Communications and Marketing Manager

Development Communications  

• In coordination with Development team, draft fundraising communications, including newsletters, appeals, one-to-many communications from CEO and CDO, cases for support, and other campaign materials 

• In coordination with the Development team, supervise design and production of development communications materials. 

• Develop donor-specific messaging, and in collaboration with the Development team, engage supporters through donor channels. 

 External Affairs Communications  

• As needed, coordinate with PPAMT and PPAMT PAC to ensure electoral, legislative, fundraising, and advocacy communications goals are met, including sharing endorsements, updates, and guiding supporters to take action through digital channels. 

• Build outreach taking concept through creation, development, and dissemination. 

• Develop advocacy messaging and engage supporters through new and existing channels. 

 General Communications and Marketing 

• In coordination with department leadership, implement multi-level proactive communications and marketing strategies to advance access to sexual and reproductive health care services and education programs, and promote health equity. 

• Quickly develop and implement crisis communications plans, responses, and materials, and support reactive rapid response to breaking news.  

• Serve as an internal consultant to teams across the affiliate on strategy and language, to ensure projects communicate appropriately and authentically on sexual and reproductive health issues.  

• Draft, review, and approve communications materials, including toolkits, press advisories and press releases, talking points, fact sheets, and briefings, in support of PPMT's proactive communications and marketing initiatives.  

• Ensure all external facing communications, including those related to partnerships or collaborative efforts, reflect PPMT values and the Planned Parenthood brand. 

• Coordinate with PPFA communications, brand & marketing, and digital staff to develop and execute strategic 360 communications plans to promote PPMT’s work as a trusted provider of sexual and reproductive health care, health information, and sex education.  

• Create, post, and optimize the content on PPMT’s website and all C3 and C4social media properties. 

• Provide or direct graphic design work, including static social media images, website images, signage.

• Track the effectiveness of strategies and content to support marketing and communications objectives. 

Media 

• As needed or directed, serves as media contact and point person, and liaison to spokespersons. 

• Conduct media and message training for affiliate spokespeople, including staff, volunteers, and storytellers. 

• Prep and staff spokespeople for media interviews.  

• Cultivate and maintain relationships with key media contacts.  

• Creating content and posting on PPMT social media properties.

Language Skills 

Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and policy and procedure manuals.  Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.  Ability to speak effectively with employees, volunteers, board members, and outside contractors and vendors. 

 Mathematical Skills 

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. 

 Reasoning Ability 

Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. Ability to take decisive action, particularly in the absence of the CEO. 

 Physical Demands 

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

 While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision. 

 Work Environment 

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet. 

NOTE:  This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change.