Earthjustice is the first and largest nonprofit environmental law firm in the world. Founded in 1971, we annually represent nearly 400 other non-profit organizations for free in more than 250 cases that promote a clean energy future, preserve our natural heritage and safeguard our health. Through big-impact litigation, policy advocacy and communications, we ensure that those who jeopardize the health of the planet are held accountable to the law.
Headquartered in San Francisco with nine offices across the U.S., we hire the best and brightest who share our passion for justice and a healthy environment for all people. Our experience and distinguished track record enable us to mount strategic and effective campaigns that achieve significant lasting environmental protection.
The Communications Assistant has dual responsibility for marketing support in the areas of social media, blogger outreach and graphics, while also providing administrative support to the department and VP.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Marketing
- Manage a Blogger outreach program and build an active brand ambassador network to spread the word about Earthjustice and our work.
- Manage Earthjustice’s presence in social networking sites including Facebook, Twitter, and other similar community sites, posting on relevant blogs, and seeding content into social applications as needed.
- Monitor constituent responses & engage in conversation where appropriate.
- Execute the social media strategy that is developed and managed by the Senior Marketing Manager.
- Monitor the impact of Earthjustice social media programs, and analyze, review, and report on effectiveness of campaigns. Regularly report insights gained from social media monitoring to the Marketing staff.
- Manage the photo archive database (currently Cumulus) including supporting staff in selecting appropriate images for projects. Ensure licenses/permissions are current.
Administrative
- Provide general department administrative support including scheduling department meetings and organizing departmental retreats.
- Collect public opinion data from various sources on relevant environmental, political, social, and economic issues.
- Oversee Earthjustice product inventory (TShirts, Hats, Polos, etc.).
- Assist in earned media tracking of results as needed; build and maintain press distribution lists; find photos for press outreach.
- Department coordination, which includes maintaining a calendar of significant Communications activities and program dates, assisting in the organization of departmental retreats, and collecting and analyzing key metrics.
- Assist in producing reports and presentations.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree is preferred.
- Some experience with office administration preferred, though not required.
- Familiarity in the nonprofit, communications, or environmental arena would be a plus.
- Excellent organizational skills are required, including an attention to detail, good recordkeeping, responsible time management, and the ability to juggle many projects and deadlines at once.
- Experience with Microsoft Office, such as Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Good communication skills are needed, as well as the ability to work with many different personalities across the organization.
We offer a mission and employee-focused work environment and a competitive compensation package including excellent benefits. Diversity is highly valued.
To Apply
Interested candidates should submit a resume along with cover letter to jobs@earthjustice.org. Please include “Communications Assistant” in the subject line.
NO TELEPHONE CALLS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Earthjustice is driven by a passion for justice, partnership and excellence. Our core values lead us to seek a broad range of perspectives and backgrounds to achieve our mission and to maintain an inclusive environment where all staff are valued and respected. As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to employment practices that ensure that employees and applicants for employment are provided with equal opportunities without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, religion, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any other factor that is not related to the position.