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With world attention focused on both the environment and the economy, Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) is where policymakers and business leaders turn for win-win solutions. This leading green group, with programs from Boston to Beijing, has tripled in size over the past decade by focusing on strong science, uncommon partnerships and market-based approaches. You can be part of a vibrant workplace that welcomes diverse perspectives, talents and contributions, where innovation and a focus on results are a way of life.
EDF Corporate Partnerships Program
EDF pioneered the NGO-corporate partnership model, and over the past twenty-five years has worked with leading companies such as Walmart, McDonald's, FedEx and KKR to drive pragmatic solutions to environmental challenges, and by incorporating environmental considerations into business culture and decision-making. Our projects are designed to achieve significant environmental results, generate business benefits for our corporate partners and create scalable industry-wide best practices. For more information on our work, see www.business.edf.org .
Overall Function
The Marketing and Communications Manager reports to the Director of Marketing for the Corporate Partnerships Program (CPP) at Environmental Defense Fund. The Marketing and Communications Manager plays a significant role in the success of the EDF Corporate Partnerships program by:
- Utilizing expert marketing and PR experience to set strategy and manage execution of holistic campaigns that drive measurable results for our programs.
- Ensuring close collaboration with program leadership to identify opportunities, efficiencies and scalable processes to drive increased awareness and engagement with EDF’s work with business.
- Seasoned managment and mentoring of marcom staff and leadership of cross-functional teams.
- Independent problem solving and decision-making based on thorough knowledge of the program’s initiatives and goals along with ability to apply professional experience.
Key Responsibilities
As a leader on the CPP Marketing & Communications team, the Marketing and Communications Manager’s accountabilities will include:
- Management, mentoring and development of 2 junior marcom staff members
- Management of multiple assigned program budgets, workplans and project plans
- Independent accountability and decision making for marketing and communication strategy, execution and reporting for all assigned projects.
- Shared accountability for attaining program and marketing goals for CPP.
- Cross-functional collaboration with EDF programs and communication teams
- Effective and creative outreach, marketing and communication to measurably drive increased awareness and engagement of EDF’s work with business.
- Clear and effective communication of CPP marcom intitiatives and success stories across EDF, to EDF leadership and to EDF members.
- Management of CPP-wide editorial and conference calendars
Qualifications
Qualified candidates must have:
- The proven ability to create, implement and report out on holistic marketing campaigns, encompassing PR, digital and content marketing, direct marketing, social media, event marketing and speaking enegagements
- Expert writing and editing skills
- Excellent verbal communication and presentation skills
- The ability to lead, manage and mentor staff and cross-functional teams
- Independent problem-solving skills and the ability to react quickly and effectively to rapidly changing program initiatives and media landscapes
- The ability to utilize results, feedback and analytics to optimize marketing strategy and drive process efficiencies
- Ability to be flexible, adaptable and tenacious at achieving goals.
- Exellent project management and organizational skills
- Comfort in working cross-functionally and communicating with all levels of the organization
Education Requirements
- Bachelors degree in marketing or communications plus a Masters degree, M.B.A. or equivalent experience.
Experience Requirements
- A minimum of 7 years of marketing communications experience is essential, preferably in an agency or large corporation
- Minimum 5 years of project management
- Minimum 3 years of direct staff management
- Minimum 3 years of outside agency, vendor oversight
- Minimum 2 years of budgetary oversight
- Hands on experience with media outreach, social media, messaging and audience segmentation
Responsibility and Accountability
- Level of Independence and Decision-making: This position is responsible for independent decision making around marketing strategy, campaign planning and execution, budget allocation, staff development and cross-programmatic communications. CPP-wide decisions will be made in collaboration with the Director of Marketing.
- Analysis and problem-solving: Ability to problem-solve on the fly and in sometimes stressful, deadline driven situations will be the norm. This person is expected to use the information at hand, the expert support of their colleagues and their prior experience to take advantage of in the moment opportunities as well as defend against media attacks.
- Management and Leadership: This person will take a leadership role in the CPP marketing department, will key responsibilities for the success of the EDF Climate Corps, Supply Chain and Global Commodities projects. This person will have joint responsibility for the overall success of CPP marketing and communications.
- Impact:This person will have significant impact on their assigned projects as well as for the division as a whole. This person will be second in command for CPP marketing.
- Budget and staff: This person will have budgetary oversight of @ $250,000 in marketing budget, and will manage two full-time direct reports, 2-3 agency relationships and take a leadership role on 6 or more regular internal teams.
Location
This position will be located in Boston, MA, or New York, NY
Due to the volume of employment applications and queries received, EDF is unable to respond to each application individually. Applicants will be contacted directly if selected as a candidate.
Environmental Defense Fund is an Equal Opportunity Employer
