Reports To: Managing Director, Communications & Marketing

Position type: Full time, exempt

Location: New York City

Every Mother Counts’ (EMC) mission is to make pregnancy and childbirth safe for every mother and birthing person, everywhere. We educate the public about maternal health and invest in community-led programs to improve access to essential maternity care. We engage communities, thought leaders, and partners in efforts to achieve quality, respectful, and equitable maternity care for all.

The Role

Every Mother Counts is seeking to add a Manager, Communications & Marketing to its rapidly growing Communications & Marketing team. The Communications Team leverages the power of strong communications tools and compelling storytelling to advance EMC’s mission and motivate the public to take action for maternal health through donations and advocacy for key maternal health policies. The ideal candidate for Manager, Communications & Marketing will be a communications generalist with experience across the full range of communications

activities, a strong writer and editor, and a stellar project manager.

The Manager must have a passion for using communications tactics to further institutional objectives and reach key stakeholders. The ideal candidate will be both a big picture strategic and creative thinker and a doer who is willing to take on tasks, large and small, to achieve shared goals. The Manager will work collaboratively with all members of the Communications team and with others across EMC. They will have a deep understanding of EMC’s mission, and

will be excited by the opportunity to create a best-in-class communications function to support the organization’s work.

The Communications Manager will work closely with the Digital Communications Manager and Managing Director, Communications & Marketing to support all of EMC’s communications activities. The role will report directly to the Managing Director.

Note: EMC’s work policy is a two days per week in the office hybrid at-will which allows employees to choose which days to come into the office, under the discretion of their manager. The Communications team will work together, in-person, in the EMC office at least one day per week. As such, only candidates who can commit to working in office two days per week will be considered for this role.

Description of Responsibilities:

Project Management & Execution (60%)

A key component of the Manager, Communications & Marketing role is ensuring the overall smooth functioning of the communications team, supporting the Managing Director in identifying and tracking communications opportunities and projects, and making certain that deadlines are met and outputs are high quality. If you are a highly organized, detail-oriented project manager, this role is for you. This work will evolve; however, examples include:

Project manage website redesign, in partnership with Communications team, anticipated to take place throughout 2024.
Overseeing production of the digital Annual Report, including brainstorming concept, identifying external designers, drafting content, liaising with external consultants around development.
In partnership with Digital Communications Manager and Managing Director, develop strategic campaigns to serve fundraising and public awareness purposes, promote events, share EMC reports and products.
Work closely with Development team to support communications components of EMC events, including Team EMC races.
With Digital Communications Manager, revamp the EMC photo and video library. Develop clear photo guidelines, and project manage photo collection of EMC partner work.

Writing and Editing (40%)

With Digital Communications Manager, develop an editorial content calendar that tracks and plans all external content, including social media posts, emails, blogs, and more.
Write and edit external communications pieces, including blogs, press releases public statements, talking points, toolkits, briefs, and emails.
Develop strategy for potential newsletter or other e-outreach and lead content creation.
Produce content for website, Annual Report, and more.

Required Education and Experience:

5-8 years of experience serving in a communications function at a nonprofit.
Excellent writing and editing skills, including writing for a variety of audiences and a wide range of content types.
Highly organized and thoughtful project manager with demonstrated experience seeing projects from conception to completion.
Experience developing and executing strategy-driven campaigns that raise money and awareness.
Experience using WordPress to manage websites, and Mailchimp for email marketing.
Strong communications acumen; view all activities with a communications lens.
Knowledge of maternal health not required but a plus.
Bachelor’s degree required.

Compensation and Benefits

The health and well-being of employees is important to all of us. EMC offers a generous benefits package, across a broad range of employee needs. Some of the key benefits EMC offers to full-time staff include:

Individual/family Medical, Dental, and Vision plans and coverage
Competitive parental family leave
Generous vacation, sick leave and paid holidays
Summer Fridays, early closure Memorial Day through Labor Day
Organization-wide week(s) off each year to fully recharge
Yearly Wellness Stipend
Short- and Long-term Disability insurance
401K eligibility after one year with organization match
Hybrid work policy
Commuter benefit plan

The annual base pay range is: $75 - $85K

To apply: Candidates will only be considered who submit a cover letter and resume to careers@everymothercounts.org with “Communications & Marketing Manager” in the subject line.Equal Opportunity Employer