Remote Senior Manager

Summary

Join U.S. Energy Foundation as a Communications Specialist to support corporate communications activities, including risk/crisis, brand and reputation management, and media engagement.

Requirements

• Experience in communications, public relations and/or media relations
• Outstanding writing, editing, interpersonal and collaboration skills
• Experience with traditional and new media, including how to monitor and apply analytics
• Knowledge of climate and clean energy issues is desired; experience in brand and issues/crisis management is a plus
• Graphic design experience is a plus along with collaboration with external agency support
• Experience with various social media platforms

Responsibilities

• Scan for, identify and help proactively manage emerging issues that have the potential of negatively affecting EF’s and EAF’s brand and reputation and suggest actions to reduce organizational risk
• Support Senior Director, Corporate Communications, in responding to media and other requests and deadlines in a timely and professional manner
• Maintain organizational style guidelines, visual identity guide, and templates for internal and external documents, presentations, and other corporate materials
• Manage EF’s social media content development and posts. Manage existing social media vendors
• Manage EF website, including drafting and adding staff bios, adding/deleting staff photos, posting grantee stories and blogs, and other website content as needed
• Create business cards for new staff when requested. Arrange for professional headshots for new staff and board members including identifying vendors in various locations
• Lead on all aspects of planning, writing, and execution of The Spark , EF’s internal staff e-newsletter
• Provide writing/editing support across the organization (job descriptions, email messages to all staff, presentation materials, fundraising communications, etc.), and serve as editor-at-large
• Support the creation of materials for funder and Board of Directors meetings and presentations
• Together with the Senior Director, Corporate Communications, provide orientation to all incoming staff to clarify communications roles and maintain consistency across the organization
• Lead the public speaker training program
• Support production of fundraising collateral as needed
• In collaboration with Senior Director, Corporate Communications, create/implement/maintain systems to respond to requests received from internal and external stakeholders (e.g., forms for speaking engagement requests for staff, processes for logo requests, etc.)
• Take EF Board meeting minutes

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and retirement benefits
• Paid time off