Director of Content, Communications
FIRE
- Philadelphia, PA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Managing, mentoring, and motivating the in-house creative, social media, and editorial teams to ensure FIRE produces top-notch content, including articles, social media, graphics, and video.
- Collaborating closely with the organization's Creative team, Digital Editor-in-Chief, and Digital Communications Strategist to identify fresh content ideas and new trends that the public is thirsty for, propelling FIRE’s mission, and growing FIRE’s audiences across different platforms and executing on those ideas and trends.
- Leading weekly content meetings to determine what to produce each week as well as to discuss larger projects that require cross-team and cross-department coordination and collaboration.
- Supervising editorial, social, and video content calendars to ensure the proper coordination and cadence of content on FIRE’s website and across its social media channels.
- Setting comprehensive goals for performance and growth of the content across platforms.
- Monitoring relevant performance metrics across platforms and adjusting strategy to focus on what works to meet or exceed relevant key performance indicators.
- Managing vendor relationships and contracts as well as finding and managing new vendors to assist in producing content for FIRE’s website and social media channels.
- Finding and onboarding software and other tools to increase the efficiency and speed of creating and publishing content on FIRE’s website and across its social media channels.
- Very strong knowledge of free speech philosophy, law, and trends.
- The ability to articulate FIRE’s mission and advocacy to familiar and unfamiliar audiences.
- The ability to think strategically, propose new ideas, and spot opportunities for multimedia content.
- Awareness of new and emerging trends. Superb news instincts.
- The ability to generate excellent multimedia content ideas and, most importantly, execute on them, with an emphasis on reaching younger audiences.
- The ability to make difficult decisions while weighing tradeoffs.
- Strong attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Strong organizational and time management skills.
- Problem-solving skills and the ability to adapt to changing situations.
- The ability to work well under pressure and in a fast-paced environment.
- The ability to engage with leadership and stakeholders.
- The ability to communicate and coordinate with different departments within FIRE to achieve shared goals.
- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.