Vacation time